People who see life as anything more than pure entertainment are missing the point.


George Carlin

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I see man more as an instrument or an agent more than anything else.
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“People who have nothing can see more clearly, than people who have everything.”
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I'm probably doing puns more than anything in my life.
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If you're wishing for a better life, you're missing the point.
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There are no bad words. Bad thoughts. Bad intentions, and wooooords.
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I would say people remember me from 'Life Goes On' more than anything.
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People are just looking for honesty and authenticity more than anything.
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At this point, we see more negatives than positives.
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Last words are for people who haven't said anything in life.
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It would be pure speculation at this point to say anything about the cause of the accident.
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There are more than 200,000 people in Maputo who are nothing more than parasites.
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Don't give your money to the church. They should be giving their money to you.
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GEORGE CARLIN
I went straight from shenanigans to cries against humanity
GEORGE CARLIN
A man came up to me on the street and said I used to be messed up out of my mind on drugs but now I'...
GEORGE CARLIN
I tell ya, if I hadn't chosen the career of being a performer, I think linguistics would have been a...
GEORGE CARLIN
If you’re reading it in a book, folks, it ain’t self-help. It’s help.
GEORGE CARLIN
If the Reds were baseball's first team, who did they play?
GEORGE CARLIN
What if Alexander Graham Bell's name were Alexander Graham Siren? The phone wouldn't ring, it would ...
GEORGE CARLIN
Little-known fact: When the stock exchange closes, the guy who comes out on the balcony with that bi...
GEORGE CARLIN
Excuse me, officer, but would you mind bringing the wreckage a little closer this way? My wife can't...
GEORGE CARLIN
Everything beeps now
GEORGE CARLIN
You live eighty years, and at best you get about six minutes of pure magic
GEORGE CARLIN
Think about it,
GEORGE CARLIN
I remember when I was a kid I used to come home from Sunday School and my mother would get drunk and...
GEORGE CARLIN
Most people are not particularly good at anything
GEORGE CARLIN
I enjoy watching reruns of Saturday Night Live and counting all the dead people
GEORGE CARLIN
When Thomas Edison worked late into the night on the electric light, he had to do it by gas lamp or ...
GEORGE CARLIN
What are you going to do, play with your prick for another 20 to 30 years,>Read People Magazine your...
GEORGE CARLIN
One thing i don't understand is sex is legal and selling things is legal but selling sex is illegal.
GEORGE CARLIN
“The reason I talk to myself is because I’m the only one whose answers I accept.”
GEORGE CARLIN
If a piece requires some specific inflection, I'll record it. I take a lot of notes, and later categ...
GEORGE CARLIN
Without the laughs, the audience wouldn't be there at all, so in that sense, yes, I am a comedian.
GEORGE CARLIN