"Now, some people do this for shock value.……" — George Carlin
"Now, some people do this for shock value. Shock is just another uptown word for surprise. Granted it has a different quality to it, but a joke is about surprising someone. I'm a great believer in context. You can joke about anything. I do like finding out where the line is drawn, deliberately crossing it and bringing some of them with me across the line, and having them be happy that I did."
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546 Quotes by George Carlin
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Frisbeetarianism is the belief that when you die, your soul goes up on the roof and gets stuck.
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Don't sweat the petty things and don't pet the sweaty things.
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Inside every cynical person, there is a disappointed idealist.
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The reason I talk to myself is that I'm the only one whose answers I accept.
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If across the Atlantic the ideology was pride, here it is delivering the goods.
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