The best quotes from Netflix’s ‘Tiger King’ to live your life by

Tiger King is here to get us all through quarantine by putting us all in a contact high like fugue state of confusion and bafflement as we watch it across our screens. Odd, bizarre, and, well, weird, it’s become a global phenomenon. With a cast of characters who could be called eccentric, Tiger King has a lot to offer in terms of quotability.

Here are the Tiger King quotes that will continue to be said when we can finally emerge into the world at large. 

Joe Exotic

“I went to work every day prepared to die in a tiger cage. Dying doesn’t scare me. At all.”

“I’m outspoken, good looking, love to party and have fun.”

“Political condoms. Vote for me or you’ll need these because you’re screwed.”

“We say no to drugs, because drugs make your teeth fall out and you get really ugly and don’t have any friends.”

“I’d shoot you before I shot my cat.”

“Does it feel good to stand on my stage with 500-pound tigers and everybody envy you? Absolutely.”

Carole Baskin

“You can see how they go from being so sweet to tearing your face off, just like that, and it’s amazing to have that range.”

“I don’t watch news on television, unless there’s a cat involved.”

“My emails says, “Judge me by the enemies I have made.”” 

“I really appreciate the fact that none of these people like me.”

John Reinke

“I’m sure y’all got a story to tell.”

“A lot of people think that Tigers took my legs. No. It actually happened from a zip-line accident.”

Rick Kirkman

“He was like a mythical character living out in the middle of bumf*ck Oklahoma who owned 1200 tigers and lions and bears and shit”

“I’ve done a lot of shit in my life, but I never experienced anything like Joe Exotic.”

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