One thing leads to another? Not always. Sometimes one thing leads to the same thing. Ask an addict. — George Carlin Copy Share Image
If a drug has anything going for it at all, it should be self-limiting. It should tell you when you've had enough. — George Carlin Copy Share Image
Heroin, forget it. In my neighborhood, I could see what heroin did firsthand and I was definitely afraid of that number. — George Carlin Copy Share Image
Isn’t making a smoking section in a restaurant like making a peeing section in a swimming pool? — George Carlin Copy Share Image
The secretiveness. The stealth. Those were obviously the aspects of cocaine use I was addicted to. — George Carlin Copy Share Image
I consider the coke a major cause. Of course, you could also make the argument that because cocaine speeds up the heart,… — George Carlin Copy Share Image
Cocaine was different. It kept saying, "You haven't had enough." I became an abuser almost instantly. — George Carlin Copy Share Image
All the wrong things for all the wrong reasons. Sometimes people just want to feel different. And so long as Third World… — George Carlin Copy Share Image
“Homemade is a myth. You want to know some things that are homemade? Crystal meth. Crack cocaine. A pipe bomb full of… — George Carlin Copy Share Image
It was the typical paranoid experience [to hide coke]. As soon as I knew my hiding place, I thought the whole world… — George Carlin Copy Share Image
I was a stonehead for 30 years. I'd wake up in the morning and if I couldn't decide whether I wanted a… — George Carlin Copy Share Image
I think tobacco and alcohol warnings are too general. They should be more to the point: 'People who smoke will eventually cough… — George Carlin Copy Share Image
Cigarette companies market heavily to young people. They need young customers because their product kills the older ones. It is the only… — George Carlin Copy Share Image
One of the effects it [cocaine] had on my personality - my moods, my behaviors - was that it inhibited me a… — George Carlin Copy Share Image
“Fuck the drug war. Dropping acid was a profound turning point for me, a seminal experience. I make no apologies for it.… — George Carlin Copy Share Image
There's a thing about cocaine - when I was doing it secretly, it didn't make me very sociable. I forget how others… — George Carlin Copy Share Image
Grass probably helped me as much as it hurt me. Especially as a performer. When you're high, it's easy to kid yourself… — George Carlin Copy Share Image
I never took reds or Quaaludes to balance out the coke. So when it got to be four in the morning and… — George Carlin Copy Share Image
To me, smoking pot meant sitting with a newspaper on my legs, rolling the seeds down, pulling the twigs out and finally… — George Carlin Copy Share Image
In my neighborhood - West 121st Street in New York, "white Harlem" - there were only two drugs: smack and marijuana. By… — George Carlin Copy Share Image
Sometimes, after I'd gone at the coke like one of those snow plows moving up First Avenue, I'd think my heart was… — George Carlin Copy Share Image
I think the warning labels on alcoholic beverages are too bland. They should be more vivid. Here are a few I would… — George Carlin Copy Share Image
I like to write without being stoned. I like to have a hit or two and then go punch up the writing.… — George Carlin Copy Share Image
I don't think drugs are a problem; I think they're a symptom. As long as Americans are empty, spiritually, emotionally, morally empty,… — George Carlin Copy Share Image
My history of moving away from drugs is not the kind you hear from most people. Certainly not from celebrities, especially those… — George Carlin Copy Share Image
“Personally, if I were trying to discourage people from smoking, my sign would be a little different. In fact, I might even… — George Carlin Copy Share Image
The angles of my body show you an awful lot. I started doing coke to feel open, but by that time, the… — George Carlin Copy Share Image
I think the warning labels on alcoholic beverages are too bland. They should be more vivid. Here is one I would suggest:… — George Carlin Copy Share Image
The effect of the coke on our relationship [with my wife Brenda] was very sick. Now that it's over, those were actually… — George Carlin Copy Share Image
The ending of my experience with cocaine came in a periodic way. I would get high less frequently, I would use smaller… — George Carlin Copy Share Image
I never go anywhere or do anything that transports me outside the boundaries of my mind. — George Carlin Copy Share
Comedy, although it is not one of the fine arts - it's a vulgar art, it's one of the people's arts, it's the spoken… — George Carlin Copy Share
“I'm completely in favor of the separation of Church and State. ... These two institutions screw us up enough on their own, so both… — George Carlin Copy Share
“TOMORROW IS ANOTHER DAY. Not true. Today is another day. We have no idea what tomorrow is going to be. It might turn out… — George Carlin Copy Share
I was a loner as a child. I had an imaginary friend - I didn't bother with him. — George Carlin Copy Share
Kilometers are shorter than miles. Save gas, take your next trip in kilometers. — George Carlin Copy Share
“If you guys want to get a MOM tattoo and save a little money, just get two letters done. Get about a one-inch capital… — George Carlin Copy Share
You've built up so much speed that you HIT 70! After that it's a day-by-day thing; you HIT Wednesday! — George Carlin Copy Share
It ended suddenly for Brenda, more slowly for me. My runs began getting shorter and less pleasurable. I'd feel bad after only one day,… — George Carlin Copy Share
The whole idea of the pursuit of goods and possessions has completely corrupted the human experience, along with religion, which I think limits the… — George Carlin Copy Share
These days many politicians are demanding change. Just like homeless people. — George Carlin Copy Share
![“It was the typical paranoid experience [to hide coke]. As soon as I knew my hiding place, I thought the whole world knew it. I'd write clues to my hiding places in code, then forget the code and spend the rest of the day looking for my coke.” quote by George Carlin](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/11c/george-carlin-155_clue_it-was-the-typical-paranoid-experience-t_1705921.jpg)
![“One of the effects it [cocaine] had on my personality - my moods, my behaviors - was that it inhibited me a lot. It kind of took possibilities out of my world, and made the focus of things very narrow.” quote by George Carlin](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/560/george-carlin-155_behavior_one-of-the-effects-it-cocaine-had-on-my_2607653.jpg)
![“The effect of the coke on our relationship [with my wife Brenda] was very sick. Now that it's over, those were actually funny times. Looking for each other's coke, hiding it, finding it, doing some, not telling the other. Then fighting over it.” quote by George Carlin](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/41b/george-carlin-155_coke_the-effect-of-the-coke-on-our-relationsh_2309375.jpg)
