Lenny Bruce

“The 'what should be' never did exist, but people keep trying to live up to it. There is no 'what should be,' there is only what is.”

“Every day people are straying away from the church and going back to God.”

“In the halls of justice, the only justice is in the halls.”

“Satire is tragedy plus time.”

“Take away the right to say 'fuck' and you take away the right to say 'fuck the government.'”

“I'm not a comedian. I'm Lenny Bruce.”

“There are never enough 'I love yous.'”

“Liberals can understand everything but people who don't understand them.”

“A lot of people say to me, 'Why did you kill Christ?' I dunno... it was one of those parties, got out of hand, you know.”

“Let me tell you the truth: The truth is what is. And what should be is a fantasy, a terrible, terrible lie that someone told the people long ago.”

“Communism is like one big phone company.”

“The only honest art is laughter, comedy.”

“I hate small talk. I wanna talk about death, sex, and religion.”

“What is, is. The what-should-be is a lie.”

“Miami is a place where neon goes to die.”

“I've been accused of bad taste, and I'll go down to my grave accused of bad taste.”