George Carlin Quotes

I was not someone who participated in other people's castles.

The rare few, who, early in life have rid themselves of the friendship of the many.

I've always stood on my own two. I don't need a team. I don't do the entourage thing, 30 people. I don't do that. That's just not me.

I am very slow to warm. I've always been sort of a loner. I didn't play team sports. I am better one-on-one than in big groups.

I am essentially a loner.

I have never believed in being part of any one group or camp.

I don't have to be concerned about everybody else's character.

I don't care about a social life.

I'm not a natural joiner.

I've always acted alone. Americans like that immensely. Americans like the cowboy who leads the wagon train by riding ahead alone on his horse, the cowboy who rides all alone into the town, the village, with his horse and nothing else. Maybe even without a pistol, since he doesn't shoot. He acts, that's all, by being in the right place at the right time. In short, a Western. … This amazing, romantic character suits me precisely because to be alone has always been part of my style or, if you like, my technique

I always thought, 'I'm on my own, and that's the way it should be.'

I don't need friends.

I'm not a team player. I'm used to having total control over everything I do.

I'm a private person and hate making friends.

I'm pretty much a loner. That's not good, bad, or indifferent.

To be honest, I think affiliation is anathema - if you're a rock 'n' roller, you're a lone wolf.

You concentrate just on yourself. I can't wallow in anything, can't worry about what others are doing.

My father was an individualist, and I took after him. At school, however, one is forced to be gregarious. I didn't resent this, but I didn't particularly enjoy it, and whenever I could, I withdrew into my own private world.

I think I'm still a lone wolf, internally. And I always will be.

I am not a team player. I will not share the stage with anyone.

I don't have a crew. I have a small family. I never let anybody from the outside in, because I didn't want anybody to say they did anything for me down the line.

I am not a team player, including my inadequacies as a parent.

I'm more of the lone wolf.

It is surely time for men to think for themselves, and to throw off the authority of names so artificially magnified.

If you're a loner and you like to go off and run on your own, do that.