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
BTW A 24 week old embryo is not a human being. You're not a human being until you're in my phone book.
Any organization created out of fear must create fear to survive.
I can't watch TV longer than five minutes without praying for nuclear holocaust.
You want a better world...? Legalize pot right now. ...end the deficit? Legalize pot right now...biggest cash crop in America.
That's why I always recommend a psychedelic experience because it makes you realize that all you've learned is in fact just learned and not necessarily the truth.
Our next Cold War ought to be with ourselves...After all, who poses the biggest danger to the American environment? We do.
Writing, acting, music, comedy. A deep love of literature and books. Thank God for all the artists who've helped me.
It's hard to have a relationship in this business...it's gonna take a very special woman...or a bunch of average ones.
I, like all artists in Western cultures, am a shaman...come in the guise of a comic...to heal perception by using...'jokes'...
What before seemed a...frustrating wall, the comic deftly and fearlessly steps through, proving the absurdity of it all.
I just have one of those faces. People come up to me and say, 'What's wrong?' Nothing. 'Well, it takes more energy to frown than it does to smile.' Yeah, you know it takes more energy to point that out than it does to leave me alone?
The CIA has a plot...they've used before to get rid of world leaders. Only problem...is convincing Hussein...to fly to Dallas.
I was in Australia....Lotta leg room down under. Apartments: dollar a month. 2000-acre den....think of the parties.
Why is pot against the law? It wouldn't be because anyone can grow it, and therefore you can't make a profit off it, would it?