An entertainer is someone who pleases others, and an artist tries to please himself. An artist is on a journey: they don't know where they're going, what is going to happen, but they know they are not there yet, and there is some continuity and growth. I think of myself as an entertainer: I'm a performing entertainer, I'm a stand-up comic. But there's an artist at work here, too. One who interprets his world through his own filter.
George CarlinThat's why they call it the American Dream, because you have to be asleep to believe it.
George CarlinDo you know the nicest thing about looking at pictures of a 1950's baseball park? The only people wearing baseball caps are the players.
George CarlinThe planet is fine. The people are f****d. Because everyone is trying to save the planet. The planet doesnโt need that. The planet will take care of itself. People are selfish. And that's what they're doing is trying to save the planet for themselves to have a nicer place to live.
George CarlinThere are a lot of little things about our bodies that we all know, but we never talk about. That's what interests me. These are practically universal experiences; nobody mentions them! Some of them are disgusting. Some of them are appallingly revolting and degrading even to the most degenerate mind. So let's get started with a couple of them.
George Carlin