We didn't invent the Grateful Dead, the crowd invented the Grateful Dead. We were just in line to see what was going to happen.

We're like licorice. Not everybody likes licorice, but the people who like licorice really like licorice.

You ain't gonna learn what you don't wanna know.

Somebody has to do something, and it's just incredibly pathetic that it has to be us.

Truth is something you stumble into when you think you're going someplace else.

You don't want to be the best at what you do, you want to be the only one.

Nothing left to do but smile.

It's pretty clear now that what looked like it might have been some kind of counterculture is, in reality, just the plain old chaos of undifferentiated weirdness.

Constantly choosing the lesser of two evils is still choosing evil.

If you're able to enjoy something, to devote your life to it or a reasonable amount of time and energy, it will work out for you.

All I know is, if you listen to society, you'll never get anywhere!

Every complaint is just another opportunity to learn about the person better. Get curious, not angry!

Habits decide who you become permanently, what you do daily and what you have always.

The more I see of men, the more I like dogs.

Everything has a reason, even things that aren't pleasant.

On the whole, I don't want to think too much about why I write what I write. If I know what I'm doing ... I can't do it.

People should be respected for the strength of their convictions, and I also believe in freedom of expression.

God, please now my future see, make it clear where I should be. Open windows, close the doors, not my will, my God, but Yours.

I believe that George Bush won the election through the vote of the people and the way our republic is set up. All we did was follow the law in the Department of State.

For as one star another far exceeds, So souls in heaven are placed by their deeds.

Image isn't everything, It's what comes from your heart, and what you learn and what you say and how you act that means more than anything.