101 Greatest George Carlin Quotes

The man who says â??life is worth losingâ?� turns 70 today. George would say thatâ??s irony, not a coincidence. George Dennis Carlin was born May 12, 1937 in New York City and for the last 47 years heâ??s been doing stand-up comedy better than anyone else on the planet. In the process heâ??s pissed off a lot of people and accumulated some of funniest, and most controversial, quotes known to man. Even a list of 101 quotes is just scratching the surface. In no particular order here are his 101 bestâ?¦

1. I donâ??t have pet peeves â?? I have major psychotic fucking hatreds!
2. Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.
3. Swimming is not a sport. Swimming is a way to keep from drowning. Thatâ??s just common sense!
4. A house is just a place to keep your stuff while you go out and get more stuff.
5. Have you ever noticed that their stuff is shit and your shit is stuff?
6. I wanna live. I donâ??t wanna die. Thatâ??s the whole meaning of life: Not dying! I figured that shit out by myself in the third grade.
7. I used to be Irish Catholic. Now Iâ??m an American â?? you know, you grow.
8. You canâ??t fight City Hall, but you can goddamn sure blow it up.
9. If the Cincinnati Reds were really the first major league baseball team, who did they play?
10. Honesty may be the best policy, but itâ??s important to remember that apparently, by elimination, dishonesty is the second-best policy.
11. If itâ??s true that our species is alone in the universe, then Iâ??d have to say that the universe aimed rather low and settled for very little.
12. No one knows whatâ??s next, but everybody does it.
13. There are 400,000 words in the English language, and there are seven you canâ??t say on television. What a ratio that is! 399,993 to 7. They must really be baaaad. They must be OUTRAGEOUS to be separated from a group that large. â??All of you words over here, you sevenâ?¦.baaaad words.â?� Thatâ??s what they told us, right? â?¦You know the seven, donâ??t ya? That you canâ??t say on TV? Shit, piss, fuck, cunt, cocksucker, motherfucker and tits.
14. The very existence of flamethrowers proves that sometime, somewhere, someone said to themselves, â??You know, I want to set those people over there on fire, but Iâ??m just not close enough to get the job done.â?�
15. The reason I talk to myself is because Iâ??m the only one whose answers I accept.
16. Just when I discovered the meaning of life, they changed it.
17. Religion has convinced people that thereâ??s an invisible manâ?¦living in the sky, who watches everything you do every minute of every day. And the invisible man has a list of ten specific things he doesnâ??t want you to do. And if you do any of these things, he will send you to a special place, of burning and fire and smoke and torture and anguish for you to live forever, and suffer and burn and scream until the end of time. But he loves you. He loves you and he needs money.
18. Weather forecast for tonight: Dark. Continued dark overnight, with widely scattered light by morning.
19. If it requires a uniform, itâ??s a worthless endeavor.
20. If you live long enough, sooner or later everybody you know has cancer.
21. You know the good part about all those executions in Texas? Fewer Texans.
22. Soft rock music isnâ??t rock, and it ainâ??t music. Itâ??s just soft.
23. Reminds me of something my third-grade teacher said to us. She said, â??You show me a tropical fruit and Iâ??ll show you a cocksucker from Guatemala.â?�
24. As soon as someone is identified as an unsung hero, he no longer is.
25. If a movie is described as a romantic comedy, you can usually find me next door playing pinball.
26. The IQ and the life expectancy of the average American recently passed each other in opposite directions.
27. I knew a transsexual guy whose only ambition is to eat, drink, and be Mary.
28. I put a dollar in a change machine. Nothing changed.
29. If youâ??ve got a cat and a leg, youâ??ve got a happy cat. If youâ??ve got a cat and two legs, youâ??ve got a party.
30. You can prick your finger â?? just donâ??t finger your prick.
31. By and large, language is a tool for concealing the truth.
32. Ever notice that anyone going slower than you is an idiot, but anyone going faster is a maniac?
33. Isnâ??t it a bit unnerving that doctors call what they do â??practiceâ?�?
34. I donâ??t like to think of laws as rules you have to follow, but more as suggestions.
35. I think itâ??s the duty of the comedian to find out where the line is drawn and cross it deliberately.
36. When youâ??re born you get a ticket to the freak show. When youâ??re born in America, you get a front-row seat.
37. Eventually, alas, I realized the main purpose of buying cocaine is to run out of it.
38. I never fucked a ten, but one night, I fucked five twos.
39. I never joined the Boy Scouts. I donâ??t trust any organization that has a handbook.
40. I would never want to be a member of a group whose symbol was a man nailed to two pieces of wood.
41. Have you noticed that most of the women who are against abortion are women you wouldnâ??t want to fuck in the first place? Thereâ??s such balance in nature.
42. So I say, â??Live and let live.â?� Thatâ??s my motto. â??Live and let live.â?� Anyone who canâ??t go along with that, take him outside and shoot the motherfucker. Itâ??s a simple philosophy, but itâ??s always worked in our family.
43. Catholic â?? which I was until I reached the age of reason.
44. Hereâ??s a bumper sticker Iâ??d like to see: â??We are the proud parents of a child whoâ??s self-esteem is sufficient that he doesnâ??t need us promoting his minor scholastic achievements on the back of our car.â?�
45. I love and treasure individuals as I meet them; I loathe and despise the groups they identify with and belong to.
46. Beethoven was so hard of hearing, he thought he was a painter.
47. Don Ho can sign autographs 3.4 times faster than Efrem Zimbalist Jr.
48. God bless the homicidal maniacs. They make life worthwhile.
49. Iâ??ve never seen a homeless guy with a bottle of Gatorade.
50. One great thing about getting old is that you can get out of all sorts of social obligations just by saying youâ??re too tired.
51. If Helen Keller had psychic ability, would you say she had a fourth sense?
52. What year did Jesus think it was?
53. George Washingtonâ??s brother, Lawrence, was the Uncle of Our Country.
54. Have you ever wondered why Republicans are so interested in encouraging people to volunteer in their communities? Itâ??s because volunteers work for no pay. Republicans have been trying to get people to work for no pay for a long time.
55. In America, anyone can become president. Thatâ??s the problem.
56. Once you leave the womb, conservatives donâ??t care about you until you reach military age. Then youâ??re just what theyâ??re looking for. Conservatives want live babies so they can raise them to be dead soldiers.
57. â??One thing leads to anotherâ?�? Not always. Sometimes one thing leads to the same thing. Ask an addict.
58. No one who has had â??Tapsâ?� played for them has ever been able to hear it.
59. Property is theft. Nobody â??ownsâ?� anything. When you die, it all stays here.
60. The best thing about living at the waterâ??s edge: You only have assholes on three sides of you, and if they come this way you can hear them splash.
61. The future will soon be a thing of the past.
62. The planet is fine. The people are fucked.
63. The real reason that we canâ??t have the Ten Commandments in a courthouse: You cannot post â??Thou shalt not steal,â?� â??Thou shalt not commit adultery,â?� and â??Thou shalt not lieâ?� in a building full of lawyers, judges, and politicians. It creates a hostile work environment.
64. Boxing is a more sophisticated form of hockey.
65. The only good thing ever to come out of religion was the music.
66. I think everyone should treat one another in a Christian manner. I will not, however, be responsible for the consequences.
67. Bowling is not a sport because you have to rent the shoes.
68. â??When Will Jesus Bring the Pork Chops?â?� This title offends all three major religions, and even vegetarians!
69. Thou shalt keep thy religion to thyself.
70. And now, in the interest of equal time, here is a message from the National Institute of Pancakes: It reads, and I quote, â??Fuck waffles.â?�
71. Atheism is a non-prophet organization.
72. Whoever coined the term â??Buyer Bewareâ?� was probably bleeding from the asshole.
73. Cloud nine gets all the publicity, but cloud eight actually is cheaper, less crowded, and has a better view.
74. Have you ever noticed that the lawyer always smiles more than the client?
75. Iâ??m always relieved when someone is delivering a eulogy and I realize Iâ??m listening to it.
76. Just think, right now as you read this, some guy somewhere is gettinâ?? ready to hang himself.
77. The reason they call it the American Dream is because you have to be asleep to believe it.
78. If all our national holidays were observed on Wednesdays, we could wind up with nine-day weekends.
79. â??Meowâ?� means â??woofâ?� in cat.
80. Most people with low self-esteem have earned it.
81. Most people work just hard enough not to get fired and get paid just enough money not to quit.
82. â??No commentâ?� is a comment.
83. If a man smiles all the time, heâ??s probably selling something that doesnâ??t work.
84. You canâ??t argue with a good blowjob.
85. Most of the time people feel okay. Probably itâ??s because at the moment theyâ??re not actually dying.
86. So far, this is the oldest Iâ??ve been.
87. Instead of warning pregnant women not to drink, I think female alcoholics ought to be told not to fuck.
88. Do you think Sammy Davis ate Junior Mints?
89. When you think about it, attention-deficit order makes a lot of sense. In this country there isnâ??t a lot worth paying attention to.
90. The Golden Gate Bridge should have a long bungee cord for people who arenâ??t quite ready to commit suicide but want to get in a little practice.
91. I think I am, therefore, I am. I think.
92. If the cops didnâ??t see it, I didnâ??t do it!
93. Hooray for most things!
94. Capitalism tries for a delicate balance: It attempts to work things out so that everyone gets just enough stuff to keep them from getting violent and trying to take other peopleâ??s stuff.
95. I donâ??t have a fear of heights. I do, however, have a fear of falling from heights.
96. What was the best thing before sliced bread?
97. May the forces of evil become confused on the way to your house.
98. Life is a zero sum game.
99. Somehow I enjoy watching people suffer.
100. I have as much authority as the Pope. I just donâ??t have as many people who believe it.
101. It isnâ??t fair: the caterpillar does all the work, and the butterfly gets all the glory.

