We don't need a flat tax, but a flattening tax, to truly level the playing field.

You can spend the money on new housing for poor people and the homeless, or you can spend it on a football stadium or a golf course.

For every prohibition you create, you also create an underground.

Shut up, be happy. Obey all orders without question. The happiness you have demanded is now mandatory.

If evolution is outlawed, only outlaws will evolve.

Punk is not dead. Punk will only die when corporations can exploit and mass produce it.

I enjoy getting people angry and getting underneath their skin, especially people who don't think.

If voting could change anything, it would be illegal.

Heavy Metal is the most conservative of all loud music. Let's face it, not even a gym teacher could get as many people to dress alike.

If you liked school, you're gonnnnna lovvvvve work!

Our biggest national security threat is the environmental destruction of our planet and the arms race with ourselves.

The most important expression of love is self-love – it should precede loving others.

I'm typically single. I'm the girl who - I call it girl-next-door-itis - the hot guy is friends with and gets all his relationship advice from but never considers dating.

There are certain inessential activities-moths of precious time-and it is worse to busy yourself with the trivial than to do nothing.

The impact on the broader economy and financial markets of the problems in the subprime markets seems likely to be contained.

Everyone gets hurt, but I've probably had the most injuries.

The truth is still the truth whether or not you believe it. Can we say the same about lies? No, lies only exist because we believe them. If we don't believe in lies, they simply disappear.

I just want to be a better actor. You can always get better.

The words of the tongue should have three gatekeepers: Is it true? Is it kind? Is it necessary?

The power of nature is what all art strives to be. The more we can get in tune with the harmony of the planet, the more our art can benefit from that relationship.

Only by first acknowledging that we are living beings together here on this planet before labeling ourselves as anything else can we hope for peace on Earth.