Bill Hicks Comedian Quotes & Sayings

You can be very religious and invoke the name of God and be able to quote lots of verses and be well versed in complicated theological systems and yet not be a person who sees. It's one thing to sing about God and recite quotes about God and invoke God's name; it's another be aware of the presence in every taste, touch, sound, and embrace.
With Jesus, what we see again and again is that it's never just a person, or just a meal, or just an event, because there's always more going on just below the surface. — Rob Bell

The role of the comedian is to say 'Wait a minute' when a consensus starts to form. — Bill Hicks

Wars have always been easier to fight than explain. — Marty Rubin

The idea that you're completing someone else in a marriage to me is death. That to me is a false start and most of us are usually taught that ... you've got to stand on your own. Then you can build something extraordinary. — Richard Gere

A lot of people say there's a fine line between genius and insanity. I don't think there's a fine line, I actually think there's a yawning gulf. You see some poor bugger scuffling up the road with balloons tied to his ears, he's not going home to invent a rocket, is he? — Bill Bailey

I was almost twelve years old when I decided to kill my parents. — Armando Lucas Correa

But when I lay wi' Emily - from the first time. I knew. Kent who I was again." He looked up at her then, eyes dark and shadowed by loss. "My soul didna wander while I slept - when I slept wi' her. — Diana Gabaldon

I'll be honest, watching the music industry collapse has been demoralizing and disheartening at times. — Trent Reznor

I painted. I wanted to be a painter. I sang. — Hugo Chavez

The idea of stardom was difficult to grasp. It was like being schizophrenic; there was her, the woman on television, and the real me. — Jessica Savitch

There's that great Bill Hicks line - the comedian - where he says, "Are you proud to be an American?" "I don't know. It's just where my parents had sex." — Josh Radnor

People are running huge enterprises off of hacking and stealing data. — Tim Cook

Giggler, I think I hate you most of all. — Alice Clayton

Judging yourself to be full of virtue paralyses. Judging yourself to be full of guilt also paralyses. — Paulo Coelho

Money is life to us wretched mortals. — Hesiod

I really understood a lot more about comedy after listening to Bill Hicks, who died at 32 years old. He's probably the best comedian who ever lived. Although you can't say that because of Carlin, Cosby and Pryor. — Ron White