1. “I don’t live in Hollywood. I don’t have celebrities as friends. I like them, but I don’t pal around with them. I just live in the Midwest, a real normal world.” – Jerry Springer
2. “I can’t imagine anybody who has spoken to more, or presented more non-famous people on television in the history of the world.” – Jerry Springer
3. “Take care of yourselves, and each other.” – Jerry Springer
4. “TV is a huge draw. It’s a magnet. Even when I was a policeman, if I was on a police scene and the news showed up, I’d race home to see if I would be on TV for 2 seconds!” – Jerry Springer
5. “Obviously I wanted to be a bus driver – and I still do. If only I could get a part time job.” – Jerry Springer
6. “I should get a weekend show where all I do is play country music.” – Jerry Springer
7. “I play a crazy talk-show host, but that’s not me. It’s like an actor playing a role.” – Jerry Springer
8. “I’m always playing a role, whether it’s the role of the mayor, the role of a news anchor, or a role of a crazy talk-show host. But there was a specific function. On ‘Dancing With The Stars,’ I had nothing to do but be me, schlepping around the floor. And when I host ‘America’s Got Talent,’ that’s really me just talking to regular folks.” – Jerry Springer
9. “Somebody once said I had a face for radio and a voice for newspapers.” – Jerry Springer
10. “You know, the truth is there’s never been a relationship where both parties at one time or another couldn’t use a little forgiveness from the other. I mean, we are each by definition imperfect, so being less than we ought to be doing something we shouldn’t have done is overtime, inevitable.” – Jerry Springer
11. “Somewhere in the land, a monster lurked.” – Jerry Springer
12. “I watch sports and cable news. I’m a political junkie, so that’s my interest.” – Jerry Springer
13. “You fight to defend a lover, not to win one. If you do, it isn’t love.” – Jerry Springer
14. “The bias against the show is purely elitist. We’re all like the people on the show – the difference is that some of us speak better, or were born richer. There’s nothing that happens on my show that rich people don’t experience.” – Jerry Springer
15. “My campaign is based upon the proposition that the answers to the problems which currently plague our cities, our towns, and our homes, are not to be found in the decisions in Washington. They are instead to be found in the hearts, minds and resources of our own people here at home.” – Jerry Springer
16. “I’m a happy guy, but if I’m in a rare dark mood, I won’t go out because I don’t want to be horrible to people.” – Jerry Springer
17. “To go from politics to news, at least the subject matter is the same, even if the view is different.” – Jerry Springer
18. “I create this persona for the show. And that’s what it is. I’m an act.” – Jerry Springer
19. “I like the idea that there’s no censorship, because it’s consistent with my views that we live in a free society and people ought to be able to express their views.” – Jerry Springer
20. “It’s just a show. It’s not the end of Western Civilization. It’s chewing gum.” – Jerry Springer
21. “Vegetarianism is a good idea.” – Jerry Springer
22. “We are all born as empty vessels which can be shaped by moral values.” – Jerry Springer
23. “I treat politics kind of like my religion. It’s something I believe in, but I don’t want to have to make a living at it, because if you make a living at it, you somehow become dishonest.” – Jerry Springer
24. “I’m not conflicted. Because I know. There’s me, and there’s the show.” – Jerry Springer
25. “There’s something about the openness of the American people. Yes, we have our faults, but deep down, there’s a goodness.” – Jerry Springer
26. “In one generation, my family went from extermination simply because of how they pray to God to this ridiculously privileged life I live today. So how can I not love America?” – Jerry Springer
27. “My guess is more reporters probably vote Democrat than Republican – just because I think reporters are smart.” – Jerry Springer
28. “It’s hard thinking about Iraq at night when I’m dancing with transvestites in the afternoon.” – Jerry Springer
29. “When I was first on ‘Dancing With The Stars’, people were really shocked and surprised.” – Jerry Springer
30. “With a face like mine, I do better in print.” – Jerry Springer
31. “I knew early on that I would do politics, but I would never make a living at it. I would do something else.” – Jerry Springer
32. “Love is great for us, but we don’t always love who is great for us.” – Jerry Springer
33. “We can’t just have mainstream behavior on television in a free society, we have to make sure we see the whole panorama of human behavior.” – Jerry Springer
34. “No one would have picked me out in high school and said, ‘This guy is going to be in show business.’ I don’t have any of the talents you would normally associate with show business.” – Jerry Springer
35. “I’m in shape, but only if you consider a circle a shape.” – Jerry Springer
36. “All of us, whether or not we’re celebrities, everyone ought to spend part of their life making someone else’s life better.” – Jerry Springer
37. “If you can’t be committed to another person, at least be committed to the concept of character and don’t cheat.” – Jerry Springer