I was born in the late '50s, was a child of the '60s, then the '70s, then the '80s, then the '90s, and I have mental fingers in all those pies.

You can spend the money on new housing for poor people and the homeless, or you can spend it on a football stadium or a golf course.

For every prohibition you create, you also create an underground.

Shut up, be happy. Obey all orders without question. The happiness you have demanded is now mandatory.

If evolution is outlawed, only outlaws will evolve.

Punk is not dead. Punk will only die when corporations can exploit and mass produce it.

I enjoy getting people angry and getting underneath their skin, especially people who don't think.

If voting could change anything, it would be illegal.

Heavy Metal is the most conservative of all loud music. Let's face it, not even a gym teacher could get as many people to dress alike.

If you liked school, you're gonnnnna lovvvvve work!

Our biggest national security threat is the environmental destruction of our planet and the arms race with ourselves.

When you draw a line in the sand, be careful it is not low tide.

The biggest challenge is how to affect public attitudes and make people care.

Fame had brought me so much unhappiness.

If you're a Kennedy and you go to Italy or you go to Argentina, you're treated as royalty. And in the United States, we're endlessly fascinated by the family.

We must know what we think and speak out, even at the risk of unpopularity.

I was never concretely aware of the extent of anti-Semitism in the United States and in the upper levels of the State Department.

Public opinion is a courtesan, whom we seek to please without respecting.

The only time you realize you have a reputation is when you're not living up to it.

We have been brainwashed by school, indoctrinated by industrial propaganda, and mesmerized by the popular media into believing that compliance is not only safe but right and necessary.

Everyone needs a little Edward in their life