George Carlin Quotes

I used to be Irish Catholic; Now I'm an American. You know, you grow.

George Carlin

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• In the long winter evenings he talked to Ma about the Western country. In the West the land was level, and there were no trees. The grass grew thick and high.

  

  Laura Ingalls Wilder
  • Long
  • Country
  • High

• I am now in a position to choose roles. I did not have so many offers before 'Queen,' but now things have changed a lot.

  

  Kangana Ranaut
  • Roles
  • Position
  • Queen

• I think punditry serves no purpose.

  

  Nate Silver
  • Think
  • Purpose
  • I Think

• Fashion is something which is non-lasting; it's ephemeral.

  

  Lapo Elkann
  • Fashion
  • Something
  • Which

• As most actors/actresses, I don't like to watch my own movies, either, and I never look at the dailys while filming.

  

  Cameron Bright
  • Movies
  • Look
  • Own

• One of the things jazz has always excelled at is translating the reality of the times through its musical prism.

  

  Pat Metheny
  • Reality
  • Jazz
  • Prism

• You can't take yourself too seriously; it's important to poke fun at yourself. Once in a while, it is great to show your inadequacies, too.

  

  Ram Kapoor
  • Great
  • Important
  • Fun

• We should allow people to purchase health insurance across state lines. That will create a true 50-state national marketplace which will drive down the cost of low-cost, catastrophic health insurance.

  

  Ted Cruz
  • People
  • True
  • Health

• In Hollywood, there's a network of creative executives, and when they hear something is good, it catches fire.

  

  Patrick Whitesell
  • Good
  • Fire
  • Creative

• And I pray thee, loving Jesus, that as Thou hast graciously given me to drink in with delight the words of Thy knowledge, so Thou wouldst mercifully grant me to attain one day to Thee, the fountain of all wisdom and to appear forever before Thy face.

  

  Venerable Bede
  • Words
  • Knowledge
  • Day

• Imam Rauf and his backers have every legal right to build their extravagant Islamic center within the lethal radius of Ground Zero. But the rest of us have the right to question why they insist on doing so.

  

  Ralph Peters
  • Why
  • Question
  • Rest

• God does arithmetic.

  

  Carl Friedrich Gauss
  • God
  • Does
  • Arithmetic

• Let someone else be the world's greatest actress. I'll be the world's greatest baseball fan.

  

  Laraine Day
  • World
  • Baseball
  • Greatest

• Being surrounded by love and people that care about your heart is the dream. That's what I would like on my last day.

  

  Rachel Boston
  • People
  • Heart
  • Love

• The problem with forbearance is that it always looks like a good thing to do until it stops working.

  

  Raghuram Rajan
  • Good
  • Problem
  • Working

• My grandfather worked in a shoe factory - he was an Italian immigrant. My father was the first to go to college in the family.

  

  Camille Paglia
  • Family
  • Father
  • College

• I know it's surprising, but there is a generation of people who haven't seen a Bond movie. They have no idea what it is. I want to entertain them as much as anyone else.

  

  Daniel Craig
  • People
  • Movie
  • Want

• When you take a shower in space, you have to press the water onto your body to clean yourself, and then you gotta vacuum it off.

  

  Ace Frehley Kiss
  • Space
  • Water
  • Yourself

• I remember breaking the news to both my parents that I wanted to be a director, and they both looked very doubtful. They didn't know what a closet Hindi film buff I was. I used to dance to old Hindi films songs on the sly, so my decision to be a part of Hindi cinema was shocking even for my parents.

  

  Karan Johar
  • Remember
  • Parents
  • Decision

• Haut doch die Polen, daß sie am Leben verzagen; ich habe alles Mitgefühl für ihre Lage, aber wir können, wenn wir bestehn wollen, nichts andres tun, als sie ausrotten; der Wolf kann auch nicht dafür, daß er von Gott geschaffen ist, wie er ist, und man schießt ihn doch dafür totd, wenn man kann.

  

  Otto von Bismarck
  • Die
  • Wolf

• Groupthink can become a serious issue - old ideas stay around after they're useful, and new ideas too often don't get a fair hearing.

  

  Elizabeth Warren
  • Serious

• I've spent so many years talking about poverty and economic justice, I'm strongly tempted to get biblical. Jesus' teachings are so radical; they're just insanely generous and apocalyptic. Christians become more fascinated by the dead Jesus. They don't like the living Jesus.

  

  Barbara Ehrenreich
  • Jesus
  • Justice
  • Poverty

• It is often safer to be in chains than to be free.

  

  Franz Kafka
  • Free

• I used to be Irish Catholic; Now I'm an American. You know, you grow.

  

  George Carlin
  • American
  • Catholic
  • Irish