Life is a near-death experience.
George CarlinRead
Why do they bother saying "raw sewage"? Do some people actually cook that stuff?
Interpretation
What this quote means
The quote humorously questions the redundancy of the phrase 'raw sewage'.
George Carlin's quote highlights the absurdity of language by pointing out how 'raw sewage' is a redundant term, as sewage is inherently raw. This humorous critique reflects on the way we often use unnecessary qualifiers in our speech, inviting us to consider the meaning and implications behind our words.
Themes
HumorLanguageAbsurdityCommunicationCritique
In practice
Example use cases
This quote could be used in a stand-up comedy routine to express how language can be unnecessarily complicated.
More from George Carlin
All quotes →Here’s a bumper sticker I’d like to see: “We are the proud parents of a child who’s self-esteem is sufficient that he doesn’t need us promoting his minor scholastic achievements on the back of our car."
George CarlinRead
If you've got a cat and a leg, you've got a happy cat. If you've got a cat and two legs, you've got a party.
George CarlinRead
This is a lttle prayer dedicated to the separation of church and state. I guess if they are going to force those kids to pray in schools they might as well have a nice prayer like this: Our Father who art in heaven, and to the republic for which it stands, thy kingdom come, one nation indivisible as in heaven, give us this day as we forgive those who so proudly we hail. Crown thy good into temptation but deliver us from the twilight's last gleaming. Amen and Awomen.
George CarlinRead
Some people try to get out of jury duty by lying. You don't have to lie. Tell the judge the truth. Tell him you'd make a terrific juror because you can spot guilty people.
George CarlinRead
Intelligence tests are biased toward the literate.
George CarlinRead
Similar quotes
The comic spirit is given to us in order that we may analyze, weigh, and clarify things in us which nettle us, or which we are outgrowing, or trying to reshape
Thornton WilderRead
Sex: the pleasure is momentary, the position ridiculous, and the expense damnable.
Lord ChesterfieldRead
I am his Highness' dog at Kew; Pray tell me, sir, whose dog are you?
Alexander PopeRead
Being a humorist is not a voluntary thing. You can tell this because in a situation where saying a funny thing will cause a lot of trouble, a humorist will still say the funny thing. No matter how inappropriate.
P. J. O'RourkeRead
Tomorrow night I appear for the first time before a Boston audience - 4000 critics.
Mark TwainRead
If at first you don't succeed, then skydiving definitely isn't for you.
Steven WrightRead