(On his addiction to opioids): I'll die young, but it's like kissing God.

— Lenny Bruce

Satire is tragedy plus time. You give it enough time, the public, the reviewers will allow you to satirize it. Which is rather ridiculous, when you think about it.

— 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

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

There are never enough 'I love you's.

— Lenny Bruce

There are never enough I Love You's.

— Lenny Bruce

The role of a comedian is to make the audience laugh at a minimum of once every fifteen seconds.

— Lenny Bruce

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

The whole motivation for any performer is 'Look at me Ma.'

— Lenny Bruce

When you're eight years old nothing is your business.

— Lenny Bruce