Bravo...swice1...:thumbsup:

I enjoyed that....GC rocks...:bonghit:

Great quotes :)

I miss him alot...

I love the story he was telling about being on an airplane while the stewardess is demonstrating how to use the oxygen mask...She's like "You place the mask over your face and breath normally"...George says "YEAH,I ALWAYS BREATH NORMALLY WHILE I PLUMMET TO EARTH AT 1000 FEET A SECOND!!!"

In the 80's,I was doing exterior restoration on the Park Lane Hotel...George happened to be staying there at the time...Our work can be pretty loud to say the least...My foreman Tony,(RIP),asked George for his autograph and he complied...It said "SHUT THE FUCK UP",George Carlin

RIP George Carlin

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#62 so true

Jon Stewart,Bill Maher and Margaret Cho are among an all-star lineup of entertainers who will honor the late comedian George Carlin at this year's Mark Twain prize for American Humor.
The prize was announced just before Carlins death in June.It will be awarded during a tribute performance Nov.10 at the John F.Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington.The program announced yesterday will be aired later on PBS stations.
Others who will honor Carlin include Garry Shandling,Lily Tomlin,Dennis Leary,Joan Rivers,Lewis Black and Richard Belzer.
The prize is being awarded posthumously for the first time in its 11-year history...:420thought:

"Religion is bullshit." - George Carlin

Carlin's an absolute ''LEGEND''

I Got ''an orgy of george'' book set for christmas.... will need to read it through! :thumbsup:

I all like them all but I love 92 if the cops didn't see it didn't happen.