I credit that eight years of grammar school with nourishing me in a direction where I could trust myself and trust my instincts. They gave me the tools to reject my faith. They taught me to question and think for myself and to believe in my instincts to such an extent that I just said, "This is a wonderful fairy tale they have going here, but it's not for me."
George CarlinIn TV today, you can say I pricked my finger, but you can't say it the other way around.
George CarlinHeroin, forget it. In my neighborhood, I could see what heroin did firsthand and I was definitely afraid of that number.
George CarlinThe whole idea of the pursuit of goods and possessions has completely corrupted the human experience, along with religion, which I think limits the intellect.
George Carlin