George Carlin
George Carlin
George Denis Patrick Carlinwas 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...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionComedian
Date of Birth12 May 1937
CityNew York City, NY
CountryUnited States of America
Who decides when the applause should die down? It seems like it's a group decision; everyone begins to say to themselves at the same time, "Well, okay, that's enough of that."
Why do 'slow down' and 'slow up' mean the same thing? Why is the third hand on the watch called the second hand?
It's way beyond ironic that a place called the Holy Land is the location of the fiercest, most deeply felt hatred in the world. And it makes for wonderful theater.
The New Testament is not new anymore' it's thousands of years old. It's time to start calling it the Less Old Testament.
The keys to America: The cross, the brew, the dollar, and the gun.
Environmentalists changed the word jungle to rain forest, because no one would give them money to save a jungle. Same with swamps and wetlands.
The straightest line between a straight distance is two points.
The whole problem with this idea of obscenity and indecency, and all of these things - bad language and whatever - it's all caused by one basic thing, and that is: religious superstition.
I went to the Missing Persons Bureau but no one was there.
I feel sorry for confetti. Its useful life lasts about two seconds. And it can never be used again.
If you have a legal problem, guess how you determine whether or not you need a lawyer. You see a lawyer. Isn't that weird?
Language always gives you away.
Put two things together which have never been put together before, and some schmuck will buy it.
Geologists claim that although the world is running out of oil, there is still a 200-hundred-year supply of brake fluid.