--- title: "17 Want Quotes By Bill Hicks" description: "17 Want quotes by Bill Hicks. Plus more from Bill Hicks and more Want sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ded/bill-hicks-970_apathetic_they-want-you-to-be-a-docile-apathetic-c_1912968.jpg" --- > [They Want You To Be A Docile Apathetic Consumer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-hicks/they-want-you-to-be-a-docile-apathetic-consumer/) [Bill Hicks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-hicks/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ded/bill-hicks-970_apathetic_they-want-you-to-be-a-docile-apathetic-c_1912968.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) > [A lotta Christians wear crosses 'round their necks; do you think if Jesus comes back he ever wants to see another cross?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-hicks/a-lotta-christians-wear-crosses-round-their-necks-do-you-think-if/) [Bill Hicks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-hicks/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b45/bill-hicks-970_christian_a-lotta-christians-wear-crosses-round-th_2743009.jpg) > [Let me tell you about gays in the military. I don't want any gay people hanging around me while I'm killing kids.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-hicks/let-me-tell-you-about-gays-in-the-military-i-don-t-want-any-gay/) [Bill Hicks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-hicks/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/64a/bill-hicks-970_comedy_let-me-tell-you-about-gays-in-the-milita_925229.jpg) > [Is it my business if somebody wants to burn a flag?...No, it's not...That's called logic and it'll help us all evolve...](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-hicks/is-it-my-business-if-somebody-wants-to-burn-a-flag-no-it-s-not-that-s/) [Bill Hicks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-hicks/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c52/bill-hicks-970_business_is-it-my-business-if-somebody-wants-to-b_2821010.jpg) > [You think when Jesus comes back, he really wants to see a cross? That's like going up to Jackie Onassis with a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-hicks/you-think-when-jesus-comes-back-he-really-wants-to-see-a-cross-that-s/) [Bill Hicks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-hicks/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f29/bill-hicks-970_cross_you-think-when-jesus-comes-back-he-reall_3186323.jpg) > [Rock stars against drugs--that's what we want, isn't it? Government-approved rock-n-roll? Woo! We're partying now!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-hicks/rock-stars-against-drugs-that-s-what-we-want-isn-t-it-government/) [Bill Hicks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-hicks/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e8b/bill-hicks-970_approved_rock-stars-against-drugs-that-s-what-we_2714481.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) > [I don't know what you all believe, and I don't really care ... but you have to admit that beliefs are odd.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-hicks/i-don-t-know-what-you-all-believe-and-i-don-t-really-care-but-you/) [Bill Hicks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-hicks/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/01e/bill-hicks-970_belief_i-don-t-know-what-you-all-believe-and-i_2252182.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) > [I ascribe to Mark Twain's theory that the last person who should be President is the one who wants it the most.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-hicks/i-ascribe-to-mark-twain-s-theory-that-the-last-person-who-should-be/) [Bill Hicks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-hicks/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/277/bill-hicks-970_house_i-ascribe-to-mark-twain-s-theory-that-th_3182886.jpg) > [And on the seventh day, god stepped back and said and said, "This is my creation, perfect in every way... oh, dammit…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-hicks/and-on-the-seventh-day-god-stepped-back-and-said-and-said-this-is-my/) [Bill Hicks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-hicks/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f02/bill-hicks-970_creation_and-on-the-seventh-day-god-stepped-back_1906848.jpg) > [I think it's interesting how people act on their beliefs. A lot of Christians, for instance, wear crosses around their necks. Nice…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-hicks/i-think-it-s-interesting-how-people-act-on-their-beliefs-a-lot-of/) [Bill Hicks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-hicks/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a8d/bill-hicks-970_belief_i-think-it-s-interesting-how-people-act_2775769.jpg) > [Mister, I don't want no trouble. I just came downtown here to get some hard rock candy for my kids, some gingham…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-hicks/mister-i-don-t-want-no-trouble-i-just-came-downtown-here-to-get-some/) [Bill Hicks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-hicks/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/778/bill-hicks-970_candy_mister-i-don-t-want-no-trouble-i-just-ca_2798405.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) > [If you want to understand a society, take a good look at the drugs it uses. And what can this tell you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-hicks/if-you-want-to-understand-a-society-take-a-good-look-at-the-drugs-it/) [Bill Hicks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-hicks/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/514/bill-hicks-970_alcohol_if-you-want-to-understand-a-society-take_1183855.jpg) > [“...I just want to be free of the fears and anxieties and the superstitions of religion. An 'avenging GOD'? One who created…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-hicks/i-just-want-to-be-free-of-the-fears-and-anxieties-and-the/) [Bill Hicks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-hicks/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/da0/bill-hicks-970_anxiety_i-just-want-to-be-free-of-the-fears-and_355646.jpg) ## Other authors on Want ## 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/want/bill-hicks/#itemlist", "name": "17 Want Quotes By Bill Hicks", "numberOfItems": 17, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "They Want You To Be A Docile Apathetic Consumer", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Bill Hicks" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-hicks/they-want-you-to-be-a-docile-apathetic-consumer/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ded/bill-hicks-970_apathetic_they-want-you-to-be-a-docile-apathetic-c_1912968.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ded/bill-hicks-970_apathetic_they-want-you-to-be-a-docile-apathetic-c_1912968.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ded/bill-hicks-970_apathetic_they-want-you-to-be-a-docile-apathetic-c_1912968.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“They Want You To Be A Docile Apathetic Consumer” — Bill Hicks", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "You want a better world...? 