Quotes by Sam Kinison

About Sam Kinison:

Samuel Burl was an American stand-up comedian and actor. He was known for his intense, harsh and politically incorrect humor. A former Pentecostal preacher, he performed stand-up routines that were most often characterized by an intense style, similar to enthusiastic preachers, punctuated by his trademark scream.
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I guess my main influences are Jesus, rock 'n' roll and ex-wives. In that order.

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Anyone can go out on stage and start beating people over the head with rubber chickens. That'll get people's attention.

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I'd rather entertain people than offend them.

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When has stand-up comedy been kind to anyone? It goes after anyone who's the target. Comedy attacks, man.

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Real comedy doesn't just make people laugh and think, but makes them laugh and change.

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In the 1990s, it's OK to do comedy about the Chernobyl disaster or the Space Shuttle blowing up. It's acceptable to ridicule the Pope or the President of the United States, but God forbid you do a joke... about gays. The gay community is the last sac...

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It was great to be the rock comic, the shock comic. But after you've played Giants Stadium with Bon Jovi in front of 82,000 people, after you've done the 'Wild Thing' video with Jessica Hahn and every rock band from hell, you're not gonna top that.

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I got divorced, which was not a good thing for a revivalist minister. It did not go down well. I'd already been banned from a couple churches for my jokes. So one day I woke up and decided it was time to start living for myself.

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What am I responsible for? Who am I responsible to? Everybody? How come when Archie Bunker nailed everybody, it was funny - but when I do it, it's not?

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My view of life is, 'If you're going to miss Heaven, why miss it by two inches? Miss it!

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I have lived a carnal life.

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Every generation has someone who steps outside the norm and offers a voice for the unspeakable attitudes of that time. I represent everything that's supposed to be wrong, everything that's forbidden.

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Society needs a couple of vents that say what you're not supposed to say.

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Not that I want to put the entire rap music style down - I just don't like it. And I know somewhere there's gotta be another guy like that. There's gotta be a guy just like that - just like me. There's gotta be somebody, somewhere... Maybe, maybe an ...

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You don't know what a rough crowd is. If all I have to do is go make people laugh, that's nothing. Let me tell you what a tough crowd is. A tough crowd is going to a morning service and you got six people there and you gotta pat your house payment. T...

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I'm so tired of men who are afraid to hurt women's feelings.

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I've never been against women. That anti-feminist rap is bogus. I think men should be nice to women, buy them diamonds.

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If I've learned one thing, it's 'don't tell the truth.' Lies keep you together.

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With any other celebrity, people come up and say, 'Hey, I really like your work.' But with my fans, when they see me, they don't even say hello. They just go, 'AWWWWWGHGHHHGHGHRRR!'

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Author Bio

  • NameSam Kinison
  • DescriptionAmerican comedian
  • BornDecember 8, 1953
  • DiedApril 10, 1992
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionActor