George Carlin
George Carlin was an American stand-up comedian, actor, writer, and radio personality, born on May 12, 1937, in New York City.
Carlin attended Bishop Dubois High School and Cardinal Hayes High School in New York. He worked as a radio personality and went on to appear as a television actor and a film actor, extending his professional activity across multiple platforms in the entertainment industry.
One notable work of Carlin's was "Seven Dirty Words." He was associated with atheism and received several significant recognitions over the course of his career, including the Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album, a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, the Emperor Has No Clothes Award, and the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor. Carlin died on June 22, 2008, in Santa Monica, California.
His work as a comedian and writer operated across the genres of black comedy, satire, observational comedy, and surreal humour. Those four genre affiliations, taken together, identify the range of approaches Carlin brought to his performances and written work in the English language.
Quotes by George Carlin
George Carlin's insights on:
Never let the brain idle. 'An idle mind is the devil's workshop.' And the devil's name is Alzheimer's.
If lawyers are disbarred and clergymen defrocked, doesn't it follow that electricians can be delighted, musicians denoted?
I don't eat lobsters, shrimp, or crawfish because I don't eat anything that looks like I should step on it.
That's why they call it the American Dream because you have to be asleep to believe it.
And you know, in this country now, there are a lot of people who want to expand the death penalty to include drug dealers. This is really stupid. Drug dealers aren't afraid to die. They're already killing each other every day on the streets by the hundreds; drive-bys, gang shootings. They're not afraid to die. Death penalty doesn't mean anything unless you use it on people who are afraid to die. Like... the bankers who launder the drug money.
As soon as they close the door to the aircraft, that's when they begin the safety lecture. I love the safety lecture! This is my favorite part of the airplane ride! I listen very carefully to the safety lecture, especially that part where they teach us how to use the seat belts! Imagine this: here we are, a plane full of grown human beings... many of us partially educated, and they're actually taking time out to describe the intricate workings of a belt buckle!
I was thinking about how people seem to read the bible a whole lot more as they get older, and then it dawned on me—they’re cramming for their final exam.