Take away the right to say ‘fuck’ and yo... by Lenny Bruce | We Heart Quotes

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Take away the right to say ‘fuck’ and you take away the right to say ‘fuck the government'.

- Lenny Bruce

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School

I won't say ours was a tough school, but we had our own coroner. We used to write essays like: What I'm going to be if I grow up.

- Lenny Bruce

The only honest art form is laughter, comedy. You can't fake it. Try to fake three laughs in an hour -- ha ha ha ha ha -- they'll take you away, man. You can't.

- Lenny Bruce

God People

Every day people are straying away from the church and going back to God.

- Lenny Bruce

People

The "what should be" never did exist, but people keep trying to live up to it. There is no "what should be," there is only what is.

- Lenny Bruce

Hate Nothing

I hate small towns because once you've seen the cannon in the park there's nothing else to do.

- Lenny Bruce

I'll die young, but it's like kissing God.

- Lenny Bruce

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