If You're Going To Stop

Today's Comedian Has A Cross To Bear That He Built Himself. A Comedian Of The Older Generation Did An Act And He Told The Audience, This Is My Act. Today's Comic Is Not Doing An Act. The Audience Assumes He's Telling The Truth. What Is Truth Today May Be A Damn Lie Next Week.

When Earth Gets Good And Crowded, Like 15th Century England, Then Some New Pilgrims Are Gonna Rocket Their Mayflowers To A New Solar System.

You Got To Pay Your Dues To Get The Joke. Besides, Laughter Is Cheap And Very Portable. If There's A Pogrom, Or They're Blaming You For The Plague, Nothing Is Easier To Pack Than A Sense Of Humor.

...catholicism Is Like Howard Johnson, And What They Have Are These Franchises And They Give All These People Different Franchises In The Different Countries But They Have One Government, And When You Buy The Howard Johnson Franchise You Can Apply It To The Geography - Whatever's Cool For That Area - And Then You, You Know, Pay The Bread To The Main Office.

I'm Not A Comedian. I'm Lenny Bruce.