--- title: "1 Acceptable Ridicule Quotes By Sam Kinison" description: "1 Acceptable Ridicule quotes by Sam Kinison. Plus more from Sam Kinison and more Acceptable Ridicule sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cf6/sam-kinison-11470_about_in-the-1990s-it-s-ok-to-do-comedy-about_1250846.jpg" --- > [In the 1990s, it's OK to do comedy about the Chernobyl disaster or the Space Shuttle blowing up. It's acceptable to ridicule the Pope or the President of the United States, but God forbid you do a joke... about gays.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-kinison/in-the-1990s-it-s-ok-to-do-comedy-about-the-chernobyl-disaster-or-the/) [Sam Kinison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-kinison/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cf6/sam-kinison-11470_about_in-the-1990s-it-s-ok-to-do-comedy-about_1250846.jpg) ## More by Sam Kinison > [Stand-up comedy is an art form and it dies unless you expand it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-kinison/stand-up-comedy-is-an-art-form-and-it-dies-unless-you-expand-it/) [Sam Kinison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-kinison/) > [It occurred to me that there wouldn't be world hunger, if you people would MOVE WHERE THE FOOD IS!!!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-kinison/it-occurred-to-me-that-there-wouldn-t-be-world-hunger-if-you-people/) [Sam Kinison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-kinison/) > [Folks, I've been straight for seventeen days... Not all in a row.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-kinison/folks-i-ve-been-straight-for-seventeen-days-not-all-in-a-row/) [Sam Kinison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-kinison/) > [You know what the problem is with world hunger? We've been sending them food.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-kinison/you-know-what-the-problem-is-with-world-hunger-we-ve-been-sending/) [Sam Kinison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-kinison/) > [I'd rather entertain people than offend them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-kinison/i-d-rather-entertain-people-than-offend-them/) [Sam Kinison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-kinison/) > [Obviously I'm not a role model for impressionable youth.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-kinison/obviously-i-m-not-a-role-model-for-impressionable-youth/) [Sam Kinison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-kinison/) > [My view of life is, 'If you're going to miss Heaven, why miss it by two inches? Miss it!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-kinison/my-view-of-life-is-if-you-re-going-to-miss-heaven-why-miss-it-by-two/) [Sam Kinison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-kinison/) > [It was great to be the rock comic, the shock comic. But after you've played Giants Stadium with Bon Jovi in front of 82,000…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-kinison/it-was-great-to-be-the-rock-comic-the-shock-comic-but-after-you-ve/) [Sam Kinison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-kinison/) > [AIDS is a horrible disease, and the people who catch it deserve compassion.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-kinison/aids-is-a-horrible-disease-and-the-people-who-catch-it-deserve/) [Sam Kinison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-kinison/) > [It was like going to church, except Ozzy Osbourne was there.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-kinison/it-was-like-going-to-church-except-ozzy-osbourne-was-there/) [Sam Kinison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-kinison/) > [I'm so tired of men who are afraid to hurt women's feelings.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-kinison/i-m-so-tired-of-men-who-are-afraid-to-hurt-women-s-feelings/) [Sam Kinison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-kinison/) > [What am I responsible for? Who am I responsible to? Everybody? How come when Archie Bunker nailed everybody, it was funny - but when…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-kinison/what-am-i-responsible-for-who-am-i-responsible-to-everybody-how-come/) [Sam Kinison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-kinison/) > [I have lived a carnal life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-kinison/i-have-lived-a-carnal-life/) [Sam Kinison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-kinison/) > [Real comedy doesn't just make people laugh and think, but makes them laugh and change.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-kinison/real-comedy-doesn-t-just-make-people-laugh-and-think-but-makes-them/) [Sam Kinison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-kinison/) > [Jesus had a tough life. I read about that guy. Jesus is the only guy that ever came back from the dead that didn't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-kinison/jesus-had-a-tough-life-i-read-about-that-guy-jesus-is-the-only-guy/) [Sam Kinison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-kinison/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/acceptable-ridicule/sam-kinison/#itemlist", "name": "1 Acceptable Ridicule Quotes By Sam Kinison", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "In the 1990s, it's OK to do comedy about the Chernobyl disaster or the Space Shuttle blowing up. It's acceptable to ridicule the Pope or the President of the United States, but God forbid you do a joke... about gays. 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