"I don't think drugs are a problem;..." - Quote by George Carlin
I don't think drugs are a problem; I think they're a symptom. As long as Americans are empty, spiritually, emotionally, morally empty, they will need things like the drugs they choose to use. Mankind has wanted to change the way it felt from the beginning anyway. In this country there are even more reasons to want to feel different, to want to feel better, because this is such a neon sewer. This is such a degrading culture. It forces you to play Beethoven to your child in the uterus so that he will get into a better school and a better job and make more money so he can take care of you.
More by George Carlin
“Regarding local residents attempting to ban sex shops from their neighborhoods: You show me a parent who says he's worried about his child's innocence and I'll show you a homeowner trying to maintain equity.”
“Surround yourself with what you love.”
“People are dreaming if they think they have rights. They've never had rights. There's no such thing.”
More on Drugs
“No, this is not a good town for psychedelic drugs. Reality itself is too twisted.”
“The way this country deals with drugs is just not funny. What a waste of everyone's time and effort. What a waste of a lot of people's lives.”
“I couldn't imagine living the way I used to live. Now people come up to me from the drug days and go, 'Hi, remember me?' And I'm going, 'No, did I have sex with you? Did I take a dump in your tool box?'”
More on American Culture
“You shake a slogan at an American and it's just like showing a hungry dog a bone.”
“It's depressing to see blacks wanting to dive into the mainstream of American commercial life. They come from a magnificent African culture based on aesthetics, and they all want to become fort builders like the vicious people who originally enslaved them.”
“I have always claimed Americans didn't want a drink as bad as they wanted the right to take a drink if they did happen to want one.”