People need their history like they need air and food.

We've been taught in America that big is best. That's why people have to believe that they must live in the greatest country in the world, which is absolutely idiotic.

I think people involved with institutions find it harder to know the time to go than the time to come.

I was really worn down by an American society that is racist, smugly blind to it, and hugely self-satisfied.

Where does a black soul go to rest?

We all have to die, and I preferred to have just one death. It seems to me that to suffer insult without response is to die many deaths.

I've never had any trouble opposing people I've been close to. I've never worried about offending or bothering people I feel strongly about.

Something is very, very wrong with American culture. The signs are everywhere. I think the country is in almost terminal descent.

Americans don't bother to notice anybody else in the world.

I think the evangelicals want to provoke an immense global disaster to precipitate the second coming of Christ.

Democracy requires that if you who don't like the outcome of elections you have to tolerate it and then pursue your interest the next time around.

Diplomacy is the delicate weapon of the civilized warrior."- Hun, A. T.

I totally don't know what to do." He got up and started pacing. "Am I supposed to get you a present? Or maybe a card. I'm completely lost.

The century on which we are entering can be and must be the century of the common man.

Ultimately the greatest help is self-help.

There are even many huts built entirely of the universal aloe.

Get five or six of your smartest friends in a room and ask them to rate your idea.

I was born with a crippled leg. I wore a corrective shoes since I was three years old and I still wear them.

The first movie I ever saw was a horror movie. It was Bambi. When that little deer gets caught in a forest fire, I was terrified, but I was also exhilarated.