Paul Krassner Quotes

• As long as the government can arbitrarily decide which substances are legal and which are illegal, then those who remain behind bars for illegal substances are political prisoners

  Paul Krassner

  Government, Long, Political

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• I Used To Believe In Reincarnation, But That Was In a Past Life.

  Paul Krassner

  Believe, Past, Reincarnation

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• For years, reality has been nipping at the heels of satire. Now, it's finally caught up. I don't need to make this stuff up.

  Paul Krassner

  Reality, High Heels, Years

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• The more repression there is, the more need there is for irreverence toward those who are responsible for that repression. But too often sarcasm passes for irony, name-calling passes for insight, bleeped-out four-letter words pass for wit, and lowest-common-denominator jokes pass for analysis. Satire should have a point of view. It doesn't have to get a belly laugh. It does have to present criticism.

  Paul Krassner

  Humor, Sarcasm, Views

  "In The Jester's Court". Interview with David Kupfer, thesunmagazine.org. February 2009.

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• There is indeed a business like show business. It's the news.

  Paul Krassner

  News, Shows, Show Business

  Paul Krassner, Arianna Huffington (2009). “Who's to say what's obscene?: politics, culture and comedy in America today”, City Lights Publishers

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• English is my second language. Laughter is my first.

  Paul Krassner

  Laughter, Humor, Firsts

  "In The Jester's Court". Interview with David Kupfer, thesunmagazine.org. February 2009.

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• Since I was both an atheist and an absurdist, I had decided that the most absurd thing I could do would be to develop an intimate relationship with the God I didn't believe in.

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  Atheist, Believe, Intimate Relationships

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• I had become an atheist at the age of thirteen, when atomic bombs were dropped on Japan.

  Paul Krassner

  Atheist, Japan, Age

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• I guess I'm a spiritual secularist, if that's not an oxymoron. My paths of secularism and spirituality are the same: I try to do the appropriate thing at each moment.

  Paul Krassner

  Spiritual, Trying, Path

  "In The Jester's Court". Interview with David Kupfer, www.thesunmagazine.org. February 2009.

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• I am neither for conformity nor non-conformity. I am for individuality. If one's individuality is in effect non-conformity, then so be it. But basically, one's individuality consists of conformity--to one's self.

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  Self, Individuality, Conformity

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• Avoid internalizing society's sexism, racism, ageism - pick an ism, any ism.

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  Racism, Isms, Sexism

  "In The Jester's Court". Interview with David Kupfer, thesunmagazine.org. February 2009.

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• People don’t like to be lectured to, but if you can make them laugh, their defenses come down, and for the time being they’ve accepted whatever truth is embedded in your humor.

  Paul Krassner

  Humor, People, Laughing

  "In The Jester's Court". Interview with David Kupfer, thesunmagazine.org. February 2009.

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• Pope John Paul would be more popular if he called himself Pope John Paul George and Ringo.

  Paul Krassner

  Would Be, Pope, John Paul

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• Irreverence is our only sacred cow.

  Paul Krassner

  Cows, Irreverence, Sacred

  Paul Krassner (2011). “One Hand Jerking: Reports From an Investigative Journalist”, p.22, Seven Stories Press

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• I think [audiences are] more aware now of the contradictions in mainstream culture, the phony piety that permeates society, the inhumane hypocrisy.

  Paul Krassner

  Thinking, Mainstream Culture, Hypocrisy

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• Watch yourself as though you were observing a Martian.

  Paul Krassner

  Watches, Awareness, Martians

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