Lenny Bruce

"The cure for boredom is curiosity. There is no cure for curiosity."

"If you can't be funny, be interesting."

"The real crime is what we do to each other legally."

"Every culture has the censorship it deserves."

"Words are just sounds until someone gives them meaning."

"The role of comedy is to puncture pretense and expose hypocrisy."

"We're all born free and everywhere we are in chains."

"The difference between religion and spirituality is honesty."

"Comedy comes from pain—the more you hurt, the funnier you can be."

"People are afraid of freedom because freedom requires responsibility."

"The most dangerous person is one with nothing to lose."

"If you want to know what God thinks about money, look at the people he gave it to."

"History doesn't repeat itself, but it often rhymes."

"The real tragedy isn't death—it's a life unlived."

"Conformity is the jailer of freedom."

"What we need is less religion and more morality."

"The only thing necessary for evil to triumph is for good people to remain silent."

"Art is the most honest thing we can do."

"Money doesn't change you—it reveals you."

"The best time to plant a tree was twenty years ago. The second best time is now."

"Peace is just the absence of war, not the presence of justice."

"Every laugh is a small rebellion."

"The system survives because we accept its lies as truth."

"Innovation requires the courage to fail publicly."

"We live in a society where the insane run the institutions."

"The greatest act of rebellion is to be yourself."

"Words can hurt or heal—choose wisely."

"Death is just another form of transportation."

"The only constant is change, and those who resist it suffer most."

"Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely—because it attracts the corrupt."