Quotes by Lenny Bruce

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Satire is tragedy plus time. You give it enough time, the public, the reviewers will allow you to satirize it. Which is rather ridiculous, when you think about it.

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The only honest art form is laughter, comedy. You can't fake it... try to fake three laughs in an hour - ha ha ha ha ha - they'll take you away, man. You can't.

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If you live in New York, even if you're Catholic, you're Jewish

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If Jesus had been killed twenty years ago, Catholic school children would be wearing little electric chairs around their necks instead of crosses.

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I won't say ours was a tough school, but we had our own coroner. We used to write essays like: What I'm going to be if I grow up.

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I hate small towns because once you've seen the cannon in the park there's nothing else to do.

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The role of a comedian is to make the audience laugh, at a minimum of once every fifteen seconds.

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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.

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The liberals can understand everything but people who don't understand them.

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The only truly anonymous donor is the guy who knocks up your daughter.

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If you can take the hot lead enema, then you can cast the first stone.

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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.

Lenny Bruce

The only honest art form is laughter, comedy. You can't fake it...try to fake three laughs in an hour -- ha ha ha ha ha -- they'll take you away, man. You can't.

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If you can't say "Fuck" you can't say, "Fuck the government.

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(On his addiction to opiods): I'll die young, but it's like kissing God.

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When you're eight years old nothing is your business.

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Miami Beach is where neon goes to die.

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Communism is like one big phone company.

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

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I'll die young, but it's like kissing God.

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Author Bio

  • NameLenny Bruce
  • Descriptioncomedian and social critic
  • BornOctober 13, 1925
  • DiedAugust 3, 1966
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionComedian; Writer; Actor