Lenny Bruce

"Comedy should disturb the comfortable and comfort the disturbed."

"Every human being is the center of his own universe."

"I'm interested in myself the way some people are interested in a dead mackerel."

"The real issue is authority - who has it and who gets to decide."

"Society is a collective agreement to share delusions."

"Laughter is the only revolution that won't hurt you."

"I've never had a steady job because steady jobs are for steady people."

"The truth is always more interesting than the lie."

"I wouldn't think of devoting less than 15 to 20 hours a day to my work."

"The real crime is censorship - preventing people from hearing the truth."

"You're all fucked in the head if you don't see the beauty in that."

"I believe my whole life will be judged by whether I can laugh at myself."

"The saddest thing is when you realize people are laughing at you, not with you."

"Every person has something to teach you if you're willing to listen."

"I am a rebel, but not in a political sense - in a human sense."

"The only way to really understand someone is to hear their truth."

"Fear is the only thing that stands between you and your dreams."

"If you can't change your mind, your mind can't change you."

"Comedy is medicine for the soul in a sick society."

"I've learned more from my failures than from my successes."

"The real sickness is conformity disguised as health."

"Every taboo is an opportunity for truth."

"I don't perform for the audience - I perform for myself."

"The greatest art is dangerous because it tells the truth."

"People fear what they don't understand, and they ban what they fear."

"If you're not offending someone, you're probably not saying anything."

"The only real crime is being boring."

"Life is what happens while you're planning something else."

"I'd rather be convicted for saying something true than acquitted for lying."

"The saddest people are those who've stopped questioning."