Lenny Bruce
Lenny Bruce
Leonard Alfred Schneider, better known by his stage name Lenny Bruce, was an American stand-up comedian, social critic, satirist, and screenwriter. He was renowned for his open, free-style and critical form of comedy which integrated satire, politics, religion, sex, and vulgarity. His 1964 conviction in an obscenity trial was followed by a posthumous pardon, the first in New York State history, by then-Governor George Pataki in 2003. He paved the way for future outspoken counterculture-era comedians, and his trial for...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionComedian
Date of Birth13 October 1925
CityMineola, NY
CountryUnited States of America
I would become a priest or a rabbi or a monk or whatever the hell was necessary to perform miracles such as taking money from someone else's pocket and putting it into mine, still remaining within the confines of the law.
If I just stuck to pot I might have found out what a drag being an aging hipster actually was.
All my humor is based upon destruction and despair. If the whole world were tranquil, without disease and violence, I’d be standing on the breadline right in back of J. Edgar Hoover.
What you end up with is outrageousness without the laugh - comedy as electro shock therapy.
Once you sleep on feathers you can't go back to sleeping on the floor.
Life is a four-letter word
Anyone who has two shirts when someone has none is not a christian.
Never tell. Not if you love your wife...In fact, if your old lady walks in on you deny it. Yeah. Just flat out and she'll believe it: "I'm tellin' ya. This chick came downstairs with a sign around her neck 'Lay On Top Of Me Or I'll Die.' " I didn't know what I was goin' to do...
I am influenced by every second of my waking hour.
All my humor is based upon destruction and despair.
I tried the religion scam in Miami, so I know how hard that gig is. But, if you can get it to work, starting your own religion is a license to print money.
A lot of people say to me, 'Why did you kill Christ?' I dunno, it was one of those parties, got out of hand, you know.
That's where the conflict starts. We all want for a wife a combination Sunday school teacher and a $500-a-night hooker.
The liberals can understand everything but people who don't understand them.