Top 40 Johnny Knoxville Quotes (2025 Update)

1. “I pretty much operate on adrenaline and ignorance.”

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2. “I think everyone roots for the underdog.”

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3. “I think I’m a little concussed.”

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4. “I’m just basking in the glory.”

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5. “I don’t care what other people think.”

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6. “I have a full grown, semi-nude man bound with duct tape in my truck and I was trying to get out to the desert to bury him. How do I get to 5 South?”

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7. “You can tell it’s good if you light it and a blue flame comes up; that means it’s good moonshine and it won’t make you go blind.”

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8. “I feel like my eyes have gonorrhea.”

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9. “Being a complete juvenile delinquent helped me grow up a little.”

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10. “I just love that spirit that makes people do things that they probably shouldn’t.”

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11. “I’m the fun dad, I am also the disciplinarian.”

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12. “People go to car races to watch the crashes.”

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13. “It’s unfortunate when kids get hurt, but I wish parents would monitor what their kids are doing and watching. It’s common sense, really.”

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14. “But I can still lick the spoon!”

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15. “I’m so uncoordinated, I can’t really do that much, so my specialty is standing in one spot or holding on to something, like an exploding rocket or a jetski.”

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16. “Doctors have told me I have a high pain threshold, but I can only know what I feel. I think I’m good at minimising the pain and being indifferent to it.”

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17. “People think by challenging me they’re going to show they’re tough. But I’m not tough. Decent drinker. Not such a bad kisser. But not a great fighter.”

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18. “Suffering will get you great footage. I don’t know about closer to God. Although there have been times when I’ve suffered to the point where I think I might be about to meet him.”

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19. “A lot of stand-up comedy guys, when they get a little famous, just give up their stand-up career, and it cancels out the thing that set them apart.”

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20. “What calmed me down finally was when my girlfriend got pregnant.”

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21. “Coal mining is tough. Acting is just tedious.”

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22. “I’m lucky enough to be with someone, and I am happy.”

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23. “I actually got stabbed at my friend’s bachelor party. In real life.”

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24. “I just try to think of all the things that could go wrong so in that split second when it happens, maybe your body reacts in a way where it protects you just a little.”

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25. “People try to challenge me in bars every now and then. As long as they’re not physical I just walk away, but if they get physical then I just end up in a fight.”

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26. “If someone hits me I consider it a challenge.”

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27. “You were about five feet short of a ten feet jump?”

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28. “I love Louisiana. It’s amazing.”

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29. “It’s a real primal thing, watching someone get hurt. It’s funny and accessible.”

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30. “I don’t remember the first stunt I ever did.”

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31. “A couple days before the stunts, if I’m doing something particularly dangerous, I will go over every worst-case scenario in my head, like this could happen, this could happen, this could happen, this could happen. I try to think about that to where it’s ingrained in me.”

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32. “I have a whole slew of doctors. I can count eight in my phone right now – eight different doctors, all for different parts of my body. I have specialists.”

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33. “My parents said that I was nine months old and would throw myself out of the crib onto the floor continually. As soon as they left the room after putting me back in they’d hear a big bump and I’d be on the floor again.”

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34. “I do get obsessed with constantly thinking of ideas, all day long, but that’s just how it is.”

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35. “Everyone gets hurt, but I’ve probably had the most injuries.”

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36. “I love the tabloids except for when I’m in ’em.”

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37. “I was a really bad kid. Then, I got sweet as I got older.”

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38. “I want to do dramas. I want to do comedies.”

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39. “I’m not looking to lose anything. I’m looking to continue making movies.”

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40. “I am nothing that isn’t professional.”

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41. “Everything you see on screen is real. By doing what we do, there’s naturally going to be a lot of grimacing. And whimpering.”

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