George Carlin
George Carlin
George Denis Patrick Carlinwas an American stand-up comedian, actor, social critic and author. Carlin was noted for his black comedy and his thoughts on politics, the English language, psychology, religion, and various taboo subjects. Carlin and his "Seven dirty words" comedy routine were central to the 1978 U.S. Supreme Court case F.C.C. v. Pacifica Foundation, in which a 5–4 decision affirmed the government's power to regulate indecent material on the public airwaves...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionComedian
Date of Birth12 May 1937
CityNew York City, NY
CountryUnited States of America
In TV today, you can say I pricked my finger, but you can't say it the other way around.
Pacifism is a nice idea but it can get you killed. We're not there yet. Evolution is slow, small pox is fast.
If you have a legal problem, guess how you determine whether or not you need a lawyer. You see a lawyer. Isn't that weird?
Number one, one, one on wonderful WINO.
The two big mistakes were the belief in a sky god - that there's a man in the sky with 10 things he doesn't want you to do and you'll burn for a long time if you do them - and private property, which I think is at the core of our failure as a species. That's the source of my indignations, my dissatisfactions, however it comes out on the stage. I feel betrayed by the people I'm part of, these creatures, these magnificent creatures.
E-I-E-I-O is actually a gross misspelling of the word farm.
Save the trees, save the bees, save the whales, save those snails.
You get into your teens, now they can't hold you back. You jump to the next number, or even a few ahead.
I've never been quarantined. But the more I look around the more I think it might not be a bad idea.
McDonald's breakfast for under a dollar is actually more expensive than that. You have to factor in the cost of bypass surgery.
I hope no one asks me to show them the ropes; I have no idea where they are. Maybe I could pull some strings and find out.
The owner of a Florida massage parlor has been arrested by police. "There weren't any serious violations," said the officers, "she just rubbed us the wrong way."
A pear is a failed apple.
If the reason for climbing Mt. Everest is that it's hard to do, why does everyone go up the easy side?