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Quotes from George Carlin

Those who dance are considered insane by those who cannot hear the music.
~ George Carlin
All music is the blues. All of it.
~ George Carlin
Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups.
~ George Carlin
When you look at the average American you realize there's nothing nature enjoys more than a good joke.
~ George Carlin
Fighting for peace is like screwing for virginity.
~ George Carlin
Well, if crime fighters fight crime and fire fighters fight fire, what do freedom fighters fight?
~ George Carlin
Surround yourself with what you love, whether it's family, pets, keepsakes, music, plants, hobbies, whatever.
~ George Carlin
If honesty were suddenly introduced into American life, the whole system would collapse.
~ George Carlin
When you're born you get a ticket to the freak show. When you're born in America, you get a front row seat.
~ George Carlin
Cloud nine gets all the publicity, but cloud eight actually is cheaper, less crowded, and has a better view.
~ George Carlin
People who say they don't care what people think are usually desperate to have people think they don't care what people think.
~ George Carlin
The Baby Boomers: whiny, narcissistic, self-indulgent people with a simple philosophy: "Gimme that! It's mine!"
~ George Carlin
I think I am, therefore, I am... I think.
~ George Carlin
There are no bad words. Bad thoughts. Bad intentions, and wooooords.
~ George Carlin
Art, music, and philosophy are merely poignant examples of what we might have been had not the priests and traders gotten hold of us.
~ George Carlin
Lenny Bruce genius was the unique ability to investigate hypocrisy and expose social inequities in a street rap that was really a form of poetry.
~ George Carlin
Capitalism tries for a delicate balance: It attempts to work things out so that everyone gets just enough stuff to keep them from getting violent and trying to take other people's stuff.
~ George Carlin
History is not happenstance: it is conspiratorial. Carefully planned and executed by people in power.
~ George Carlin
More people have been killed in the name of God than for any other reason.
~ George Carlin
If God is all powerful, can He make a stone so big that He Himself can't lift it?
~ George Carlin
At best, God can be viewed as nothing more than an uncaring incompetent father-figure
~ George Carlin
If this is the best God can do, I'm not impressed.
~ George Carlin
When it comes to God's existence, I'm not an atheist and I'm not agnostic. I'm an acrostic. The whole thing puzzles me.
~ George Carlin
We created god in our own image and likeness!
~ George Carlin