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Quotes from Stand-up Comics


Dave Attell

My dad's getting to the point where his war stories are blending with his other stories. "We were surrounded, then we ran out of ammo, then we were dancing, and that's how I met your mother."


Here's another travel tip. Never ever pack when you're high.


I don't have to drink to have a good time. I drink to shut up the voice in my head. And the voice in my head has a stutter.


George Carlin

We Are All Diseased

This is just a series of things that are pissing me off. Because I don't have pet peeves, I have major psychotic fucking hatreds.


Here's another question I've been pondering. What is all this shit about angels? Have you heard this? 3 out of 4 people now believe in angels. What are you, fucking stupid? Has everybody lost their fucking minds in this country?

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Angels, shit. What about goblins, huh? Doesn't anybody believe in goblins?

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And zombies! Where the fuck are all the zombies?

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I say if you're going to buy the angel bullshit, you might as well go for the zombie package as well.

Napalm and Silly Putty

What we need is a king. And every now and then, if the king is not doing a good job, we kill him.


Road rage. Air rage. Why should I be forced to divide my rage into separate categories? To me it's just one big all-around everyday rage. I don't have time for fine distinctions; I'm busy screaming at people.


I think a good travel book would be Doorway to Norway.


Instead of warning pregnant women not to drink, I think they should warn female alcoholics not to fuck.


Margaret Cho

I could never sell douch, because I just don't look fresh.


I loved Charlie's Angels. But it should have been called And Then There's the Ho. Let me explain. When 3 girls are friends, one's the sweet one, one's the smart one... and then there's the ho! Take stock... which are you?


Will Durst

What does a snail say when he rides on the back of a turtle? Whee!


Janeane Garafolo

[on couples having snowball fights]
Look how whimsical I am! Fuck me!


Adele Givens

It seems like all the music is... [sings] And I... will always... love you...

[Stops singing, looks straight at the audience.] FUCK HIM.


Bobcat Goldthwait

If you ever see me getting beaten by the police, put down the video camera and come help me instead.  


Dana Gould

When somebody says 'gee, you're really easy to talk to,' what they mean is 'I'm a whirlwind of dysfunction, come, be my emotional packmule'.


I lump all of my ex-girlfriends into one big one I call Mandy. My, Another Neurotic Disappointment? Yes!


Here's Ann now. In a couple of months, if all goes well, she'll be a complete nymphomaniac who likes Star Trek. That's all I want. "Live long and prosper. God I'm horny!"


Bill Hicks

I'm so sick of this ain't humanity neat bullshit. We're a virus with shoes, people. That's all we are.  


Try waking up and enjoying the life you've chosen.


And yes, I've been offered commercials and I've turned them down, because I'm not a salesman. And I don't need money that is spilt in blood.


You want a better world, ladies and gentlemen? Legalize pot right now. You want to end the deficit? Legalize pot right now. I am so sick of hearing about the goddamned deficit that I could fucking puke blood.


It's going to take a very special woman -- or a bunch of average ones!


Rich Jeni

On going to war over religion: You're basically killing each other to see who's got the better imaginary friend.


The Web brings people together because no matter what kind of a twisted sexual mutant you happen to be, you've got millions of pals out there. Type in 'Find people that have sex with goats that are on fire' and the computer will say, 'Specify type of goat.'"


Denis Leary

I want the shiny people over here, and the happy people over there. I represent angry, gun toting, meat eating fucking people.


James Lileks

Gallery of Regrettable Food

Never underestimate an ungulent who can knit with her hooves.
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Pack O'Glop in a Tin O'Crap
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Hide the children! Run! The self-mutilating fertility giant is here!
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Interior Desecrators

If you had a persistent rash, this would be a good room. If you wanted a decor to blend in with the exploded capillaries on your alcoholic schnozz, this would be a good room. If you wanted a decor that contained so much red and so many candles that you could just blame the sudden appearance of Satan on your furniture - "well, I certainly wasn't planning to have orgiastic relations with the cloven-hooved embodiment of evil and fear, but when he's standing there in the fireplace shouting YOU HAVE SUMMONED ME, what are you going to do?" then this is a good room. Note: this is not a good room.


'Gigantic patterned wallpaper is in a small area is exciting because it breaks all the rules.' Well, a flaming pile of pig crap in the foyer breaks all the rules. Smearing goat-brains on the walls breaks all the rules.


Dennis Miller

Keanu Reeves is expecting his first child... Keanu says he doesn't care if its a chick or a dude as long as its, you know, cool.


misc

Jeff Green

Things you'll never hear a woman say : 'My, what an attractive scrotum!'

Johnny Hardwick

Get a life. Get two lives and kill one of them.

Kevin James

I discovered I scream the same way whether I'm about to be devoured by a Great White or if a piece of seaweed touches my foot.

Marc Maron

We had Passover, and you had... whatever you do with the bunny.

Phil Palasol

For 1 million dollars, I'd sleep with Robert Redford. I don't know how to be gay, but I'd snuggle up to his tan little butt.

Emo Philips

Capital punishment turns the state into a murderer. But imprisonment turns the state into a gay dungeon-master.

Jeffrey Ross

It's called David Hasselhoff sings John Tesh.

Jimmy Shubert

Women might be able to fake orgasms. But men can fake whole relationships.

Tim Steeves

Luge strategy? Lie flat and try not to die.

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Life is a big black hole of depression and disappointment. Now go to sleep.


I hope Ross Perot runs again in '96. He was so much fun. Especially in the political debates. Can you get any more vague? Someone would ask "Mr. Perot, what do you intend to do about the economy?" and he would say "It's time to take the knife out of the kitchen and stab the dog".


Men are afraid of gays because they're afraid gays will treat them the way they treat women. "Hey man! No means no! I'm saying no with my mouth and my eyes!"


Chris Rock

We [men] always think we can buy sex... Nothing gets you nothing. Shit, a woman knows if she's gonna fuck you in the first 5 minutes of meeting you. Women know right away. They're shaking hands like, "I'm gonna fuck him. I hope he don't say nothing too stupid!"


Men lie the most, women tell the biggest lies. We lie so much it's like a second language. ... We lie all the time. You know what a man's lie is like? "I was at Kenny's house". A woman's lie is like, "It's your baby".


Henry Rollins

Live at McCabe's

And I'm thinking, with this girl? Well, I don't want to know where she lives -- probably in Hell or something.


All I have is my ignorance, anxiety, and depression.


... back when mom was a dish-throwing wine-drinking chain-smoking Mia Farrow clone --- she was insane man, this anorexic, crazy, cursing demon-woman.

Misc.

I like Buddha. He's smiling, he's mellow, he won't send you to hell for masturbating...


SNL/Latenight

With the deadline fast approaching; only 53% of Americans have returned their census forms, well short of the minimum goal of 61%. My question is: How do they know?

Colin Quinn


Last week Charlton Heston admitted he had a drinking problem, and I said to myself, 'Thank God this man doesn't own any guns!'

David Letterman


Robin Williams

"Yes, we're Americans... we're a nice people, a *friendly* people - but if you piss us off, we'll bomb your cities."

"Live at the Met" HBO special, ca. 1987


Stephen Wright

I got kicked out of Riverdance for using my arms.

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