BiographyType: Stand-up comedian, actor, social critic, author Born: May 12, 1937 Died: June 22, 2008 (aged 71) George Denis Patrick Carlin was an American stand-up comedian, actor, social critic and author. Carlin was noted for his black comedy and his thoughts on politics, the English language, psychology, religion, and various taboo subjects. Carlin and his "Seven dirty words" comedy routine were central to the 1978 U.S. Supreme Court case F.C.C. v. Pacifica Foundation, in which a 5–4 decision affirmed the government's power to regulate indecent material on the public airwaves. |
The reason I talk to myself is because I’m the only one whose answers I accept.
Have you ever noticed that anybody driving slower than you is an idiot, and anyone going faster than you is a maniac?
That's why they call it the American Dream, because you have to be asleep to believe it.
Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups.
Men are from Earth, women are from Earth. Deal with it.
The caterpillar does all the work, but the butterfly gets all the publicity.
May the forces of evil become confused on the way to your house.
It's important in life if you don't give a shit. It can help you a lot.
No matter how you care to define it, I do not identify with the local group. Planet, species, race, nation, state, religion, party, union, club, association, neighborhood improvement committee; I have no interest in any of it. I love and treasure individuals as I meet them, I loathe and despise the groups they identify with and belong to.
Once you leave out all the bullshit they teach you in school, life gets really simple.