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
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.
I'm sure Hitler was great with his family.
Have you noticed when you wear a hat for a long time it feels like it's not there anymore? And then when you take it off it feels like it's still there?
Flowers are one of the few things we buy, bring home, watch die, and we don't ask for our money back.
Everyone should try to scratch their name on the bomb of life.