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George Carlin Quotes about School

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People think life is real complicated. Actually, there's nothing to it. Once you leave out all the bullshit they teach you in school, life gets really simple.

People think life is real complicated. Actually, there's nothing to it. Once you leave out all the bullshit they teach you in school, life gets really simple.

Real, School, Simple

George Carlin (2015). “3 x Carlin: An Orgy of George including Brain Droppings, Napalm and Silly Putty, and When Will Jesus Bring the Pork Chops?”, p.176, Hachette UK

Because we were a poor area, the school had a small budget and was unable to teach the second half of the alphabet.

School, Half, Alphabet

George Carlin (1998). “Brain Droppings”, Hyperion

[On School Uniforms] Don't these schools do enough damage making all these kids think alike, now they have to make them look alike too? It's not a new idea, either. I first saw it in old newsreels from the 1930s, but it was hard to understand because the narration was in German.

School, Kids, Thinking

I often wonder how different the world would be if Hitler had not been turned down when he applied to art school.

Art, School, Different

George Carlin (1998). “Brain Droppings”, Hyperion

I credit that eight years of grammar school with nourishing me in a direction where I could trust myself and trust my instincts. They gave me the tools to reject my faith. They taught me to question and think for myself and to believe in my instincts to such an extent that I just said, "This is a wonderful fairy tale they have going here, but it's not for me."

Believe, School, Thinking

"The New York Times", August 20, 1995.

I had run away from home three times. I had been kicked out of three different schools under different circumstances. I was kicked out of everything that I didn't quit. Kicked out of schools. Kicked out of summer camp, the Boy Scouts, the altar boys, the choir, and something else that I can't think of, that I'm proud of. Anyway, that was my pattern. I just began to invent myself early in life, and went out and did something about it.

Summer, Running, School

Source: mavericksofthemind.com

The things they don't tell you in schools these days, geez. Have a look at your owners. The politicians are put there to give you the idea you have freedom of choice. You don't. You have no choice; you have owners. They own you. They own everything.

School, Ideas, Giving

In high school, when I first heard of entropy, I was attracted to it immediately. They said that in nature all systems are breaking down, and I thought, What a wonderful thing; perhaps I can make some small contribution to this process, myself.

Humorous, School, Firsts

George Carlin (2002). “Napalm & Silly Putty”, Hyperion

I did a lot of thinking, and used mental activity to relieve whatever feelings I had. I became very left-brained, and I was good in school. That is, I was a smart kid.

Smart, School, Kids

Source: mavericksofthemind.com

I went to my old school, where all the kids I'd been with for eight years were about to graduate. But the sisters wanted me to repeat the whole term; so I went to the principal and pleaded with her to allow me to graduate with my class. She finally agreed on the condition that I write the graduation play. It was called How Do You Spend Your Leisure Time?Catchy title, huh?

School, Kids, Writing

Source: reprints.longform.org

When I got out of high school they retired my jersey, but it was for hygiene and sanitary reasons.

School, Hygiene, Jersey

Catholic school gave me the tools to reject the very religion they wanted me to have. They taught me how to think for myself and to be independent.

School, Independent, Thinking

I remember when I was a kid I used to come home from Sunday School and my mother would get drunk and try to make pancakes

Mother, School, Kids

When you quit school at an early age, I think you have a lifelong need to show the world - and maybe yourself - that you're really smart after all.

Being Yourself, Smart, School

Source: mavericksofthemind.com

I think it would be fair and right to use some of my land and wealth for a drug-rehab center or an Indian school.

School, Thinking, Land

Source: reprints.longform.org

My mother didn't get home until about seven most nights and, yes, there was a sense of being very alone after school. She gave me all the proper guidance and influences, but physically, she just couldn't be there.

Mother, Home, School

Source: reprints.longform.org

I quit school in ninth grade, even though I was good at the studies. I knew I didn't need school for what I wanted.

School, Needs, Study

Source: mavericksofthemind.com

I went to George Washington High School for six months before my 16th birthday, when I could legally quit. That was an even worse experience than the Catholic schools. I mean, they were still teaching fractions. But mostly, I played hooky.

Teaching, Mean, School

Source: reprints.longform.org

The fact that I didn't finish school left me with a lifelong need to prove that I'm smart, prove it to myself, maybe to the world. I [also] needed to be - not the center of attention - but I needed to be able to attract attention when I wanted it, through my stunts and my fooling around physically with faces or postures or voices I would do. Those things are important elements in the drive behind all of this [my career].

Smart, School, Careers

Source: www.psychologytoday.com

The patterns became even more vivid at Cardinal Hayes High School. That's when I began failing subjects and running away from home for days at a time.

Running, Home, School

Source: reprints.longform.org

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