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
The best kind of comedy to me is when you make people laugh at things they've never laughed at, and also take a light into the darkened corners of people's minds, exposing them to the light.
The whole image is that eternal suffering awaits anyone who questions God's infinite love. That's the message we're brought up with, isn't it? Beleive or die! Thank you, forgiving Lord, for all those options.
Isn’t that weird, we’ve made nature against the law. That’s how un-natural we’ve become.
I'm sorry if any of you are Catholic. I'm not sorry if you're offended, I'm actually just sorry by the fact that you're Catholic.
Ultimately, it is in fun. It is supposed to be highly entertaining.
People in the U.K. share my bemusement with the United States that America doesn't share with itself. They have a sense of irony, which America doesn't have, seeing as it's being run by fundamentalists who take things literally.
I'm very tired of staring out into your vacant faces looking back at me. Wanting to fill your empty lives with humor you couldn't possibly think of yourself... Good evening!
I can't believe a war against drugs when they have anti-drug commercials on TV all day long followed by This Bud is for you.
I believe the cost of life is Death and we will all pay that in full. Everything else should be a gift.
I believe it is our own misperceptions of who we really are that leads to every self-created hell you'll find in this world.
I believe we all have the Voice of Reason inside us...to gently lead us out of our own self-created hells...
Speaking of Satan, I was watching Rush Limbaugh the other day.
I don't identify with anyone historically, but there are several people in the future who I am a dead ringer for.
I'll smoke, I'll cough, I'll get the tumors, I'll die, deal? Thank you America. [salutes]