And if I can take part in it by transforming my own consciousness, then someone else's, I'm happy to do it.
Bill Hicks

As long as one person lives in darkness then it seems to be a responsibility to tell other people.
Bill Hicks

Children are smarter than any of us. Know how I know that? I don't know one child with a full time job and children.
Bill Hicks

I don't do drugs anymore... than, say, the average touring funk band.
Bill Hicks

I don't like anything in the mainstream and they don't like me.
Bill Hicks

I don't mean to sound bitter, cold, or cruel, but I am, so that's how it comes out.
Bill Hicks

I get a kick out of being an outsider constantly. It allows me to be creative.
Bill Hicks

I left in love, in laughter, and in truth, and wherever truth, love and laughter abide, I am there in spirit.
Bill Hicks

I'm a heavy smoker. I go through two lighters a day.
Bill Hicks

I'm not really a heavy smoker any more. I only get through two lighters a day now.
Bill Hicks


If you don't think drugs have done good things for us, then take all of your records, tapes and CD's and burn them.
Bill Hicks

If you're so pro-life, do me a favour: don't lock arms and block medical clinics. If you're so pro-life, lock arms and block cemeteries.
Bill Hicks

It's always funny until someone gets hurt. Then it's just hilarious.
Bill Hicks

Life is only a dream and we are the imagination of ourselves.
Bill Hicks

Listen, the next revolution is gonna be a revolution of ideas.
Bill Hicks

Music is a great energizer. It's a language everybody knows.
Bill Hicks

People in the United Kingdom and outside the United States share my bemusement with the United States that America doesn't share with itself.
Bill Hicks

Ultimately, it is in fun. It is supposed to be highly entertaining.
Bill Hicks

Watching television is like taking black spray paint to your third eye.
Bill Hicks

We all pay for life with death, so everything in between should be free.
Bill Hicks