"On December 16th, 1961 the world turned upside down and inside out, and I was born screaming at America. It was the tail end of the American Dream. Just before we lost our innocence irrevocably when the TV eye brought the horror of our lives into our homes for all to see. I was told when I grew up I could be anything I wanted a fireman, a policeman, a doctor, even president it seemed, and for the first time in the history of mankind something new called an astronaut. But like many kids growing up on a steady diet of westerns I always wanted to be the cowboy hero that lone voice in the wilderness fighting corruption and evil wherever I found it, and standing for freedom, truth, and justice. And in my heart of hearts I still track the remnants of that dream wherever I go in my never ending ride into the setting sun."
React to this quote
More by Bill Hicks
See allResonant Thoughts
"Life seemed to be an educator's practical joke in which you spent the first half learning and the second half learning that everything you learned in the first half was wrong."
Explore Further
Related Quotes
"If you can tune into the fantasy life of an 11-year-old girl, you can make a fortune in this business."
— George Lucas"You are for developing village industries and I favour both heavy industries and village industries. To the…"
— Mokshagundam Visveshvaraya"Philosophers used to ask whether we are born with or invent our sense of time. Now we know that we have clo…"
— Jonathan Weiner"My priorities are to deport violent criminals, terrorists, and anyone who threatens our safety. So I do not…"
— Hillary Clinton"Life of Paul of the Cross, founder of the Passionists. Astonishing really that he should be so little known…"
— Ida Friederike Görres"Hinduism never seemed to be something foreign or alien to me or inappropriate to my circumstances living in…"
— David Frawley