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The eyes of love instead see all of us as one.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Bill Hicks" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-hicks/just-a-simple-choice-right-now-between-fear-and-love-the-eyes-of-fear/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/317/bill-hicks-970_and-love_just-a-simple-choice-right-now-between-f_870548.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/317/bill-hicks-970_and-love_just-a-simple-choice-right-now-between-f_870548.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/317/bill-hicks-970_and-love_just-a-simple-choice-right-now-between-f_870548.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Just a simple choice, right now, between fear and love. 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": 9, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I don't know what you all believe, and I don't really care ... but you have to admit that beliefs are odd. Lots of Christians wear crosses around their necks ... you really think when Jesus comes back, he ever wants to see a fucking cross?", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Bill Hicks" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-hicks/i-don-t-know-what-you-all-believe-and-i-don-t-really-care-but-you/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/01e/bill-hicks-970_belief_i-don-t-know-what-you-all-believe-and-i_2252182.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/01e/bill-hicks-970_belief_i-don-t-know-what-you-all-believe-and-i_2252182.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/01e/bill-hicks-970_belief_i-don-t-know-what-you-all-believe-and-i_2252182.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I don't know what you all believe, and I don't really care ... but you have to admit that beliefs are odd…” — Bill Hicks", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 10, "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. The eyes of love instead see all of us as one.” -Bill Hicks", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Bill Hicks" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-hicks/just-a-simple-choice-right-now-between-fear-and-love-the-eyes-of-fear-3/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d8d/bill-hicks-970_and-love_just-a-simple-choice-right-now-between-f_2925455.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d8d/bill-hicks-970_and-love_just-a-simple-choice-right-now-between-f_2925455.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d8d/bill-hicks-970_and-love_just-a-simple-choice-right-now-between-f_2925455.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Just a simple choice, right now, between fear and love. 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": 11, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I ascribe to Mark Twain's theory that the last person who should be President is the one who wants it the most. The one who should be picked is the one who should be dragged kicking and screaming into the White House.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Bill Hicks" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-hicks/i-ascribe-to-mark-twain-s-theory-that-the-last-person-who-should-be/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/277/bill-hicks-970_house_i-ascribe-to-mark-twain-s-theory-that-th_3182886.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/277/bill-hicks-970_house_i-ascribe-to-mark-twain-s-theory-that-th_3182886.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/277/bill-hicks-970_house_i-ascribe-to-mark-twain-s-theory-that-th_3182886.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I ascribe to Mark Twain's theory that the last person who should be President is the one who wants it the…” — Bill Hicks", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 12, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "And on the seventh day, god stepped back and said and said, \"This is my creation, perfect in every way... oh, dammit I left all this pot all over the place. Now they'll think I want them to smoke it... Now I have to create Republicans.\"", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Bill Hicks" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-hicks/and-on-the-seventh-day-god-stepped-back-and-said-and-said-this-is-my/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f02/bill-hicks-970_creation_and-on-the-seventh-day-god-stepped-back_1906848.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f02/bill-hicks-970_creation_and-on-the-seventh-day-god-stepped-back_1906848.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f02/bill-hicks-970_creation_and-on-the-seventh-day-god-stepped-back_1906848.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“And on the seventh day, god stepped back and said and said, \"This is my creation, perfect in every way…” — Bill Hicks", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 13, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I think it's interesting how people act on their beliefs. A lot of Christians, for instance, wear crosses around their necks. Nice sentiment, but do you think when Jesus comes back, he's really going to want to look at a cross?", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Bill Hicks" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-hicks/i-think-it-s-interesting-how-people-act-on-their-beliefs-a-lot-of/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a8d/bill-hicks-970_belief_i-think-it-s-interesting-how-people-act_2775769.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a8d/bill-hicks-970_belief_i-think-it-s-interesting-how-people-act_2775769.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a8d/bill-hicks-970_belief_i-think-it-s-interesting-how-people-act_2775769.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I think it's interesting how people act on their beliefs. A lot of Christians, for instance, wear crosses…” — Bill Hicks", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 14, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Mister, I don't want no trouble. I just came downtown here to get some hard rock candy for my kids, some gingham for my wife. I don't even know what gingham is, but she goes through about ten rolls a week of that stuff. I ain't looking for no trouble, Mister.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Bill Hicks" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-hicks/mister-i-don-t-want-no-trouble-i-just-came-downtown-here-to-get-some/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/778/bill-hicks-970_candy_mister-i-don-t-want-no-trouble-i-just-ca_2798405.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/778/bill-hicks-970_candy_mister-i-don-t-want-no-trouble-i-just-ca_2798405.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/778/bill-hicks-970_candy_mister-i-don-t-want-no-trouble-i-just-ca_2798405.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Mister, I don't want no trouble. I just came downtown here to get some hard rock candy for my kids, some…” — Bill Hicks", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 15, "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. 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. 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