Inspirational Quotes by Lenny Bruce (American Comedian)
Leonard Alfred Schneider, better known by his stage name Lenny Bruce, (1925–66) was an American stand-up comedian, social critic, satirist, and screenwriter. He was renowned for his open, free-style and critical form of comedy which integrated satire, politics, religion, sex, and vulgarity. His 1964 conviction in an obscenity trial was followed by a posthumous pardon, the first in New York State history, by then-Governor George Pataki in 2003. He paved the way for future outspoken counterculture-era comedians, and his trial for obscenity is seen as a landmark for freedom of speech in the United States.
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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." "We killed him because he didn't want to become a doctor, that's why we killed him."
Topics: Christianity
All my humor is based upon destruction and despair. If the whole world were tranquil, without disease and violence, I'd be standing on the breadline right in back of J. Edgar Hoover.
Topics: Justice
Communism is like one big phone company.
Topics: Communism
Today's comedian has a cross to bear that he built himself. A comedian of the older generation did an "act" and he told the audience, "This is my act." Today's comic is not doing an act. The audience assumes he's telling the truth. What is truth today may be a damn lie next week.
Topics: Comedy
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.
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'.
The role of a comedian is to make the audience laugh, at a minimum of once every fifteen seconds.
Topics: Audiences
The reason I'm in this business, I assume all performers are—it's "Look at me, Ma!" It's acceptance, you know—"Look at me, Ma, look at me, Ma, look at me, Ma." And if your mother watches, you'll show off till you're exhausted; but if your mother goes, Ptshew!
Now a Jew, in the dictionary, is one who is descended from the ancient tribes of Judea, or one who is regarded as descended from that tribe. That's what it says in the dictionary; but you and I know what a Jew is—One Who Killed Our Lord. And although there should be a statute of limitations for that crime, it seems that those who neither have the actions nor the gait of Christians, pagan or not, will bust us out, unrelenting dues, for another deuce.
Topics: Judaism, Jews, Religion
Every day people are straying away from the church and going back to God.
Topics: God, Religion
The liberals can understand everything but people who don't understand them.
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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