I've set my own rules to live by. The first one is: 'Never believe ANYthing the government says.'
George CarlinI was trying to get out of the night clubs and was thinking maybe I'll go to the colleges now; that's where you can speak your mind.
George CarlinHere's a phrase that apparently the airlines simply made up: near miss. They say that if 2 planes almost collide, it's a near miss. Bullshit, my friend. It's a near hit! A collision is a near miss. [WHAM! CRUNCH!] "Look, they nearly missed!" "Yes, but not quite.
George CarlinYou know what I like about the American form of government? They've worked things out so that you're never far from a 7-Eleven.
George CarlinOne philosopher has rightly said that property is theft. But I'd like to use my future ownership of property to give something back.
George CarlinTwo things happened. The creative side of my career was harmed. When I'd sit down and write under the influence of coke, the ratio of pages kept to pages thrown out declined drastically. But onstage, when rapping about a feeling I already owned, I would sometimes get a burst of eloquence.
George Carlin