Folks, it’s time to evolve. That’s why we’re troubled. You know why our institutions are failing us, the church, the state, everything’s failing? It’s because, um – they’re no longer relevant. We’re supposed to keep evolving. Evolution did not end with us growing opposable thumbs. You do know that, right?
BILL HICKSKeith Richards outlived Jim Fixx, the runner and health-nut dude. The plot thickens.
More Bill Hicks Quotes
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So, it’s good to be here, wherever I am.
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What do you say we lighten things up and talk about abortion?
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In Australia…they celebrate Easter the same…by telling our children a giant bunny rabbit…left chocolate eggs in the night
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I smoke to fill the potholes in my soul
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When you’re…stepping over a guy on the sidewalk…does it ever occur to you to think, ‘Wow. Maybe our system doesn’t work?’
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I’m a heavy smoker. I go through two lighters a day.
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Are gun rights advocates arguing that roving gangs…shooting innocent bystanders constitutes a ‘well-regulated militia’?
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People always snap and think they’re Jesus. How come no one ever snaps and thinks they’re Buddha?
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I find it ironic that people who are against things that cause sexual thoughts are generally fundamentalist Christians who also believe you should be fruitful and multiply.
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Go back to bed America, your government is in control again. Go back to bed America… you are free to do as we tell you… you are free to do as we tell you.
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Speaking of Satan, I was watching Rush Limbaugh the other day.
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I’ve been on what I call my UFO Tour, which means, like UFOs, I too have been appearing in small southern towns in front of a handful of hillbillies lately.
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The role of the comedian is to say ‘Wait a minute’ when a consensus starts to form.
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When two or more people agree on an issue, I form on the other side.
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I’m just trying to rid the world of all these fevered egos that are tainting our collective unconscious.
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