It's not radical Islam that worries the US -- it's independence

Students who acquire large debts putting themselves through school are unlikely to think about changing society. When you trap people in a system of debt, they can't afford the time to think.

The general population doesn't know what's happening, and it doesn't even know that it doesn't know.

That's the standard technique of privatization: defund, make sure things don't work, people get angry, you hand it over to private capital.

Jingoism, racism, fear, religious fundamentalism: these are the ways of appealing to people if you're trying to organize a mass base of support for policies that are really intended to crush them.

There's a good reason why nobody studies history, it just teaches you too much.

The world is a very puzzling place. If you're not willing to be puzzled, you just become a replica of someone else's mind.

Democratic societies can't force people. Therefore they have to control what they think.

Nobody should have any illusions. The United States has essentially a one-party system and the ruling party is the business party.

If you want to control a population... give them a God to worship.

A language is not just words. It's a culture, a tradition, a unification of a community, a whole history that creates what a community is. It's all embodied in a language.

The life we’re given is on a thread, so wear it well.

Often it takes outer authority to send us on the path to our own inner authority.

If you're never scared or embarrassed or hurt it means you never take any chances.

Associate with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation for it is better to be alone than in bad company.

Tommie Aaron taught me how to have a good attitude, to be easy going and not get uptight.

I like to be as positive and as peaceful as possible, but reality says, you know, sometimes you get mad, sometimes you get antsy, sometimes you get aggravated.

You don't have to sacrifice who you are to follow your beliefs.

You can't get through seminary and come out believing in God!

I was an angst-y journal writing kid.

Where else do you find great directors? Acting is one of the places.