The more one comes to know men the more one comes to admire the dog.

Maxon: “To be clear, no one agrees with you.”America: “To be clear, I don’t care.

I want to stand by my country, but I cannot vote for war

A child, like your stomach, doesn't need all you can afford to give it.

When the sleep appears like a ghost, all the reality disappears!

The eternal being..., as it lives in us, also lives in every animal.

To be the best you must beat the best.

Marriage is to me apostasy, profanation of the sanctuary of my soul, violation of my manhood, sale of my birthright, shameful surrender, ignominious capitulation, acceptance of defeat.

You don't begin to live, until you've lost everything... I've lost everything three or four times. A perfect place to start.

I've found for the last couple of years that the things that I can become most deeply involved with are songs that reflect my real feelings about things and so that what I've been writing about.

To have no loyalty is to have no dignity, and in the end, no manhood.