More from George Carlin
A good motto to live by: ‘Always try not to get killed.
George CarlinGeorge Carlin Laugh often, long and loud. Laugh until you gasp for breath.
George CarlinGeorge Carlin It’s never just a game when you’re winning.
George CarlinGeorge Carlin The safest place to be during an earthquake would be in a stationary store.
George CarlinGeorge Carlin Always do whatever’s next.
George CarlinGeorge Carlin If a man smiles all the time, he’s probably selling something that doesn’t work.
George CarlinGeorge Carlin Isn’t making a smoking section in a restaurant like making a peeing section in a swimming pool?
George CarlinGeorge Carlin There are nights when the wolves are silent and only the moon howls.
George CarlinGeorge Carlin Avoid teams at all cost. Keep your circle small. Never join a group that has a name.
George CarlinGeorge Carlin I put a dollar in a change machine. Nothing changed.
George CarlinGeorge Carlin If you can’t beat them, arrange to have them beaten.
George CarlinGeorge Carlin Not only do I not know what’s going on, I wouldn’t know what to do about it if I did.
George CarlinGeorge Carlin What do dogs do on their day off?; Can’t lie around – that’s their job!
George CarlinGeorge Carlin If you try to fail, and succeed, which have you done?
George CarlinGeorge Carlin Just when I discovered the meaning of life, they changed it.
George CarlinGeorge Carlin One good reason to only maintain a small circle of friends is that three out of four murders are committed by people who know the victim.
George CarlinGeorge Carlin
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Someone rejected you does not mean you are not worthy. Maybe they can’t afford to be with you.
Jacklyn TysonJacklyn Tyson I will love you from afar it’s better this way because close up it hurts too much.
Melissa AndersonMelissa Anderson Maybe if you hold me tight, our love won’t be as shallow.
Mira R. AridiMira R. Aridi Sometimes a person is in peace & in the piece at the same time.
Jessica CollinsJessica Collins Between day and night there was a moment of silence.
Frode GaslandFrode Gasland But doesn’t it hurt to feel so much and pretend not to?
Brad NeatonBrad Neaton Admire your sweet way of glowing; your passionate way of flowing.
Ana SoulfulAna Soulful Darling, you are a warrior, for even though each day feels like a battle, you keep fighting and live on.
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More on cling
Man is only a moral being because he lives in society, since morality consists in solidarity with the group, and varies according to that solidarity. Cause all social life to vanish, and moral life would vanish at the same time, having no object to cling to.
Emile DurkheimEmile Durkheim No man can cause more grief than that one clinging blindly to the vices of his ancestors.
William FaulknerWilliam Faulkner A fellow is more afraid of the trouble he might have than he ever is of the trouble he’s already got. He’ll cling to trouble he’s used to before he’ll risk a change.
William FaulknerWilliam Faulkner As drivers desert the city I find myself clinging more and more to my father’s belief that a man without a car is not really a man.
Giles CorenGiles Coren When we see beyond self, we no longer cling to happiness. And when we stop clinging, we can begin to be happy.
Ajahn ChahAjahn Chah You should know both the universal and the personal, the realm of forms and the freedom to not cling to them.
Ajahn ChahAjahn Chah The meditator simply knows them, they don’t enter his mind. That is, he has no clinging. He is simply the experiencer.
Ajahn ChahAjahn Chah To define Buddhism without a lot of words and phrases, we can simply say, ‘Don’t cling or hold on to anything. Harmonize with actuality, with things as they are.’
Ajahn ChahAjahn Chah
