George Carlin (1937-2008)

Quotes

• "I am" is reportedly the shortest sentence in the English language. Could it be that "I do" is the longest sentence?

• Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.

• Ever notice that anyone going slower than you is an idiot, but anyone going faster is a maniac?

• The IQ and the life expectancy of the average American recently passed each other going in opposite directions.

• Isn't it a bit unnerving that doctors call what they do "practice?"

• As a matter of principle, I never attend the first annual anything.

• Frisbeetarianism is the belief that when you die, your soul goes up on the roof and gets stuck.

• Honesty may be the best policy, but it's important to remember that apparently, by elimination, dishonesty is the second-best policy.

• I think it's the duty of the comedian to find out where the line is drawn and cross it deliberately.

• I'm completely in favor of the separation of Church and State. My idea is that these two institutions screw us up enough on their own, so both of them together is certain death.

• I'm not concerned about all hell breaking loose, but that a PART of hell will break loose... it'll be much harder to detect.

• There's no present. There's only the immediate future and the recent past.

• Some national parks have long waiting lists for camping reservations. When you have to wait a year to sleep next to a tree, something is wrong.

• Weather forecast for tonight: dark.

• Well, if crime fighters fight crime and fire fighters fight fire, what do freedom fighters fight? They never mention that part to us, do they?

• The IQ and the life expectancy of the average American recently passed each other going in the oposite direction.

• Have you ever noticed that anybody driving slower than you is an idiot, and anyone going faster than you is a maniac?

• I have as much authority as the Pope. I just don't have as many people who believe it.

• Think of a person of average intelligence, and then realise half of the fucking country is more stupid than that idiot.