--- title: "11 Right now Quotes By Bill Hicks" description: "11 Right now quotes by Bill Hicks. Plus more from Bill Hicks and more Right now sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/317/bill-hicks-970_and-love_just-a-simple-choice-right-now-between-f_870548.jpg" --- > [Just a simple choice, right now, between fear and love. The eyes of fear want you to put bigger locks on your…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-hicks/just-a-simple-choice-right-now-between-fear-and-love-the-eyes-of-fear/) [Bill Hicks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-hicks/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/317/bill-hicks-970_and-love_just-a-simple-choice-right-now-between-f_870548.jpg) > [You want a better world...? Legalize pot right now. ...end the deficit? Legalize pot right now...biggest cash crop in America.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-hicks/you-want-a-better-world-legalize-pot-right-now-end-the-deficit/) [Bill Hicks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-hicks/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f2c/bill-hicks-970_america_you-want-a-better-world-legalize-pot-rig_2115322.jpg) > [I can speak for every guy in this room here tonight. Guys, if you could blow yourselves, ladies, you'd be in this…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-hicks/i-can-speak-for-every-guy-in-this-room-here-tonight-guys-if-you-could/) [Bill Hicks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-hicks/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a8c/bill-hicks-970_blow_i-can-speak-for-every-guy-in-this-room-h_2264316.jpg) > [Just a simple choice, right now, between fear and love. The eyes of fear want you to put bigger locks on your…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-hicks/just-a-simple-choice-right-now-between-fear-and-love-the-eyes-of-fear-3/) [Bill Hicks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-hicks/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d8d/bill-hicks-970_and-love_just-a-simple-choice-right-now-between-f_2925455.jpg) > [Dinosaur fossils? God put those there to test our faith." Thank God I'm strapped in right now here man. I think God…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-hicks/dinosaur-fossils-god-put-those-there-to-test-our-faith-thank-god-i-m/) [Bill Hicks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-hicks/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/394/bill-hicks-970_believes_dinosaur-fossils-god-put-those-there-to_2725738.jpg) > [It's just a ride and we can change it any time we want. It's only a choice. No effort, no work, no…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-hicks/it-s-just-a-ride-and-we-can-change-it-any-time-we-want-it-s-only-a/) [Bill Hicks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-hicks/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/100/bill-hicks-970_change_it-s-just-a-ride-and-we-can-change-it-an_2511752.jpg) > [I believe that God left certain drugs growing naturally upon our planet to help speed up and facilitate our evolution. OK, not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-hicks/i-believe-that-god-left-certain-drugs-growing-naturally-upon-our-2/) [Bill Hicks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-hicks/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/034/bill-hicks-970_believe_i-believe-that-god-left-certain-drugs-gr_1608745.jpg) > [This is where we are at right now, as a whole. No one is left out of the loop. We are experiencing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-hicks/this-is-where-we-are-at-right-now-as-a-whole-no-one-is-left-out-of/) [Bill Hicks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-hicks/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cce/bill-hicks-970_cleverness_this-is-where-we-are-at-right-now-as-a-w_2791485.jpg) > [Just a simple choice, right now, between fear and love. The eyes of fear want you to put bigger locks on your…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-hicks/just-a-simple-choice-right-now-between-fear-and-love-the-eyes-of-fear-2/) [Bill Hicks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-hicks/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/32b/bill-hicks-970_and-love_just-a-simple-choice-right-now-between-f_1673258.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) ## Other authors on Right now ## 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/right-now/bill-hicks/#itemlist", "name": "11 Right now Quotes By Bill Hicks", "numberOfItems": 11, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Just a simple choice, right now, between fear and love. The eyes of fear want you to put bigger locks on your doors, buy guns, close yourself off. 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No one is left out of the loop. We are experiencing a reality based on a thin veneer of lies and illusions. A world where greed is our God and wisdom is sin, where division is key and unity is fantasy, where the ego-driven cleverness of the mind is praised, rather than the intelligence of the heart.