The word 'radical' derives from the Latin word for root. Therefore, if you want to get to the root of anything you must be radical. It is no accident that the word has now been totally demonized.

Our form of democracy is bribery, on the highest scale.

There's a lot to be said for being nouveau riche, and the Reagans mean to say it all.

The unfed mind devours itself.

We are the United States of Amnesia, we learn nothing because we remember nothing.

Democracy is supposed to give you the feeling of choice, like Painkiller X and Painkiller Y. But they're both just aspirin.

Write something, even if it's just a suicide note.

Persuading the people to vote against their own best interests has been the awesome genius of the American political elite from the beginning.

The four most beautiful words in our common language: I told you so.

You know, I've been around the ruling class all my life, and I've been quite aware of their total contempt for the people of the country.

That loyal retainer of the Chase Manhattan Bank, the American president.

The capacity of computers is doubling every eight months. It's exponential development. I think it's a real threat, actually, that a computer one day will be more intelligent than us.

No one ever won a chess game by betting on each move. Sometimes you have to move backward to get a step forward.

So, in other words, how you respond to a sculpture, how a viewer sees the sculpture, is vital.

there are times when life surprises one, and anything may happen, even what one had hoped for.

Words represent images: nothing can be said for which there is no image.

Love is the substance of all life. Everything is connected in love, absolutely everything.

Garbage clutters the house that has no dream.

A community needs a soul if it is to become a true home for human beings. You.. the people must give it this soul.

Luck always favors the comely.

Strike when thou wilt, the hour of rest, but let my last days be my best.