"The first obligation I have is to..." - Quote by George Carlin
The first obligation I have is to be funny; it's my first impulse and an instinct. I like being funny and finding the jokes.
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“Hallucinogens are a value changer...like it or not, it changes your values, it opens up windows (doors of perception.)”
“The things that matter in this country have been reduced in choice, there are two political parties, there are a handful insurance companies, there are six or seven information centers.. but if you want a bagel there are 23 flavors. Because you have the illusion of choice!”
“How can it be a spy satellite if they announce on television that it's a spy satellite?”
More on Comedy
“No one likes the fellow who is all rogue, but we'll forgive him almost anything if there is warmth of human sympathy underneath his rogueries. The immortal types of comedy are just such men.”
“There's no trick to being a humorist when you have the whole government working for you.”
“In the process of looking for comedy, you have to be deeply honest. And in doing that, you'll find out here's the other side. You'll be looking under the rock occasionally for the laughter.”