My own opinion is that belief is the death of intelligence. As soon as one believes a doctrine of any sort, or assumes certitude, one stops thinking about that aspect of existence.

The function of law and theology are the same: to keep the poor from taking back by violence what the rich have stolen by cunning.

The fear of death is the beginning of slavery.

You should view the world as a conspiracy run by a very closely-knit group of nearly omnipotent people, and you should think of those people as yourself and your friends.

You are precisely as big as what you love and precisely as small as what you allow to annoy you.

In conlusion, there is no conclusion. Things will go on as they always have, getting weirder all the time.

The rapists of the intellectual world become politicians; the seducers become artists.

Philadelphia merely seems dull because it's next to exciting Camden, New Jersey.

Of course I'm crazy, but that doesn't mean I'm wrong.

History, sociology, economics, psychology et al. confirmed Joyce's view of Everyman as victim.

I think I got off on the wrong planet. Beam me up Scotty, there's no rational life here.

There are deserts in every life, and the desert must be depicted if we are to give a fair and complete idea of the country.

I do a lot of co-writing with my producer RedOne, and then a lot on my own. I just like to be creative.

Sometimes you wake up in the morning and wish your parents had never met.

All beauty contains darkness.

When I could have used a wife, I could not support one; and when I could support one, I no longer needed any

Grinding the faces of the poor seems to be the policy of the Greens.

Sincerity is always subject to proof.

We didn't talk much. But we didn't need to.

Buying shoes is the highest form of shopping.

As an American, no one expected Donald Trump to ever be a serious candidate for President. I don't think he even expected to be a serious candidate. He wanted the free media he would get.