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William Maher is an American comedian, political commentator, and television host. He is known for the HBO political talk show Real Time with Bill Maher and the similar late-night show called Politically Incorrect , originally on Comedy Central and later on ABC.

Maher is known for his political satire and sociopolitical commentary. He targets many topics including religion, political correctness and the mass media. His critical views of religion were the basis for the 2008 documentary film Religulous. He is a supporter of animal rights, having served on the board of PETA since 1997 and is an advisory board member of Project Reason. Maher supports the legalization of cannabis, serving on the advisory board of NORML.In 2005, Maher ranked at number 38 on Comedy Central's 100 greatest stand-up comedians of all time. He received a Hollywood Walk of Fame star on September 14, 2010. Wikipedia  

✵ 20. January 1956
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Bill Maher Quotes

“There isn’t just one true opinion. I’m a free speech guy. Now, I’m Team Dave Chappelle, but that doesn’t mean I’m anti-trans. We can have two thoughts in our head at the same time.”

Bill Maher

Source: New Rule: Andrew Yang & John McWhorter on Dave Chappelle and 'Transphobia' (2021)

“Words have meaning, but not anymore. And when I hear 'transphobic,' 'phobic' has a meaning: Fear. I'm not transphobic if I merely disagree with you. It's not hate.”

Bill Maher

New Rule: Andrew Yang & John McWhorter on Dave Chappelle and 'Transphobia' (2021)

“Word inflation is a problem. You can try to change reality by changing the words, but you can’t. It just stops you from dealing with it. One of the bad guys in Nineteen Eighty-Foursays, ‘The whole aim of Newspeak is to narrow the range of thought.’ It’s Orwellian, and Orwell never ends well.”

Bill Maher

Source: Sen. Chris Coons and Caitlin Flanagan, Natural Immunity, (2021)

“Social justice warriors who are fond of governing by hashtag like to say that silence is violence. And we know that because it rhymes.”

Bill Maher

Source: Sen. Chris Coons and Caitlin Flanagan, Natural Immunity, (2021)

“Just resume living. I know some people seem to not want to give up on the wonderful pandemic, but you know what? It’s over. There’s always going to be a variant. You shouldn’t have to wear masks.”

Bill Maher

Source: Sen. Chris Coons and Caitlin Flanagan, Natural Immunity, (2021)

“We have to get back to life. I mean, you might look at the sporting events that are … all three sports are playing now including basketball, which is inside. Nobody seems to be having super-spreader events. I mean, you know, it was great. It was so much fun having a pandemic but, you know, buh-bye.”

Bill Maher

Source: Sen. Chris Coons and Caitlin Flanagan, Natural Immunity, (2021)

“The world recognizes natural immunity. We don't, because everything in this country has to go through the pharmaceutical companies. Natural immunity is the best kind of immunity. We shouldn't fire people who have natural immunity because they don't get the vaccine. We should hire them. Yes?"”

Bill Maher

Source: Sen. Chris Coons and Caitlin Flanagan, Natural Immunity, (2021)

“I travel in every state now, back on the road, and the Red states are a joy and the Blue states are a pain in the ass. For no reason.”

Bill Maher

Source: Sen. Chris Coons and Caitlin Flanagan, Natural Immunity, (2021)

“Also, vaccine? Mask? Pick one! You've got to pick. You can't make me mask if I've had the vaccine.”

Bill Maher

Source: Sen. Chris Coons and Caitlin Flanagan, Natural Immunity, (2021)

“This idea that we're not any gender when we're born is very new and very radical that you're born, it's just jump ball, you have a penis, it could mean you’re a boy That's a very new idea and I'm not sure if I'm down with all of it and I don't have to be.”

Bill Maher

Source: Andrew Yang & John McWhorter on Dave Chappelle and 'Transphobia', (2021)

“Well, Okay. But you know, people who've had it – I've had it. I mean, I shouldn't be tested anymore. I got the vaccine.”

Bill Maher

Source: Sen. Chris Coons and Caitlin Flanagan, Natural Immunity, (2021)

“Now, if we establish right here at the beginning that all three of us are supporters of all laws that protect trans people, that we believe in all the dignity, equality, and respect that can be afforded to trans people, can we have an honest, free discussion about this?”

Bill Maher

Source: Andrew Yang & John McWhorter on Dave Chappelle and 'Transphobia', (2021)

“America may not be the country of your faculty lounge and Twitter dreams, but no one here tries to escape by hanging on to an airplane. No, we wait ‘til we get inside the plane to fight — and only because they cut off the beverage service.”

Bill Maher

Source: The Lesson of Afghanistan', (2021)

“If you think America is irredeemable, turn on the news or get a passport and a ticket on one of those sketchy airlines that puts its web address on the plane. There’s a reason Afghan mothers are handing their babies to us.”

Bill Maher

Source: The Lesson of Afghanistan', (2021)

“It exposed, I thought, a lot of aspects of this society we have which are not terribly positive — toxic masculinity, victim culture. Liberal hypocrisy, I think, was the big loser.”

Bill Maher

Toxic Femininity (2022)

“Every single person in America was talking about the sucker punch heard 'round the world. That whole 'Keep my wife’s name out of your mouth' didn’t really work out.”

Bill Maher

Toxic Femininity (2022)

“I don't know what happens when I die, and I don't care.”

Bill Maher

Interview with The Atlantic http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2014/01/bill-maher-on-masturbation-and-national-security/283266/ (24 January 2014)

“If ketchup had 1/20th of the carcinogens in a cigarette they'd rip it off the shelves tomorrow, so the government is full of shit when they tell you that they care about you.”

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Be More Cynical (2000)

“We're so inconsistent about what we let kill ya. "Smoking? Must be eradicated. Marijuana? Zero tolerance." But there's lots of ways to kill yourself. You know what I think kills you? Stress, and being a workaholic, and never getting laid, and, uh, McDonalds, and staying mad at people, and lying for a living, and three-martini lunches, and the all-American breakfast, and whatever Elvis was doing. That's what kills you.”

Bill Maher

Be More Cynical (2000)

“I wish someone would just start Fly At Your Own Risk Airlines. How 'bout that? You can have your hair gel, you can have your lighter, you can have a gun, how bout that? You can show up at the gate five minutes before the plane leaves, and pay in cash, like in the good ol' 1980s.”

Bill Maher

The Decider (21 July 2007)