There was about a two-year period at the end of the '60s, when I realized I was in the wrong place and entertaining the wrong people with the wrong material and that I was not being true to myself. I went through a metamorphosis into something more authentic for me, a more authentic stage voice and writing voice.
George CarlinI don't get all choked up about yellow ribbons and American flags. I see them as symbols, and I leave them to the symbol-minded.
George CarlinWhen I see a large group of people, I wonder how many of them will eventually require autopsies.
George CarlinSomeone once said, if you scratch a cynic, and you'll find a disappointed idealist. That really rang a bell with me - because I recognized that, within me, there is this flame, of wishing it were better, wishing people had better lives, that there was more of an authentic sharing and harmony with nature.
George Carlin