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A person of good intelligence and of sensitivity cannot exist in this society very long without having some anger about the inequality - and it's not just a bleeding-heart, knee-jerk, liberal kind of a thing - it is

A person of good intelligence and of sensitivity cannot exist in this society very long without having some anger about the inequality - and it's not just a bleeding-heart, knee-jerk, liberal kind of a thing - it is just a normal human reaction to a nonsensical set of values where we have cinnamon flavored dental floss and there are people sleeping in the street.

George Carlin
Heart, Sleep, Dental Floss

People say, 'I'm going to sleep now,' as if it were nothing. But it's really a bizarre activity. 'For the next several hours, while the sun is gone, I'm going to become unconscious, temporarily losing command over everything I know and understand. When the sun returns, I will resume my life.

George Carlin
Sleep, People, Gone
George Carlin (2007). “The Best of Brain Droppings”, p.33, Peter Pauper Press, Inc.

Dogs and cats get put to sleep; hogs and cows get slaughtered.

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

I am not a complete vegetarian. I eat only animals that have died in their sleep.

George Carlin
Sleep, Animal, Vegetarian

I never took reds or Quaaludes to balance out the coke. So when it got to be four in the morning and the gram was three quarters gone, I'd start wishing it was nine o'clock and hoping the guy got up early. But, of course, he didn't sleep either, so there was no sweat. During all those years, I was always looking forward to the next snort or the next guy I could score from.

George Carlin
Morning, Sleep, Sweat
Source: reprints.longform.org

Some national parks have long waiting lists for camping reservations. When you have to wait a year to sleep next to a tree, something is wrong.

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

Next time you see someone sleeping, make believe you're in a science fiction movie. And whisper, 'The creature is regenerating itself.'

George Carlin
Believe, Sleep, Fiction
George Carlin (2007). “The Best of Brain Droppings”, p.35, Peter Pauper Press, Inc.

I'd go on runs [on cocaine ], four and five days without sleep. Then I'd crash and sleep about 18 hours a day for seven to ten days. Then it would take a few more weeks to get over a vague sort of depression. Then I'd be off on another run.

George Carlin
Running, Sleep, Goes On
Source: reprints.longform.org

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