163 Quotes by Lenny Bruce

Part of the kick of making people laugh was doing something different. We were a rare breed – spotting one of us was like pinning a space alien, or abdominal snowman. There were maybe a hundred stand-ups in the whole country when I was doing it.

I’m not a comedian. I’m Lenny Bruce.

There is only what is.

I’ve talked to biblical cats, and Neanderthals who been here since day one. No one here has even seen the Big Boss. Ever.

The ‘what should be’ never did exist, but people keep trying to live up to it. There is no ‘what should be,’ there is only what is.

Wouldn’t it be nice if all the people who are lonesome could live in one big dormitory, sleep in beds next to each other, talk, laugh, and keep the lights on as long as they want to?

When homosexuals were repressed, you got Tennessee Williams. Today’s tolerance got you Hilton Perez.

That’s where the conflict starts. We all want for a wife a combination Sunday school teacher and a $500-a-night hooker.

Once you sleep on feathers you can’t go back to sleeping on the floor.