The role of the comedian is to say 'Wait a minute' when a consensus starts to form. Bill Hicks More Quotes by Bill Hicks More Quotes From Bill Hicks 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 heart lying reality 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 stupid monday 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 dream witty funny 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 mystery answers giving I am a misanthropic humanist... Do I like people? They're great, IN THEORY. Bill Hicks misanthropic theory people 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 gun eye fear Don't worry; don't be afraid, ever, because this is just a ride. Bill Hicks revolutionary-ideas tattoo worry If you are living for tomorrow, you will always be one day behind. Bill Hicks behinds one-day tomorrow I believe that there is an equality to all humanity. We all suck. Bill Hicks revolutionary-ideas humanity believe I do not believe making money in order to consume goods is Bill Hicks creating order believe 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 powerful fun life It's all about money, not freedom. If you think you're free, try going somewhere without money, okay? Bill Hicks okay trying thinking There is a 3rd point of view on the gun control issue - those who I refer to as THE VICTIMS - but they remain strangely silent. Bill Hicks issues gun views And on the seventh day, god stepped back and said and said, "This is my creation, perfect in every way... oh, dammit I left all this pot all over the place. Now they'll think I want them to smoke it... Now I have to create Republicans." Bill Hicks perfect want thinking You know all the money we spend on nuclear weapons and defence every year? Trillions of dollars? Correct? Trillions. Instead, if we spent that money feeding and clothing the poor of the world,which it would pay for many times over, not one human being excluded, not one, we could, as one race, explore outer space together in peace forever Bill Hicks space race years When two or more people agree on an issue, I form on the other side. Bill Hicks humor funny two 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 jobs funny children I don't care if you're obscene, filthy, horrendous -- as long as you're honest. Bill Hicks honest care long It has become more and more obvious that there is one political party in America, and that is The Business Party. Bill Hicks political party america 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 guy doe thinking
