Bill Hicks
Bill Hicks
William Melvin "Bill" Hickswas an American stand-up comedian, social critic, satirist, and musician. His material, encompassing a wide range of social issues including religion, politics, and philosophy, was controversial, and often steeped in dark comedy. He criticized consumerism, superficiality and banality within the media and popular culture, which he characterized as oppressive tools of the ruling class that keep people "stupid and apathetic"...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionComedian
Date of Birth16 December 1961
CityValdosta, GA
CountryUnited States of America
Do I have a message? Yes, I do. Here's my message: as scary as the world is - and it is - it is merely a ride...
I love talking about the Kennedy assasination. The reason I do is because I'm fascinated by it. I'm fascinated that our government could lie to us so blatantly, so obviously for so long, and we do absolutely nothing about it. I think that's interesting in what is ostensibly a democracy. Sarcasm - come on in. People say Bill, quit talking about Kennedy man. It was a long time ago, just let it go, alright? It's a long time ago, just forget it. I'm like, alright, then don't bring up Jesus to me. As long as we're talking shelf life here...
Been on what I call my Flying Saucer Tour--appearing in small Southern towns--in front of handfuls of hillbillies.
God has this...hobby. He creates perfection. This world is not perfect. We have to learn to separate illusions from reality.
That's what I'm gonna do: quit gradually...I'm gonna lose one lung; little while later I'm gonna lose the other one.
Nicotine patches are great. Stick one over each eye and you can't find your fags.
A Christian will say... "I believe God created me in one day" Yeah, looks liked He rushed it.
You ever notice that everyone who believes in creationism looks really un-evolved?
And I'm not getting laid! What am I doing wrong?
You all saw him - he had a gun.
'Where's Bill going?' He's going to comedy death. Boom! He pops out of it with another joke. It's my particular style.
Will there be titty? Sure. Boom! I'm a producer. Where you been all our life, boy? We been lookin for you in Hollywood.
Would you let the aliens land, please? They might be here to pick me up.
I wish I could meet a Christian who would proselytize to me, but they keep running away from me. I wanna talk to you all.