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Clothing2 quotes
This shirt is dry clean only, which means it's dirty. — Mitch Hedberg · 1999I especially hate turtlenecks. Like wearing a turtleneck is like being strangled by a really weak guy, all day. — Mitch Hedberg · 1999
Drugs2 quotes
I used to do drugs. I still do, but I used to, too. — Mitch Hedberg · 1999If carrots got you drunk, rabbits would be fucked up. — Mitch Hedberg · 1999
Abortion1 quote
This right of privacy...is broad enough to encompass a woman's decision whether or not to terminate her pregnancy. — Harry A. Blackmun · 1973
In order to get beyond racism, we must first take account of race. There is no other way. And in order to treat some persons equally, we must treat them differently. — Harry A. Blackmun · 1978
Alcohol1 quote
I can't use liquor as a crutch, because a crutch helps me walk. Liquor severely screws up the way I walk. It ain't like a crutch, it's like a step I didn't see. — Mitch Hedberg · 1999
You know you can't please all the people all the time, and last night all those people were at my show. — Mitch Hedberg · 1999
I don't have a girlfriend, I just know a girl who would get really mad if she heard me say that. — Mitch Hedberg · 1999
Bigfoot1 quote
I think Bigfoot is blurry, that's the problem. It's not the photographer's fault. Bigfoot is blurry, and that's extra scary to me. There's a large, out of focus monster, roaming the countryside. — Mitch Hedberg · 1999
Christmas1 quote
A severed foot is the ultimate stocking stuffer. — Mitch Hedberg · 1999
This right of privacy...is broad enough to encompass a woman's decision whether or not to terminate her pregnancy. — Harry A. Blackmun · 1973
I used to do drugs. I still do, but I used to, too. — Mitch Hedberg · 1999
Donuts1 quote
I bought a donut, and they gave me a receipt for the donut. I don't need a receipt for the donut, man, I'll just give you the money, then you give me the donut—end of transaction. We don't need to bring ink and paper into this. I just can't imagine a scenario where I would have to prove that I bought a donut. — Mitch Hedberg · 1999
I saw soda pop for $1.20 a six pack, and that price fucks with your head, because then you start to think that you're gonna sell pop. — Mitch Hedberg · 1999
Equality1 quote
In order to get beyond racism, we must first take account of race. There is no other way. And in order to treat some persons equally, we must treat them differently. — Harry A. Blackmun · 1978
Gambling1 quote
My lucky number is 4 billion, that doesn't come in real handy when you're gambling…come on, 4 billion! Fuck, 7. Not even close. — Mitch Hedberg · 1999
Luck1 quote
My lucky number is 4 billion, that doesn't come in real handy when you're gambling…come on, 4 billion! Fuck, 7. Not even close. — Mitch Hedberg · 1999
I've seen a human pyramid before. It was very unnecessary. — Mitch Hedberg · 1999
Women's Liberation calls it enslavement but the real truth about the sexual revolution is that it has made of sex an almost chaotically limitless and therefore unmanageable realm in the life of women. — Midge Decter · 1972
I love mankind…it's people I can't stand!! — Charles M. Schulz · 1959
I think Bigfoot is blurry, that's the problem. It's not the photographer's fault. Bigfoot is blurry, and that's extra scary to me. There's a large, out of focus monster, roaming the countryside. — Mitch Hedberg · 1999
Patriarchy1 quote
Perhaps patriarchy's greatest psychological weapon is simply its universality and longevity... Patriarchy has a still more tenacious or powerful hold through its successful habit of passing itself off as nature. — Kate Millett · 1970
I hate flossing, I just wish I had one long curvy tooth. It didn't need to be split up. — Mitch Hedberg · 1999
If carrots got you drunk, rabbits would be fucked up. — Mitch Hedberg · 1999
Protest1 quote
I'm against picketing, but I don't know how to show it. — Mitch Hedberg · 1999
Racism1 quote
In order to get beyond racism, we must first take account of race. There is no other way. And in order to treat some persons equally, we must treat them differently. — Harry A. Blackmun · 1978
I don't have a girlfriend, I just know a girl who would get really mad if she heard me say that. — Mitch Hedberg · 1999
This right of privacy...is broad enough to encompass a woman's decision whether or not to terminate her pregnancy. — Harry A. Blackmun · 1973
Women's Liberation calls it enslavement but the real truth about the sexual revolution is that it has made of sex an almost chaotically limitless and therefore unmanageable realm in the life of women. — Midge Decter · 1972
Siblings1 quote
Big sisters are the crab grass in the lawn of life. — Charles M. Schulz · 1961
Sisters1 quote
Big sisters are the crab grass in the lawn of life. — Charles M. Schulz · 1961