--- title: "4 Amusement Quotes By Bill Hicks" description: "4 Amusement quotes by Bill Hicks. Plus more from Bill Hicks and more Amusement sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fc4/bill-hicks-970_bank-account_the-world-is-like-a-ride-in-an-amusement_617173.jpg" --- > [“The world is like a ride in an amusement park, and when you choose to go on it you think it's real…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-hicks/the-world-is-like-a-ride-in-an-amusement-park-and-when-you-choose-to/) [Bill Hicks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-hicks/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fc4/bill-hicks-970_bank-account_the-world-is-like-a-ride-in-an-amusement_617173.jpg) > [“The world is like a ride in an amusement park, and when you choose to go on it you think it's real…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-hicks/the-world-is-like-a-ride-in-an-amusement-park-and-when-you-choose-to-2/) [Bill Hicks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-hicks/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/657/bill-hicks-970_bank-account_the-world-is-like-a-ride-in-an-amusement_1270692.jpg) > [The world's like a ride in a fairground & when you choose to go on it you think it's real, that's how…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-hicks/the-world-s-like-a-ride-in-a-fairground-when-you-choose-to-go-on-it/) [Bill Hicks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-hicks/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dcd/bill-hicks-970_amusement_the-world-s-like-a-ride-in-a-fairground_1454932.jpg) > [The world is like a ride in an amusement park. And when you choose to go on it you think it's real…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-hicks/the-world-is-like-a-ride-in-an-amusement-park-and-when-you-choose-to-3/) [Bill Hicks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-hicks/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/782/bill-hicks-970_amusement_the-world-is-like-a-ride-in-an-amusement_2600259.jpg) ## Other authors on Amusement - [Samuel Johnson 13 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/amusement/samuel-johnson/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b005/author-blaise-pascal-18353.jpg) Blaise Pascal 8 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/amusement/blaise-pascal/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b023/author-thomas-jefferson-90435.jpg) Thomas Jefferson 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/amusement/thomas-jefferson/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b012/author-jane-austen-47065.jpg) Jane Austen 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/amusement/jane-austen/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b010/author-gena-showalter-37227.jpg) Gena Showalter 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/amusement/gena-showalter/) - [Aristotle 6 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/amusement/aristotle/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b025/author-winston-churchill-96197.jpg) Winston Churchill 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/amusement/winston-churchill/) ## More by Bill Hicks > [ I'll smoke, I'll cough, I'll get the tumors, I'll die, deal? Thank you America. \[salutes\] ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-hicks/i-ll-smoke-i-ll-cough-i-ll-get-the-tumors-i-ll-die-deal-thank-you/) [Bill Hicks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-hicks/) > [not all drugs are good.. some of them are great](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-hicks/not-all-drugs-are-good-some-of-them-are-great/) [Bill Hicks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-hicks/) > [If you don't think drugs have done good things for us, then take all of your records, tapes and CD's and burn them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-hicks/if-you-don-t-think-drugs-have-done-good-things-for-us-then-take-all/) [Bill Hicks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-hicks/) > [I don't do drugs anymore... than, say, the average touring funk band.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-hicks/i-don-t-do-drugs-anymore-than-say-the-average-touring-funk-band/) [Bill Hicks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-hicks/) > [How many people disapprove of the job the Conservatives are doing? Seventy percent. Of those same people, how many will vote for them again?…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-hicks/how-many-people-disapprove-of-the-job-the-conservatives-are-doing/) [Bill Hicks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-hicks/) > [BTW A 24 week old embryo is not a human being. You're not a human being until you're in my phone book.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-hicks/btw-a-24-week-old-embryo-is-not-a-human-being-you-re-not-a-human/) [Bill Hicks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-hicks/) > [Christianity has a built-in defense system: anything that questions a belief, no matter how logical the argument is, is the work of Satan by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-hicks/christianity-has-a-built-in-defense-system-anything-that-questions-a/) [Bill Hicks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-hicks/) > [I'm just trying to rid the world of all these fevered egos that are tainting our collective unconscious...](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-hicks/i-m-just-trying-to-rid-the-world-of-all-these-fevered-egos-that-are/) [Bill Hicks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-hicks/) > [I was told when I grew up I could be anything I wanted: a fireman, a policeman, a doctor – even President, it seemed.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-hicks/i-was-told-when-i-grew-up-i-could-be-anything-i-wanted-a-fireman-a/) [Bill Hicks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-hicks/) > [Good comedy helps people know they're not alone. Great comedy provides an answer.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-hicks/good-comedy-helps-people-know-they-re-not-alone-great-comedy-provides/) [Bill Hicks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-hicks/) > [People ask me what I think about that woman priest thing. What, a woman priest? Women priests. Great, great. Now there's priests of both…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-hicks/people-ask-me-what-i-think-about-that-woman-priest-thing-what-a-woman/) [Bill Hicks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-hicks/) > [Oh sorry, I was taking life seriously.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-hicks/oh-sorry-i-was-taking-life-seriously/) [Bill Hicks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-hicks/) > [I can't watch TV longer than five minutes without praying for nuclear holocaust.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-hicks/i-can-t-watch-tv-longer-than-five-minutes-without-praying-for-nuclear/) [Bill Hicks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-hicks/) > [I'm not really a heavy smoker any more. I only get through two lighters a day now.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-hicks/i-m-not-really-a-heavy-smoker-any-more-i-only-get-through-two/) [Bill Hicks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-hicks/) > [You watch the news these days? It's unbelievable. You think you just walk out your door, you're immediately gonna be raped by some crack-addicted,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-hicks/you-watch-the-news-these-days-it-s-unbelievable-you-think-you-just/) [Bill Hicks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-hicks/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/amusement/bill-hicks/#itemlist", "name": "4 Amusement Quotes By Bill Hicks", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“The world is like a ride in an amusement park, and when you choose to go on it you think it's real because that's how powerful our minds are. The ride goes up and down, around and around, it has thrills and chills, and it's very brightly colored, and it's very loud, and it's fun for a while. 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