We're still just the world's premium brand of ape.

Math anxiety: an intense lifelong fear of two trains approaching each other at speeds of 60 and 80 MPH.

Cynic: an idealist whose rose-colored glasses have been removed, snapped in two and stomped into the ground, immediately improving his vision

REVOLUTIONARY: An oppressed person waiting for the opportunity to become an oppressor.

Communism: Liberation of the people from the burdens of liberty

CHILDHOOD: The rapidly shrinking interval between infancy and first arrest on a drug or weapons charge.

The world belongs to people with IQs of 120. Anything much greater or less amounts to a liability.

Most people perceive moderates as timid, middle-of-the-roaders, who can't take a stand.

Simple is complicated.

Freedom is the emancipation from the arbitrary rule of other men.

I'm not conniving - that has a pejorative context. I'm not sitting in back rooms making deals. That's not my style.

Sometimes, we have to promote ourselves. Just go out and be very active about trying to find an opportunity.

I had let my digust with teaching ruin my love of literature.

Poetry relishes ripe fruit - but ripe is one thing and overripe quite another. That's something poetry doesn't like, so it couldn't care less if I were to fall overripe to the ground.

Please understand. Please forgive me. I prayed every day for you to be alive, until hope became painful. Don't hate me. I still love you.

In my first season I was learning about English football in a new team. I scored 13 which isn't bad, but I think I can do better.

I think sometimes fate cuts you a break. Like it says, okay, you've had enough of that crap, so it's time you fell into something nice. See what you make out of it.

As an artist, I have to be a leader of my fans, not like follow them. Because if I chose to follow them, you know, they could do it.