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First Quotes by George Carlin
- In comic strips, the person on the left always speaks first.
- If the Cincinnati Reds were really the first major league baseball team, who did they play?
- One of the first things they teach you in Driver's Ed is where to put your hands on the steering wheel. They tell you put…
- In high school, when I first heard of entropy, I was attracted to it immediately. They said that in nature all systems are breaking down,…
- My first rule: I don't believe anything the government tells me.
- If a word is misspelled in the dictionary, how would we ever know? If Webster wrote the first dictionary, where did he find the words?…
- I've begun worshipping the sun for a number of reasons. First of all, unlike some other gods I could mention, I can see the sun.…
- When I ask how old your toddler is, I don't need to hear '27 months.' 'He's two' will do just fine. He's not a cheese.…
- As a matter of principle, I never attend the first annual anything.
- [On School Uniforms] Don't these schools do enough damage making all these kids think alike, now they have to make them look alike too? It's…
- The most unfair thing about life is the way it ends. I mean, life is tough. It takes up a lot of your time. What…
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- No punishment has ever possessed enough power of deterrence to prevent the commission of crimes. On the contrary, whatever the punishment, once… — Hannah Arendt
- The spirit of Ubuntu, that once led Haiti to emerge as the first independent black nation in 1804, helped Venezuela, Colombia and… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- The first time Haiti had free and fair democratic elections was 1990, when I was elected. — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- I am lucky, I'm the first to admit that. — J. J. Abrams
- Courage is the first of human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees the others. — Aristotle
- For though we love both the truth and our friends, piety requires us to honor the truth first. — Aristotle
- He who is to be a good ruler must have first been ruled. — Aristotle
- In making a speech one must study three points: first, the means of producing persuasion; second, the language; third the proper arrangement… — Aristotle
- Retired is being tired twice, I've thought, first tired of working, then tired of not. — Richard Armour
- The first time that you escape from home or the small town that you live in - there's a reason a small… — Billie Joe Armstrong
- For some young people, their first experience ever hearing punk rock music was playing the Green Bay Packers on 'Madden'. — Billie Joe Armstrong
- Ironically, the first thing that appealed to me about Islam was its pluralism. The fact that the Koran praises all the great… — Karen Armstrong