Quotes & Jokes by George Carlin / page 33
Sometimes a fireman will go to great strenuous lengths to save a raccoon that’s stuck in a drainpipe and then go out on the weekend and kill several of them for amusement.
We now buy watches primarily for their looks, price, or additional functions. The fact that they tell time seems lost.
When you visualize the recent past, do you see it as being somewhere over on the left?
I'm happy to tell you there is very little in this world that I believe in.
The sicker you get, the harder it is to remember if you took your medicine.
People can't seem to get it through their heads that there is never any healing or closure. Ever. There is only a short pause before the next "horrifying" event. People forget there is such a thing as memory, and that when a wound "heals" it leaves a permanent scar that never goes away, but merely fades a little. What really ought to be said after one of these so-called tragedies is, "Let the scarring begin."
A flag is supposed to represent everything that a country does. It doesn't only represent the good things. If you burn the flag, you're burning the flag for what you perceive to be the bad things the country has done. It's only a symbol. It's only a piece of cloth.
Most of the time people feel okay. Probably it’s because at the moment they’re not actually dying.
Why do croutons come in airtight packages? It's just stale bread to begin with.
You know an odd feeling? Sitting on the toilet eating a chocolate candy bar.