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Bill Hicks" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-hicks/this-is-where-we-are-at-right-now-as-a-whole-no-one-is-left-out-of/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cce/bill-hicks-970_cleverness_this-is-where-we-are-at-right-now-as-a-w_2791485.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cce/bill-hicks-970_cleverness_this-is-where-we-are-at-right-now-as-a-w_2791485.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cce/bill-hicks-970_cleverness_this-is-where-we-are-at-right-now-as-a-w_2791485.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“This is where we are at right now, as a whole. 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The eyes of fear want you to put bigger locks on…” — Bill Hicks", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 10, "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. Many people have been on the ride a long time, and they begin to wonder, \"Hey, is this real, or is this just a ride?\" And other people have remembered, and they come back to us and say, \"Hey, don't worry; don't be afraid, ever, because this is just a ride.\" And we … kill those people. \"Shut him up! I've got a lot invested in this ride, shut him up! Look at my furrows of worry, look at my big bank account, and my family. This has to be real.\" It's just a ride. But we always kill the good guys who try and tell us that, you ever notice that? And let the demons run amok … But it doesn't matter, because it's just a ride. And we can change it any time we want. It's only a choice. No effort, no work, no job, no savings of money. Just a simple choice, right now, between fear and love.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Bill Hicks" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-hicks/the-world-is-like-a-ride-in-an-amusement-park-and-when-you-choose-to/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fc4/bill-hicks-970_bank-account_the-world-is-like-a-ride-in-an-amusement_617173.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fc4/bill-hicks-970_bank-account_the-world-is-like-a-ride-in-an-amusement_617173.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fc4/bill-hicks-970_bank-account_the-world-is-like-a-ride-in-an-amusement_617173.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The world is like a ride in an amusement park, and when you choose to go on it you think it's real because…” — Bill Hicks", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 11, "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. Many people have been on the ride a long time, and they begin to wonder, \"Hey, is this real, or is this just a ride?\" And other people have remembered, and they come back to us and say, \"Hey, don't worry; don't be afraid, ever, because this is just a ride.\" And we … kill those people. \"Shut him up! I've got a lot invested in this ride, shut him up! Look at my furrows of worry, look at my big bank account, and my family. This has to be real.\" It's just a ride. But we always kill the good guys who try and tell us that, you ever notice that? And let the demons run amok … But it doesn't matter, because it's just a ride. And we can change it any time we want. It's only a choice. No effort, no work, no job, no savings of money. Just a simple choice, right now, between fear and love. The eyes of fear want you to put bigger locks on your doors, buy guns, close yourself off. The eyes of love instead see all of us as one. Here's what we can do to change the world, right now, to a better ride. Take all that money we spend on weapons and defenses each year and instead spend it feeding and clothing and educating the poor of the world, which it would pay for many times over, not one human being excluded, and we could explore space, together, both inner and outer, forever, in peace.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Bill Hicks" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-hicks/the-world-is-like-a-ride-in-an-amusement-park-and-when-you-choose-to-2/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/657/bill-hicks-970_bank-account_the-world-is-like-a-ride-in-an-amusement_1270692.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/657/bill-hicks-970_bank-account_the-world-is-like-a-ride-in-an-amusement_1270692.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/657/bill-hicks-970_bank-account_the-world-is-like-a-ride-in-an-amusement_1270692.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The world is like a ride in an amusement park, and when you choose to go on it you think it's real because…” — Bill Hicks", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } } ] }, { "@type": "CollectionPage", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/right-now/bill-hicks/#webpage", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/right-now/bill-hicks/", "name": "Right now Quotes by Bill Hicks", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website" }, "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/right-now/bill-hicks/#itemlist" }, "primaryImageOfPage": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/317/bill-hicks-970_and-love_just-a-simple-choice-right-now-between-f_870548.jpg" }, "description": "11 Right now quotes by Bill Hicks. 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