Dont take Portlandia too personally - Its just a stupid TV show

We should enjoy and make the most of life, not because we are in constant fear of what might happen to us in a mythical afterlife, but because we have only one opportunity to live.

PUNK IS: the personal expression of uniqueness that comes from the experiences of growing up in touch with our human ability to reason and ask questions.

You can't let your personal disposition be dictated by the world around you.

Whether you reach a lot of people or have a profound impact on a few people, their memories of you are your afterlife.

I'm trying to champion the naturalist's worldview and show it's not as heathen as most religious people would make it out to be.

there is no such thing as hell but you can make it if you try

If you can believe in God, then you can believe in anything. It's a gang mentality.

Naturalism teaches one of the most important things in this world. There is only this life, so live wonderfully and meaningfully.

The thread of culture that runs through the entire history of punk is also a dedication to challenging the authoritarian.

I would say there's a lot of similarity between folk and punk. It's written for the common man.

If you want to live a godly life, then choose to put the things into your mind that lead to living a godly life.

Poetry is another name for a person’s telling of the self, existence and what is beyond, and one’s own perceptions.

Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else

I remember how my mom would take me on the subway from Queens to Broadway. We'd go to the offices of casting agents. Many doors were slammed in our faces. I was just a boy, but I remember that well.

He folded his fear into a perfect rose. He held it out in the palm of his hand. She took it from him and put it in her hair.

Prototype, then polish. Get it working before you optimize it

Dear Sir: Regarding your article 'What's Wrong with the World?' I am. Yours truly.

As it is, plain reasoning assures me I am not indispensable to the universe: but with this reasoning, somehow, does not travel my belief.

Evangelism is not an option for the Christian life.

God was there when it happened. We were not there.... Therefore, we are completely limited to what God has seen fit to tell us, and this information is in His written Word.