George Carlin Quotes About Quitting

Quotes about: Quitting

• Most people work just hard enough not to get fired and get paid just enough money not to quit.

  George Carlin

  Funny, Money, Work

  George Carlin (2015). “3 x Carlin: An Orgy of George including Brain Droppings, Napalm and Silly Putty, and When Will Jesus Bring the Pork Chops?”, p.206, Hachette UK

• I had run away from home three times. I had been kicked out of three different schools under different circumstances. I was kicked out of everything that I didn't quit. Kicked out of schools. Kicked out of summer camp, the Boy Scouts, the altar boys, the choir, and something else that I can't think of, that I'm proud of. Anyway, that was my pattern. I just began to invent myself early in life, and went out and did something about it.

  George Carlin

  Summer, Running, School

  Source: mavericksofthemind.com

• When you quit school at an early age, I think you have a lifelong need to show the world - and maybe yourself - that you're really smart after all.

  George Carlin

  Being Yourself, Smart, School

  Source: mavericksofthemind.com

• I went to George Washington High School for six months before my 16th birthday, when I could legally quit. That was an even worse experience than the Catholic schools. I mean, they were still teaching fractions. But mostly, I played hooky.

  George Carlin

  Teaching, Mean, School

  Source: reprints.longform.org

• I quit school in ninth grade, even though I was good at the studies. I knew I didn't need school for what I wanted.

  George Carlin

  School, Needs, Study

  Source: mavericksofthemind.com

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