George Carlin Quotes

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“How is it possible to have a civil war?”

“How come when it’s us, it’s an abortion, and when it’s a chicken, it’s an omelette?”

“Isn’t it a bit unnerving that doctors call what they do “practice”?”

“Laugh often, long and loud. Laugh until you gasp for breath.”

“In America, anyone can become president. That's the problem.”

“Honesty may be the best policy, but it's important to remember that apparently, by elimination, dishonesty is the second-best policy.”

“Never argue with an idiot. They will only bring you down to their level and beat you with experience.”

“If someone with multiple personalities threatens to kill himself, is it considered a hostage situation?”

“I went from a comedian who wrote his own material to a writer who performed his own material.”

“When you're born into this world, you're given a ticket to the freak show. If you're born in America you get a front row seat.”

“Some people have no idea what they're doing, and a lot of them are really good at it.”

“I think I am, therefore I am. I think.”

“O Beautiful, for smoggy skies, insecticided grain

for strip-mined mountains' majesty, above the asphalt plain

America, America, man sheds his waste on thee

and hides the pines, with billboard signs, from sea to oily sea.”

“I would never want to be a member of a group whose symbol was a man nailed to two pieces of wood. Especially if it's me!”

“How can He be perfect? Everything He ever makes… dies.”

“I thought about how mothers feed their babies with tiny little spoons and forks so I wondered, what do Chinese mothers use? Toothpicks?”

“People who say they don't care what people think are usually desperate to have people think they don't care what people think.”

“It's never just a game when you're winning.”

“I am" is reportedly the shortest sentence in the English language. Could it be that "I do" is the longest sentence?”

“One tequila, two tequila, three tequila, floor.”

“Most people work just hard enough not to get fired and get paid just enough money not to quit.”

“So, have a little fun. Soon enough you'll be dead and burning in Hell with the rest of your family.”

“The Christians gave Him Sunday, the Jews gave Him Saturday, and the Muslims gave Him Friday. God has a three-day weekend.”

“I have lots of ideas. Trouble is, most of them suck.”

“Have you ever wondered why Republicans are so interested in encouraging people to volunteer in their communities? It’s because volunteers work for no pay. Republicans have been trying to get people to work for no pay for a long time.”

“You show me a lazy prick who's lying in bed all day, watching TV, only occasionally getting up to piss, and I'll show you a guy who's not causing any trouble.”

“I was thinking about how people seem to read the bible a lot more as they get older, and then it dawned on me—they’re cramming for their final exam.”

“Is a vegetarian permitted to eat animal crackers?”

“Electricity is really just organized lightning”

“Don't give your money to the church. They should be giving their money to you.”

“Frisbeetarianism is the belief that when you die,
your soul goes up on the roof and gets stuck.”

“There's no present. There's only the immediate future and the recent past.”

“A house is just a place to keep your stuff while you go out and get more stuff.”

“I was a loner as a child. I had an imaginary friend - I didn't bother with him.”

“If you can't beat them, arrange to have them beaten.”

“People love to admit they have bad handwriting or that they can't do math. And they will readily admit to being awkward: 'I'm such a klutz!' But they will never admit to having a poor sense of humor or being a bad driver.”

“Regarding the fitness craze: America has lost its soul; now it's trying to save its body.”

“My mother would say, 'Why are you always playing alone?' And I would say, 'I'm not playin', Ma. I'm fuckin' serious!”

“And although I broke a lot of laws as a teenager, I straightened out immediately upon turning eighteen, when I realized the state had a legal right to execute me.”

“I don't have to tell you it goes without saying there are some things better left unsaid. I think that speaks for itself. The less said about it the better.”

“Catholic, which I was until I reached the age of reason”

“Just cause you got the monkey off your back doesn't mean the circus has left town.”

“When someone asks you, A penny for your thoughts, and you put your two cents in, what happens to the other penny?”

“Religion has what is EASILY the greatest bullshit story of all time.”

“The only good thing ever to come out of religion was the music.”

“I don't believe there's any problem in this country, no matter how tough it is, that Americans, when they roll up their sleeves, can't completely ignore.”

“I'm not a person who thinks they can have it all, but I certainly feel that with a bit of effort and guile I should be able to have more than my fair share.”

“They say rather than cursing the darkness, one should light a candle. They don't mention anything about cursing a lack of candles.”

“It's all bullshit, folks and it's bad for ya.”