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Bill Hicks177 quotes“It’s always funny until someone gets hurt. Then it’s just hilarious.”
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Why is marijuana against the law? It grows naturally on our planet, serves a thousand different functions, all of them positive. To make marijuana against the law is like saying that God made a mistake.
Bill HicksBill Hicks So, it’s good to be here, wherever I am.
Bill HicksBill Hicks Jesus-murdered. Martin Luther King-murdered. Gandhi-murdered. Malcolm X-murdered. Reagan-wounded.
Bill HicksBill Hicks I believe that there is an equality to all humanity. We all suck.
Bill HicksBill Hicks [Comedy] is an escape from illusions. The audience is…thinking, ‘This bullshit we see and hear all day makes no sense.’
Bill HicksBill Hicks You are the imagination of yourself.
Bill HicksBill Hicks You’re not a human till you’re in my phone book. There. My hat is now in the political ring.
Bill HicksBill Hicks How come people always flip and think they’re Jesus? Why not Buddha? Particularly in America, where more people resemble Buddha than Jesus. ‘Ah’m BUDDHA!’ ‘You’re Bubba!’ ‘Ah’m Buddha now..All I gotta do is change 3 letters on ma belt.
Bill HicksBill Hicks I don’t know what you all believe, and I don’t really care … but you have to admit that beliefs are odd. Lots of Christians wear crosses around their necks … you really think when Jesus comes back, he ever wants to see a fucking cross?
Bill HicksBill Hicks No, I don’t do drugs anymore, either. But I’ll tell you something about drugs. I used to do drugs, but I’ll tell you something honestly about drugs, honestly, and I know it’s not a very popular idea, you don’t hear it very often anymore, but it is the truth,
Bill HicksBill Hicks When two or more people agree on an issue, I form on the other side.
Bill HicksBill Hicks People always snap and think they’re Jesus. How come no one ever snaps and thinks they’re Buddha?
Bill HicksBill Hicks 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.
Bill HicksBill Hicks I love talking about the Kennedy assasination. The reason I do is because I’m fascinated by it. I’m fascinated that our government could lie to us so blatantly, so obviously for so long, and we do absolutely nothing about it. I think that’s interesting in what is ostensibly a democracy.
Bill HicksBill Hicks Mushrooms grow on cow turds. I love that. I think that’s why you giggle the first hour.
Bill HicksBill Hicks A world where greed is our God and wisdom is sin, where division is key and unity is fantasy, where the ego-driven cleverness of the mind is praised, rather than the intelligence of the heart.
Bill HicksBill Hicks
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I managed to cut myself loose and while there was pain – there weren’t any blood.
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Alex DanielAlex Daniel You deserve words that remind you of your value.
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Megan LaoMegan Lao I’m like sugar in the coffee. Stir me and I’ll dissolve into you.
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All of my comedian friends are some of the best joke writers in the world.
Ron WhiteRon White I was considered by my peers to be a good comedian. So that’s all I ever strived to do was get some recognition from my peers.
Ron WhiteRon White I begged the universe to make me a famous comedian, and it did. So I tend not to ask for any more.
Ron WhiteRon White My biggest pet peeve, I guess, is other comedians criticizing Larry the Cable Guy.
Ron WhiteRon White I really understood a lot more about comedy after listening to Bill Hicks, who died at 32 years old. He’s probably the best comedian who ever lived. Although you can’t say that because of Carlin, Cosby and Pryor.
Ron WhiteRon White I always wanted to be a popular comedian.
Ron WhiteRon White My goal is just to become a better comedian.
Ron WhiteRon White I’ve got a group who can’t play music, one bad comedian plus boyfriend.
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