Bill Hicks
Bill Hicks
William Melvin "Bill" Hickswas an American stand-up comedian, social critic, satirist, and musician. His material, encompassing a wide range of social issues including religion, politics, and philosophy, was controversial, and often steeped in dark comedy. He criticized consumerism, superficiality and banality within the media and popular culture, which he characterized as oppressive tools of the ruling class that keep people "stupid and apathetic"...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionComedian
Date of Birth16 December 1961
CityValdosta, GA
CountryUnited States of America
I'm sorry if any of you are Catholic. I'm not sorry if you're offended, I'm actually just sorry by the fact that you're Catholic.
The definition of black irony is Pro-lifers killing Doctors who do abortions
Why is marijuana against the law? It grows naturally upon our planet. Doesn’t the idea of making nature against the law seem to you a bit . . . unnatural?
I smoke to fill the potholes in my soul
I don't like anything in the mainstream and they don't like me.
I don't mean to sound bitter, cold, or cruel, but I am, so that's how it comes out.
I don't do drugs anymore... than, say, the average touring funk band.
Your denial is beneath you, and thanks to the use of hallucinogenic drugs, I see through you.
You know we armed Iraq. I wondered about that too, you know during the Persian Gulf war those intelligence reports would come out: "Iraq: incredible weapons - incredible weapons." How do you know that? "Uh, well...we looked at the receipts."
I can't watch TV longer than five minutes without praying for nuclear holocaust.
Oh sorry, I was taking life seriously.
When two or more people agree on an issue, I form on the other side.
I ascribe to Mark Twain's theory that the last person who should be President is the one who wants it the most. The one who should be picked is the one who should be dragged kicking and screaming into the White House.
I'm a heavy smoker. I go through two lighters a day.