I give you Chicago. It is not London and Harvard. It is not Paris and buttermilk. It is American in every chitling and sparerib. It is alive from snout to tail.

Love is like war: easy to begin but very hard to stop.

On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last, and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron.

The demagogue is one who preaches doctrines he knows to be untrue to men he knows to be idiots.

The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary.

Morality is doing what is right, no matter what you are told. Religion is doing what you are told, no matter what is right.

Every normal man must be tempted, at times, to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats.

Democracy is a pathetic belief in the collective wisdom of individual ignorance.

The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule.

It is inaccurate to say that I hate everything. I am strongly in favor of common sense, common honesty, and common decency. This makes me forever ineligible for public office.

Democracy is also a form of worship. It is the worship of Jackals by Jackasses.

when i open eyes in the morning, it's just like GOD Sprinkle salt on my wounds

Thank you for the pain. At least I am no longer afraid to face it next time.

I was supposed to be working on 'The Weekenders, ' but I was blocked. I got this crazy idea that I would make Christmas stockings out of blankets.

Courage isn't the absence of fear, but a decision that what we want is more important than what we are afraid of.

The passions I have in my life are my family, music, books, I'm an avid plant collector, and I love to ride my bike.

Even if I give the whole of my worth to Him, He will find a way to give back to me much more than I gave.

People do a better job if they respect the leader of the company. I learned that on my mission - the value of people and how to truly appreciate them.

It was bitingly cold up here,and the wind pulled at his clothes like an insistent lover.

Identities are the beginning of everything. They are how something is recognized and understood. What could be better than that?

The thing is, unfortunately, I write the best songs when I'm miserable.