Bill Hicks Quotes

I'm not saying these flying discs don't really exist, but nobody living in Kansas City has seen them and that's a dry state.

You shouldn't listen to us at all if you're looking for information. We don't take ourselves seriously on any level; we're just comedians.

I have never knowingly, I swear to God, written satire. The word connotes exaggeration of the foibles of mankind. To me, mankind just has foibles. You don't have to push it!

If God had intended us to fly, he’d never have given us the railways.

Enough jokes on me. We need to do more jokes on all of them. I thought this was a press dinner where I get to make fun of the press.

It's better to make fun of yourself because you've always got someone around to make fun of, and they can't sue you.

There is no place for a person like me in a world that only takes itself seriously. Satire is so necessary but fairly ineffective.

The Valley is a place that takes itself too seriously, and it has yet to be properly lampooned. So it's time for a wedgie.

An 'insult comic' is the title I was given. What I do is exaggeration. I make fun of people, at life, of myself and my surroundings.

It's a wonderful thing to be able to make fun of yourself and to do it in a way that sort of preserves your dignity but, at the same time, lets you play the theater of the absurd.

I'm the easiest person to make fun of.

I exaggerate all our selves, our beings. I make fun of everything: of our life and what we are. But I don't tell jokes, really. I just exaggerate life, and it comes out funny.

It's dangerous talking about comedy; it gets to be very tedious and presumptuous.

I think a playful critique is good for all of us, and that's basically how I see satire functioning. But I'm not interested in a kind of contemptuous satirical vision; I try always, even when I'm knowingly being satirical, to also be humane, but I mean, let's face it: there's plenty in American life to make fun of, and we all participate in it.

Meta-comedy is everywhere and always seems so cold and to me is really kinda snarky.

I don't think it's wrong to make fun of some of the stuff that we think and we do.

Batroc is a laughable character. I'm the one who always makes fun of him.

'The Ugly Truth' isn't trying to change the world with strong political opinions; it's just trying to entertain you with thoughts and ideas from my crazy mind!

Indonesian people don't get satire; that's the thing. There's no thought in our humor.

I tend to sit around with my friends a lot and rant and rave about things I think are ridiculous in the world, and I tend to make fun of myself a lot.

I am a walking joke.

It's how we live, making fun of ourselves.

When I'm joking around, I'll say I'm a pop star, because it's silly.

I've made a lot of crazy comedy videos and said a lot of crazy things. If it's too offensive, I apologize and move on, but I do comedy.

If written with enough care and thoughtfulness, a joke can make you laugh at a belief you hold dear.