I mean, whatever kills you kills you, and your death is authentic no matter how you die.

We're like licorice. Not everybody likes licorice, but the people who like licorice really like licorice.

You ain't gonna learn what you don't wanna know.

Somebody has to do something, and it's just incredibly pathetic that it has to be us.

Truth is something you stumble into when you think you're going someplace else.

You don't want to be the best at what you do, you want to be the only one.

Nothing left to do but smile.

It's pretty clear now that what looked like it might have been some kind of counterculture is, in reality, just the plain old chaos of undifferentiated weirdness.

Constantly choosing the lesser of two evils is still choosing evil.

If you're able to enjoy something, to devote your life to it or a reasonable amount of time and energy, it will work out for you.

All I know is, if you listen to society, you'll never get anywhere!

You're a monster.Thanks. Does this mean I get a raise?No, just a medal. The budget isn't inexhaustable.

If there was any great lesson in life it was this: No battle was ever won with silence.

At dawn the waves looked like mountain ranges tipped with gold as sunbeams slanted low under burgundy clouds.

The one quality that can be developed by studious reflection and practice is the leadership of men.

I can't say what makes a picture. I can't say. It's mysterious.

Mama and Papa are more to blame (for delinquency) than the kids; parents should stay home and raise their children and spend less time in taverns.

I'm glad I wrote the book to show what I found out about the [ Standard Oil Company]. I'm glad many people read my book and found out the truth.

Automation and technology don't cure behavioral ruts: they just create new instances of them.

The poor have the same basic pleasures as the rich, and the rich will always resent it.

When you hear somebody justifying a war by citing the Almighty, I get a little worried, frankly.