“How come when it’s us, it’s an abortion, and when it’s a chicken, it’s an omelette?”
"Abortion"
Back in Town (1996)
Context: Here's another question I have. How come when it's us, it's an abortion, and when it's a chicken, it's an omelet? Are we so much better than chickens all of a sudden? When did this happen; that we passed chickens in goodness? Name six ways we're better than chickens... See, nobody can do it! You know why? 'Cause chickens are decent people. You don't see chickens hanging around in drug gangs, do you? No. You don't see a chicken strapping some guy to a chair and hooking up his nuts to a car battery, do you? When's the last chicken you heard about came home from work and beat the shit out of his hen, huh? Doesn't happen... 'cause chickens are decent people.
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George Carlin 270
American stand-up comedian 1937–2008Related quotes
“When chickens get to live like chickens, they'll taste like chickens, too.”
Source: The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals
Source: One Night @ the Call Center (2005), P. 72
“Death comes for us all. We can only choose how to face it when it comes.”
Aviendha
(15 October 1991)
Source: The Dragon Reborn
Source: Don't Start the Revolution Without Me! (2008), Ch. 10 (p. 182)
Charles Reade, A Simpleton (1873)
Misattributed
Franny and Zooey (1961), Zooey (1957)
Context: Even if you went out and searched the whole world for a master — some guru, some holy man — to tell you how to say your Jesus Prayer properly, what good would it do you? How in hell are you going to recognize a legitimate holy man when you see one if you don't even know a cup of consecrated chicken soup when it's right in front of your nose? Can you tell me that?