If San Francisco is indeed a city of leaders, then I think we should lead, and if we don't want a chain store, then we should say so loudly.

High-end boutiques aren't putting small staple stores out of business. What's putting small staple stores out of business is formula retail.

I do not agree that NIMBYism is wrong morally. I believe that NIMBYism is wrong ethically. It's a personal choice.

I think that chain stores in general are really super depressing and I think it really sucks the life out of a city such as San Francisco.

You eat the burger but you don't want the slaughterhouse next door to where you live.

Fallen man is both terrified of vulnerability and committed to maintaining independence.

You know, it sounds corny, but I believe in myself. And I work hard.

I think anything that is expressed directly and as honestly as possible will last.

The fanatic is incorruptible: if he kills for an idea, he can just as well get himself killed for one; in either case, tyrant or martyr, he is a monster.

I have previously been a very enthusiastic consumer, and I didn't think about the origins of garments enough.

It was Matisse who took the first step into the undiscovered land of the ugly.

We may at times be unemployed, but no one ever becomes uncalled.

I looked around at us all: me in my nightgown, Kiyo bare-chested, Dorian in his extravagant robes, and Tim in his Native getup. God, I muttered, standing up, we all look like the village people.

It is in the interest of the wage-earner to have many other alternatives open to him than service under one all-powerful employer called the State

When you're onstage with Chris Rock, anything can happen. He is one of the greatest comic geniuses we've ever seen.