George Carlin Quotes

I'm not concerned about all hell breaking loose, but that a PART of hell will break loose... it'll be much harder to detect.

George Carlin

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• I think my films kind of walk this line that I'm proud of, that they feel sort of like films of my youth, which were far more commercial.

  

  J. C. Chandor
  • Proud
  • Youth
  • Walk

• I learned so much in Zimbabwe, in particular about the need for humility in our ambition to extend mental health care in countries where there were very few psychiatrists and where the local culture harboured very different views about mental illness and healing. These experiences have profoundly influenced my thinking.

  

  Vikram Patel
  • Different
  • Thinking
  • Culture

• In high school and college, I did not have any Christian friends except my best friend Sarah, who I actually 'brought to Jesus.'

  

  Maggie Rowe
  • School
  • Friends
  • High

• It's been a career filled with very low valleys and some wonderful, high peaks.

  

  Pat Morita
  • High
  • Career
  • Very

• And we broadcast tapes sent to us from Americans against the war. These were most effective I believe.

  

  Hanoi Hannah
  • Believe
  • War
  • I Believe

• None of us, remember, knew that 9/11 was gonna happen. We didn't live in a state of anxiety and fear about Osama Bin Laden. The CIA might have, and they failed to prevent it. But the general public didn't have any knowledge. Now we have knowledge of it, and it's a very clear and present danger in our lives.

  

  Damian Lewis
  • Live
  • Remember
  • Fear

• The Companion of Honour I regarded as an award from the country for 50 years of work - which I thought was okay.

  

  Harold Pinter
  • Work
  • Country
  • Thought

• If I am pushed I will push back, that is the way I am. I am very British. We don't like to be pushed around. When the chips are down we might have to step into grey areas.

  

  Damon Hill
  • Way
  • Step
  • British

• Being an agent gave me a great sense of satisfaction.

  

  Victoria Principal
  • Great
  • Me
  • Sense

• Even though my shoes are different from Ferragamo's aesthetic, which is more classic, I learned the importance of fit and quality. We were making shoes like they used to, by hand, and I carried that with me.

  

  Edgardo Osorio
  • Different
  • Me
  • Hand

• People who don't fit the mold are treated differently than those who do.

  

  Carly Fiorina
  • People
  • Fit
  • Mold

• Now I'm just known as McDreamy, I've lost all identity as Patrick Dempsey, I'm now McDreamy.

  

  Patrick Dempsey
  • Lost
  • Identity
  • Now

• What I love best in life is new starts.

  

  Karl Lagerfeld
  • Life
  • Best
  • New

• Try as hard as we may for perfection, the net result of our labors is an amazing variety of imperfectness. We are surprised at our own versatility in being able to fail in so many different ways.

  

  Samuel McChord Crothers
  • Different
  • May
  • Amazing

• Veterans Day is a time to celebrate the men and women who have worn this nation's uniform and to honor their service.

  

  Tammy Duckworth
  • Time
  • Men
  • Women

• They are just really stupid people in Hollywood. You write them a script, and they say they love it, they absolutely love it. Then they say, 'But doesn't it need a small dog, and an Eskimo, and shouldn't it be set in New Guinea?' And you say, 'But it is a sophisticated romantic comedy set in Paris.'

  

  P. J. O'Rourke
  • People
  • Comedy
  • Write

• As withered weed through cruell winters tine, That feeles the warmth of sunny beames reflection, Liftes up his head, that did before decline And gins to spread his leafe before the faire sunshine.

  

  Edmund Spenser
  • Up
  • Reflection
  • Sunshine

• The Beltway Right has entered into a civil union with Big Brother.

  

  Pat Buchanan
  • Brother

• I shall not want Honor in Heaven For I shall meet Sir Philip Sidney And have talk with Coriolanus And other heroes of that kidney.

  

  T. S. Eliot
  • Heaven
  • Honor
  • Hero

• I was at a meeting two years ago in Beijing, and I passed a bunch of women who were marching in a protest. Their signs were probably saying something I wouldn't have agreed with at all. But I was so glad to see women marching. And it's happening all over the world.

  

  Betty Friedan
  • World
  • Women

• People think if you're working class, there has to be some fascist element underneath.

  

  Irvine Welsh
  • People
  • Think
  • Class

• Pretty much anything William Shatner is in is great. He's great at playing that 'I'm the only one sane in the world' character.

  

  Lin-Manuel Miranda
  • World
  • Great
  • Character

• States with better-educated citizens also see economic benefits. These states have better luck recruiting and retaining quality employers, and they enjoy lower overall rates of unemployment, poverty, and welfare dependency.

  

  Doug Ducey
  • Quality
  • Poverty
  • Luck

• I'm not concerned about all hell breaking loose, but that a PART of hell will break loose... it'll be much harder to detect.

  

  George Carlin