Why then you're as mad as me. No, madder. For I distrust 'reality' and its moron mother, the universe, while you fasten your innocence to fallible devices which pretend at happy endings.

Summer quiet thoughts on summer quiet noons.

We lived longer but at a price. We had to be our own children, having none.

We tried not to smile, for smiling only encourages men to bore you and waste your time.

In individuals as in nations, contentment is silent, which tends to unbalance the historical record.

No one is above the game or the rules that govern it. Respect for the game and the people who participate in it will not be compromised.

I'm sure the England selectors thought if they took me on and gave me the job, I'd want to run the show. They were shrewd, because that's exactly what I would have done.

So many things--nay every real thing--is good if only it will be humble and ordinate.

There is no PAST anybody can get to, to alter things or even to know what those things were but there is definitely a future, we are already in it.

I am often accused of interfering in the private lives of citizens. Yes, if I did not, had I not done that, we wouldn't be here today.

Jefferson owned slaves. He did not believe that all were created equal. He was a racist.

I gotta use words to talk to you.

I'm the greatest rock and roll drummer on the planet and you suck.