She's staring down her desires, while they're staring down her dress.

A protest song is a song that's so specific that you cannot mistake it for bullshit.

America is two Mack trucks colliding on a superhighway because all the drivers are on amphetamines.

In such ugly times, the only true protest is beauty.

One good song with a message can bring a point more deeply to more people than a thousand rallies.

And if there's any hope for America, it lies in a revolution, and if there's any hope for a revolution in America, it lies in getting Elvis Presley to become Che Guevara.

Even though you can't expect to defeat the absurdity of the world, you must make that attempt.

The fortunes of the entire world may well ride on the ability of young Americans to face the responsibilities of an old America gone mad.

It's always the old to lead us to the war. It's always the young to fall.

Love is a rainbow curving down from the sky, falling crystals of color, shades of warm that never die.

The truest protest is beauty.

It is better to leave a child well instructed than to hand over the whole world in the hands of a fool

If we define an American fascist as one who in case of conflict puts money and power ahead of human beings, then there are undoubtedly several million fascists in the United States.

Anxiety is a thin stream of fear trickling through the mind. If encouraged it cuts a channel into which all other thoughts are drained.

A mere inference or theory must give way to a truth revealed; but a scientific truth must be maintained, however contradictory it may appear to the most cherished doctrines of religion.

When you make the present moment, instead of past and future, the focal point of your life, your ability to enjoy what you do and with it the quality of your life increases dramatically.

When I'm all alone, nobody else can say goodbye.

Insecurity, however, is a luxury on which I never economize.

One of the biggest gifts that you can give your daughter is to show her that you love what you do.

Obviously, the faster we process information, the more rich and complex our models or glosses - our reality-tunnels - will become.

Love means never having to say you're sorry. That's why I never apologize to my mirror.