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> [Irreverence is our only sacred cow.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-krassner/irreverence-is-our-only-sacred-cow/)

[Paul Krassner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-krassner/)

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> [The more repression there is, the more need there is for irreverence toward those who are responsible for that repression. But too often sarcasm passes for irony, name-calling passes for insight, bleeped-out four-letter words pass for wit, and lowest-common-denominator jokes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-krassner/the-more-repression-there-is-the-more-need-there-is-for-irreverence/)

[Paul Krassner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-krassner/)

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## More by Paul Krassner

> [For years, reality has been nipping at the heels of satire. Now, it's finally caught up. I don't need to make this stuff up.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-krassner/for-years-reality-has-been-nipping-at-the-heels-of-satire-now-it-s/)

[Paul Krassner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-krassner/)

> [Irreverence is our only sacred cow.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-krassner/irreverence-is-our-only-sacred-cow/)

[Paul Krassner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-krassner/)

> [The more repression there is, the more need there is for irreverence toward those who are responsible for that repression. But too often sarcasm…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-krassner/the-more-repression-there-is-the-more-need-there-is-for-irreverence/)

[Paul Krassner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-krassner/)

> [Since I was both an atheist and an absurdist, I had decided that the most absurd thing I could do would be to develop…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-krassner/since-i-was-both-an-atheist-and-an-absurdist-i-had-decided-that-the/)

[Paul Krassner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-krassner/)

> [Watch yourself as though you were observing a Martian.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-krassner/watch-yourself-as-though-you-were-observing-a-martian/)

[Paul Krassner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-krassner/)

> [I had become an atheist at the age of thirteen, when atomic bombs were dropped on Japan.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-krassner/i-had-become-an-atheist-at-the-age-of-thirteen-when-atomic-bombs-were/)

[Paul Krassner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-krassner/)

> [I am neither for conformity nor non-conformity. I am for individuality. If one's individuality is in effect non-conformity, then so be it. But basically,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-krassner/i-am-neither-for-conformity-nor-non-conformity-i-am-for-individuality/)

[Paul Krassner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-krassner/)

> [There is indeed a business like show business. It's the news.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-krassner/there-is-indeed-a-business-like-show-business-it-s-the-news/)

[Paul Krassner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-krassner/)

> [Avoid internalizing society's sexism, racism, ageism - pick an ism, any ism.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-krassner/avoid-internalizing-society-s-sexism-racism-ageism-pick-an-ism-any-ism/)

[Paul Krassner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-krassner/)

> [As long as the government can arbitrarily decide which substances are legal and which are illegal, then those who remain behind bars for illegal…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-krassner/as-long-as-the-government-can-arbitrarily-decide-which-substances-are/)

[Paul Krassner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-krassner/)

> [People don't like to be lectured to, but if you can make them laugh, their defenses come down, and for the time being they've…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-krassner/people-don-t-like-to-be-lectured-to-but-if-you-can-make-them-laugh/)

[Paul Krassner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-krassner/)

> [“If you must give me a label, then label me a human being. I have no pride in being a human, though, because I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-krassner/if-you-must-give-me-a-label-then-label-me-a-human-being-i-have-no/)

[Paul Krassner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-krassner/)

> [“False humility is better than no humility at all.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-krassner/false-humility-is-better-than-no-humility-at-all/)

[Paul Krassner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-krassner/)

> [I guess I'm a spiritual secularist, if that's not an oxymoron. My paths of secularism and spirituality are the same: I try to do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-krassner/i-guess-i-m-a-spiritual-secularist-if-that-s-not-an-oxymoron-my-paths/)

[Paul Krassner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-krassner/)

> [ I think \[audiences are\] more aware now of the contradictions in mainstream culture, the phony piety that permeates society, the inhumane hypocrisy. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-krassner/i-think-audiences-are-more-aware-now-of-the-contradictions-in/)

[Paul Krassner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-krassner/)

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