"No one ever says, 'It's only a..." - Quote by George Carlin
No one ever says, 'It's only a game' when their team is winning.
More by George Carlin
“The word bipartisan usually means some larger-than-usual deception is being carried out.”
“It's all bullshit, folks and it's bad for ya.”
“When you look at Earth from that one picture, the one from space, it's really a rather attractive thing. I have nothing against the planet per se. I root for the big comet or asteroid as a way of cleansing the planet. The comet or asteroid 65 million years ago is probably what gave us our opening to replace the reptiles. The greatest entertainment I have in my life is chronicling internally, not necessarily for the public, the slow dissolution of order.”
More on Human Nature
“You see, gentlemen, reason is an excellent thing, there’s no disputing that, but reason is nothing but reason and satisfies only the rational side of man’s nature, while will is a manifestation of the whole life, that is, of the whole human life including reason and all the impulses. And although our life, in this manifestation of it, is often worthless, yet it is life and not simply extracting square roots.”
“In our own case we accept excuses too easily; in other people's, we do not accept them easily enough.”
“But there are some situations of the human mind in which good sense has very little power.”
More on Competition
“It's absolutely wrong that I don't want guys to challenge me. And the people who say that aren't in the room.”
“I'm a competitive bodybuilder; I'm not training just to be healthy. Ninety-five percent of the people training with weights are into this health thing, and it's a different mentality entirely.”
“The important thing is to keep playing, to play against weak opponents and to play for big stakes.”