Thanks to people like Lenny Bruce and George Carlin, it's real freedom to do stand-up comedy. — Simon Amstell Copy Share Image
I loved George Carlin... I used to sit in front of the TV and watch the HBO comedy specials. I loved those… — Mick Foley Copy Share Image
George Carlin put it best. He said, "My old act was so easy to do because there was so little of me… — Jay Mohr Copy Share Image
I just liked stand-up comedy so much. I used to memorize Bill Cosby albums and other people's albums, George Carlin, Flip Wilson. — Drew Carey Copy Share Image
I like George Carlin's jokes. I like his humor. He's one of my heroes, and I like what he did with talking… — Steven Wright Copy Share Image
I listened to George Carlin when I was a kid and knew every word of his routines. — Sean Hayes Copy Share Image
I never was obsessed with comedians. When I was a little, little boy, I'd watch, like, George Carlin on 'Dinah Shore.' — Bobcat Goldthwait Copy Share Image
When I used to see Rick Moranis do something, to me that was immediately funny. Or George Carlin or Martin Lawrence. — Fred Armisen Copy Share Image
I look to icons like George Carlin, Chris Rock, and Richard Pryor on how to present these concepts of social change and… — Amanda Seales Copy Share Image
I had one really memorable line. It was all the words you're not allowed to say on the airwaves, so it's one… — Peter Jacobson Copy Share Image
Everybody is different. Some comedy is more musical like Steven Wright. His is a pillar of comedy to me. He invented a… — Louis C. K Copy Share Image
The jokes were perfect! Then George Carlin started talking about the seven dirty words you can't say on television, then it evolved… — Jay Mohr Copy Share Image
Every day I think, 'Gosh, I wish I could be like George Carlin, Bill Maher: I want that edge.' But every time… — Tom Smothers Copy Share Image
When I was growing up, I had more comedy albums than musical ones. George Carlin, Cheech and Chong, Steve Martin, Richard Pryor… — David Bryan Copy Share Image
George Carlin's album, 'Class Clown,' came out when I was in high school. I memorized a lot of that album. I'd come… — Steven Wright Copy Share Image
The things that make me angry still make me angry. George Carlin is 67, and he's still as funny as he's ever… — Denis Leary Copy Share Image
If anyone e-mails you something "by George Carlin," there's a 99 percent chance I did not write it. I didn't write "Paradox… — George Carlin Copy Share Image
My wife and I have long discussions about [George] Carlin, and we refuse to accept that he died an atheist. It's just,… — Jay Mohr Copy Share Image
One of the reasons I always looked up to [George] Carlin is he looked like your grandfather but, acted like your best… — Kevin Smith Copy Share Image
I love comedy and I would write things to myself as an exercise in writing. I didn't do well for years, and… — George Lopez Copy Share Image
George Carlin is kind of my template now because George Carlin before was straight laced regular comic and he had short hair,… — Drew Carey Copy Share Image
I was scared to death because for the comics of my generation, HBO specials are like the pinnacle. I'm thinking of all… — Bill Burr Copy Share Image
I think humor is actually a very serious thing. I think the people who shaped culture, for the better, in the last… — John Lurie Copy Share Image
[George Carlin] was obsessive about time; he was obsessive compulsive about his material and making things shorter and more perfect. He did… — Jay Mohr Copy Share Image
“There is going to come a time when we have to accept who we are without the assistance of religion. That will… — Corey Taylor Copy Share Image
I love comedy and I would write things to myself as an exercise in writing. I didn't do well for years, and… — George Lopez Copy Share Image
“George Carlin, as early as 2001, noted in his book Napalm & Silly Putty: Everybody says [politicians] suck. Well, where do people… — Nick Riggle Copy Share Image
“Why should I have to hide the fact that I don't believe there’s a supreme being? There’s no proof of it. There’s… — Jesse Ventura Copy Share Image
Before I even knew what stand up was, I tried to make people laugh at school because that was how I made… — Bill Burr Copy Share Image
“It was perverse - it appeared in industrialized nations, but it left poor people alone. George Carlin even made a joke about… — Liam Scheff Copy Share Image
The earliest stand-up comedy I was aware of was Bill Cosby. I watched Saturday Night Live as soon as I was aware… — Louis C. K Copy Share Image
“When you’re born you get a ticket to the freak show. When you’re born in America you get a front row seat.’… — John Niven Copy Share Image
And George Carlin was a guy that the more he aged the younger he seemed. — Kevin Smith Copy Share Image
George Carlin is an influence on a generation. He made me want to do comedy. — Tracy Morgan Copy Share Image
The first thing I said to myself on 9/11 was, 'There go our civil rights.' I found out by comparing notes later… — Penn Jillette Copy Share Image
It went from Bob Newhart to Flip Wilson to Bill Cosby to Richard Pryor to George Carlin to Cheech and Chong. I… — Ron White Copy Share Image
George Carlin is brilliant with words, and Johnny Winters is very creative. It's taking something common and drawing out the humor, being… — Bill Cosby Copy Share Image
![“My wife and I have long discussions about [George] Carlin, and we refuse to accept that he died an atheist. It's just, confounding. When I talked to Kelly [George Carlin's daughter] about it, she said that George Carlin once took her at about 12 years old and said, "I've figured it out." And he…” quote by Jay Mohr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/888/jay-mohr-4777_accepting_my-wife-and-i-have-long-discussions-abou_105382.jpg)
![“One of the reasons I always looked up to [George] Carlin is he looked like your grandfather but, acted like your best friend. Most of the adults in my world were adults and acted like adults and had job-type jobs and bills and pressures and stopped playing a long time ago. And George Carlin was a…” quote by Kevin Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d3e/kevin-smith-3887_adults_one-of-the-reasons-i-always-looked-up-to_820516.jpg)
![“[George Carlin] was obsessive about time; he was obsessive compulsive about his material and making things shorter and more perfect. He did an HBO hour every other year. It's live; you have to be off-stage at 55 minutes. It's a network; you've got to be off. And it's perfect.” quote by Jay Mohr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/50e/jay-mohr-4777_hbo_george-carlin-was-obsessive-about-time-h_1612309.jpg)
![“George Carlin, as early as 2001, noted in his book Napalm & Silly Putty: Everybody says [politicians] suck. Well, where do people think these politicians come from? They don’t fall out of the sky. They don’t pass through a membrane from another reality. They come from American parents and American…” quote by Nick Riggle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b6a/nick-riggle-85184_american-business_george-carlin-as-early-as-2001-noted-in_737167.jpg)
