As a matter of principle, I never attend the first annual anything.

—George Carlin

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About George Carlin

Portrait of George Carlin

George Denis Patrick Carlin (May 12, 1937 – June 22, 2008) was an American stand-up comedian, satirist, social critic, actor and author. Widely regarded as one of the greatest and most influential comedians of all time, he was known for his stand-up routines, combining elements of dark comedy and commentary...

More quotations from George Carlin

Frisbeetarianism is the belief that when you die, your soul goes up on the roof and gets stuck.

—George Carlin

Honesty may be the best policy, but it's important to remember that apparently, by elimination, dishonesty is the second-best policy.

—George Carlin

How come when it's us, it's an abortion, and when it's a chicken, it's an omelet?

—George Carlin

I'm always relieved when someone is delivering a eulogy and I realize I'm listening to it.

—George Carlin

In comic strips, the person on the left always speaks first.

—George Carlin

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If I had kept all these things neatly sorted and filed and labelled, it would save me a lot of trouble. However, it is a pleasure sometimes, when looking vaguely through a pile of old note-books to find something scribbled down, as: Possible plot—do it yourself—girl and not really sister—August—with a kind of sketch of a plot. What it's all about I can't remember now; but it often stimulates me, if not to write that identical plot, at least to write something else.

—Agatha Christie in An Autobiography

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Don't mourn, organize.

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Don't agonize. Organize.

—Florynce Kennedy

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