Bill Hicks Quotes

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• Today a young man on acid realized that all matter is merely energy condensed to a slow vibration, that we are all one consciousness experiencing itself subjectively, there is no such thing as death, life is only a dream, and we are the imagination of ourselves. Here's Tom with the Weather.

  Bill Hicks

  Funny, Dream, Witty

  "Sane Man". Documentary, Comedy, 1989.

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• This is where we are at right now, as a whole. No one is left out of the loop. We are experiencing a reality based on a thin veneer of lies and illusions. A world where greed is our God and wisdom is sin, where division is key and unity is fantasy, where the ego-driven cleverness of the mind is praised, rather than the intelligence of the heart.

  Bill Hicks

  Lying, Heart, Reality

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• If you are living for tomorrow, you will always be one day behind.

  Bill Hicks

  One Day, Tomorrow, Behinds

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• If you want to understand a society, take a good look at the drugs it uses. And what can this tell you about American culture? Well, look at the drugs we use. Except for pharmaceutical poison, there are essentially only two drugs that Western civilization tolerates: Caffeine from Monday to Friday to energize you enough to make you a productive member of society, and alcohol from Friday to Monday to keep you too stupid to figure out the prison that you are living in.

  Bill Hicks

  Friday, Monday, Stupid

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• Any organization created out of fear must create fear to survive.

  Bill Hicks

  Organization

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• Jesus-murdered. Martin Luther King-murdered. Gandhi-murdered. Malcolm X-murdered. Reagan-wounded.

  Bill Hicks

  Jesus, Kings, Luther

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• The world is like a ride in an amusement park. And when you choose to go on it you think it's real because that's how powerful our minds are. And the ride goes up and down and round and round. It has thrills and chills and it's very brightly coloured and it's very loud and it's fun, for a while. Some people have been on the ride for a long time and they begin to question: "Is this real, or is this just a ride?" And other people have remembered, and they come back to us, they say, "Hey, don't worry, don't be afraid, ever, because this is just a ride." And we kill those people.

  Bill Hicks

  Life, Fun, Powerful

  "Revelations". 1993.

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  No one can give you any answers. There aren't any. You have to discover for yourself-you must learn to navigate the mystery.

  Bill Hicks

  Giving, Answers, Mystery

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• I am a misanthropic humanist... Do I like people? They're great, IN THEORY.

  Bill Hicks

  People, Misanthropic, Theory

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• Don't worry; don't be afraid, ever, because this is just a ride.

  Bill Hicks

  Tattoo, Revolutionary Ideas, Worry

  "Bill Hicks: Revelations". Documentary, Comedy, 1993.

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• I ascribe to Mark Twain's theory that the last person who should be President is the one who wants it the most. The one who should be picked is the one who should be dragged kicking and screaming into the White House.

  Bill Hicks

  Funny, Humor, Revolutionary Ideas

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• The puppet on the right shares my beliefs, the puppet on the left is more to my liking. Hey...there's one guy holding up both!

  Bill Hicks

  Guy, Hey, Puppets

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• I love talking about the Kennedy assassination. The reason I do is because I'm fascinated by it. I'm fascinated that our government could lie to us so blatantly, so obviously for so long, and we do absolutely nothing about it.

  Bill Hicks

  Lying, Government, Talking

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• It's all about money, not freedom. If you think you're free, try going somewhere without money, okay?

  Bill Hicks

  Thinking, Trying, Okay

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• I do not believe making money in order to consume goods is
  mankind’s sole purpose on this planet. If you’re wondering
  what I believe our purpose on this planet is, I’ll give you
  a hint... it has to do with creating and sharing.

  Bill Hicks

  Believe, Order, Creating

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• When you're...stepping over a guy on the sidewalk...does it ever occur to you to think, 'Wow. Maybe our system doesn't work?'

  Bill Hicks

  Thinking, Guy, Doe

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• Pornography is any act that has no artistic merit and causes sexual thoughts...Sounds like almost every commercial on TV to me.

  Bill Hicks

  Sound, Causes, Tvs

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• I'm glad mushrooms are against the law, because I took them one time, and you know what happened to me? I laid in a field of green grass for four hours going, "My God! I love everything." Yeah, now if that isn't a hazard to our country... How are we gonna justify arms dealing when we realize that we're all one?

  Bill Hicks

  Country, Law, Mushrooms

  "Shock and Awe". Live album by Bill Hicks, recorded in November 11, 1992 at The Oxford Playhouse, 2003.

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• Just a simple choice, right now, between fear and love. The eyes of fear want you to put bigger locks on your doors, buy guns, close yourself off. The eyes of love instead see all of us as one.

  Bill Hicks

  Fear, Eye, Gun

  "Bill Hicks: Revelations". Documentary, Comedy, 1993.

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• People tell me, 'Bill, let it go. The Kennedy assassination was years ago. It was just the assassination of a President and the hijacking of our government by a totalitarian regime - who cares? Just let it go.' I say, 'All right then. That whole Jesus thing? Let it go! It was 2,000 years ago! Who cares?'

  Bill Hicks

  Jesus, Government, Years

  "Bill Hicks: Revelations". Documentary, Comedy, 1993.

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• Folks, it's time to evolve. That's why we're troubled. You know why our institutions are failing us, the church, the state, everything's failing? It's because, um - they're no longer relevant. We're supposed to keep evolving. Evolution did not end with us growing opposable thumbs. You do know that, right?

  Bill Hicks

  Revolutionary Ideas, Church, Thumbs

  "Filling Up the Hump". Comedy album by Bill Hicks, 1993.

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• I believe it is our own misperceptions of who we really are that leads to every self-created hell you'll find in this world.

  Bill Hicks

  Believe, Self, World

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• I don't care if you're obscene, filthy, horrendous -- as long as you're honest.

  Bill Hicks

  Long, Care, Honest

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• Children are smarter than any of us. Know how I know that? I don't know one child with a full time job and children.

  Bill Hicks

  Funny, Jobs, Children

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• It's not a war on drugs, it's a war on personal freedom.

  Bill Hicks

  War, Drug, Personal Freedom

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