Aristotle dines when it seems good to King Philip, but Diogenes when he himself pleases.

He has the most who is most content with the least.

We have two ears and one tongue so that we would listen more and talk less.

I pissed on the man who called me a dog. Why was he so surprised?

In a rich man's house there is no place to spit but his face.

Plato had defined Man as an animal, biped and featherless, and was applauded. Diogenes plucked a fowl and brought it into the lecture-room with the words, "Behold Plato's man!"

I am Diogenes the Dog. I nuzzle the kind, bark at the greedy and bite scoundrels.

He lit a lamp in broad daylight and said, as he went about, "I am looking for a human."

It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours.

I am not an Athenian or a Greek, but a citizen of the world.

One original thought is worth a thousand mindless quotings

Every one needs someone and there is someone for everyone.

Turn your pride into love in order to fill your life with joy.

Our knowledge is a little island in a great ocean of nonknowledge.

All roads lead to Wall Street, but we feel the effects of Wall Street on every street corner. Certainly in Syracuse, N.Y., where I live.

God wills to be displayed and known and loved and cherished and worshiped.

Few, if any, survive their teens. Most surrender to the vague but murderous pressure of adult conformity.

I believe very firmly in the principle of free agency - people making their own decisions and doing what they think is right.

I want to make a film about a factory worker.

I think it's really terrifying that a country based on the foundations and ideals of God, is now systematically removing God from everything. Everything!

I like hair each and every way. I like to give scalp massages - to pull and tug on it. But my favorite style is long, real hair in a dusty blonde-brown color.