There aren't enough words to describe this comedy legend and the dissapointment that is felt surrounding his passing yesterday.
A few members of a comedy forum that I belong to took words out of the rest of our mouths - "George Carlin was the first comedian I cared about"
"There's something amazing and special about the fact that a comic could become that popular without ever compromising who he was -- he was a rare case of someone being hugely successful because he stayed true to himself."
His impact is infinate.
I hope and I do believe that generations to come will know Carlin for more than just the 7 words he refused to not say. (Shit, Piss, Fuck, Cunt, Cocksucker, Motherfucker, Tits)
He was amazing on all accounts and he is greatly missed.
“I like it when a flower or a little tuft of grass grows through a crack in the concrete. It's so fuckin' heroic.”
“One can never know for sure what a deserted area looks like”
“If God had intended us not to masturbate he would've made our arms shorter”
“I have as much authority as the Pope, I just don't have as many people who believe it”
“Inside every cynical person, there is a disappointed idealist”
“Some people see things that are and ask, Why? Some people dream of things that never were and ask, Why not? Some people have to go to work and don't have time for all that ...”
“Not only do I not know what's going on, I wouldn't know what to do about it if I did”
“By and large, language is a tool for concealing the truth”
“Don't sweat the petty things and don't pet the sweaty things”
“Have you ever noticed that anybody driving slower than you is an idiot, and anyone going faster than you is a maniac?”
“Fighting for peace is like screwing for virginity”
“Always do whatever's next”
“The reason I talk to myself is that I'm the only one whose answers I accept”
“If it's true that our species is alone in the universe, then I'd have to say the universe aimed rather low and settled for very little”
"Who decides when the applause should die down? It seems like it's a group decision; everyone begins to say to themselves at the same time, "Well, okay, that's enough of that.""
“Most people work just hard enough not to get fired and get paid just enough money not to quit”
“If we could just find out who's in charge, we could kill him”
“Religion is just mind control”
“There's no present. There's only the immediate future and the recent past.”
“Death is caused by swallowing small amounts of saliva over a long period of time.”
R.I.P. George
