George Carlin
George Carlin

Inside every cynical person, there is a disappointed idealist.

George Carlin
George Carlin

When you're born you get a ticket to the freak show. When you're born in America, you get a front row seat.

George Carlin
George Carlin

Electricity is really just organized lightning.

George Carlin
George Carlin

Some people see things that are and ask, Why? Some people dream of things that never were and ask, Why not? Some people have to go to work and don't have time for all that.

George Carlin
George Carlin

Frisbeetarianism is the belief that when you die, your soul goes up on the roof and gets stuck.

George Carlin
George Carlin

The very existence of flame-throwers proves that some time, somewhere, someone said to themselves, You know, I want to set those people over there on fire, but I'm just not close enough to get the job done.

George Carlin
George Carlin

Death is caused by swallowing small amounts of saliva over a long period of time.

George Carlin
George Carlin

Well, if crime fighters fight crime and fire fighters fight fire, what do freedom fighters fight? They never mention that part to us, do they?

George Carlin
George Carlin

I recently went to a new doctor and noticed he was located in something called the Professional Building. I felt better right away.

George Carlin
George Carlin

The other night I ate at a real nice family restaurant. Every table had an argument going.

George Carlin
George Carlin

I'm completely in favor of the separation of Church and State. My idea is that these two institutions screw us up enough on their own, so both of them together is certain death.

George Carlin
George Carlin

If it's true that our species is alone in the universe, then I'd have to say the universe aimed rather low and settled for very little.

George Carlin
George Carlin

Dusting is a good example of the futility of trying to put things right. As soon as you dust, the fact of your next dusting has already been established.

George Carlin
George Carlin

'I am' is reportedly the shortest sentence in the English language. Could it be that 'I do' is the longest sentence?

George Carlin
George Carlin

The reason I talk to myself is that I'm the only one whose answers I accept.

George Carlin
George Carlin

In comic strips, the person on the left always speaks first.

George Carlin
George Carlin

I'm not concerned about all hell breaking loose, but that a PART of hell will break loose... it'll be much harder to detect.

George Carlin
George Carlin

I was thinking about how people seem to read the Bible a whole lot more as they get older; then it dawned on me - they're cramming for their final exam.

George Carlin
George Carlin

When Thomas Edison worked late into the night on the electric light, he had to do it by gas lamp or candle. I'm sure it made the work seem that much more urgent.

George Carlin
George Carlin

You know an odd feeling? Sitting on the toilet eating a chocolate candy bar.