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01Undated

Each of us is full of shit in our own special way. We are all shitty little snowflakes dancing in the universe.

Lewis Black / quote

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02Undated

Who knew that the devil had a factory where he made millions of fossils, which his minions distributed throughout the earth, in order to confuse my tiny brain?

Lewis Black / quote

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03Undated

They're so broke that they've actually cut essential services. In many places, they've cut policemen, because, who the fuck needs them? Or firemen, son of a bitch, it's much more fun watching something burn down.

Lewis Black / quote

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04Undated

Just relax and breathe through your ass.

Lewis Black / quote

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05Undated

If you really think there's a Santa, why don't you sit on the front steps all night in the freezing cold and see if he climbs down any chimneys tonight. Good luck. And since we're a family that isn't lucky enough to have a chimney, how would Santa get into our house? Does he bring a locksmith with him? And it probably would have to be a Jewish locksmith, because a Christian locksmith is going to want to be home with his family. And how many Jewish locksmiths are there? None.

Lewis Black / quote

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06Undated

If you're working out in front of a mirror and watching your muscles grow, your ego has reached a point where it is now eating itself. That's why I believe there should be a psychiatrist at every health club, so that when they see you doing this, they will take you away for a little chat.

Lewis Black / quote

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07Undated

It’s absolutely stupid that we live without an ozone layer. We have men, we’ve got rockets, we’ve got saran wrap – FIX IT!!!

Lewis Black / quote

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08Undated

Lactose intolerant milk?! KISS, MY, DICK!

Lewis Black / quote

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09Undated

Parenting isn't just parenting your own child.

Lewis Black / quote

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10Undated

A father and two sons run Adelphia. It's a cable company. And they took from that company a billion dollars. A billion. Three people - three people took a billion dollars. What were they gonna do, start their own space program? 'Let's send the monkey to Mars, Dad!'

Lewis Black / quote

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11Undated

I like indoor Christmas trees. And I like people who decorate their homes with lights and all that crap. I think it's a healthy outlet for them. If they weren't covering their lawns with twinkling lights, they'd be doing something that was really, really creepy.

Lewis Black / quote

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12Undated

Online, there's no time. It's always Christmas.

Lewis Black / quote

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13Undated

My parents are the last of the middle class. My father worked for the government designing sea mines. My mother was a substitute teacher. Together, they worked really only until they were sixty.

Lewis Black / quote

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14Undated

Basically I wake up in the morning and I think everything's going to be great. I'm really kind of optimistic, and I look forward to a new day. I pick up 'The New York Times,' and I look at the front page and realize that once again I'm wrong. I start to fixate on stuff.

Lewis Black / quote

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15Undated

And I know this happens because I took economics, and I'd explain it to ya, but I flunked that course. Not my fault. They taught it at 8 o'clock in the morning. And there is absolutely nothing you can learn out of one bloodshot eye.

Lewis Black / quote

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16Undated

All food is comfort food. Maybe I just like to chew.

Lewis Black / quote

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17Undated

The worst thing about Halloween is, of course, candy corn. It's unbelievable to me. Candy corn is the only candy in the history of America that's never been advertised. And there's a reason. All of the candy corn that was ever made was made in 1911. And so, since nobody eats that stuff, every year there's a ton of it left over.

Lewis Black / quote

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18Undated

I continue to work on plays, but I've always felt that you could put a note in a bottle and send it offshore, and you'd have as much chance communicating with people.

Lewis Black / quote

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19Undated

When people come to my act any time after Thanksgiving, I usually say, You shouldn't be here. You should be shopping. Our economy depends on you! You should be out there buying stuff.'

Lewis Black / quote

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20Undated

I'm not a big birthday guy I never have been.

Lewis Black / quote

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21Undated

There's no such thing as soy milk. It's soy juice.

Lewis Black / quote

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22Undated

All the candy corn that was ever made was made in 1911.

Lewis Black / quote

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23Undated

Republicans have nothing but bad ideas and Democrats have no ideas.

Lewis Black / quote

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24Undated

This is how sad my life is: I got a scar from scratching my chicken pox too much. That's my big scar story. I really have no major scars.

Lewis Black / quote

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