What year did Jesus think it was?
Obviously, there are people who constrict themselves and build walls around themselves, whether it’s from a moral standpoint or a patriotic standpoint, or just plain old conformity, and who therefore live in those little prisons, and when things breach those walls, it’s shocking for them.
Trying to be happy by accumulating possessions is like trying to satisfy hunger by taping sandwiches all over your body.
Israeli murderers are called “commandos,” Arab commandos are called “terrorists.”
Baby boomers helped me a great deal in my career. They launched me. They were there for me to sing my song to. And I’m not saying I’m better than anyone, but I think they turned that anti-authority baby boom mentality into their own enemy. Now I identify very closely with their children.
Every person you look at, you can see the universe in their eyes, if you’re really looking.
With the proper training, I could’ve been an evil genius.
Life is a series of dogs.
It’s depressing to see blacks wanting to dive into the mainstream of American commercial life. They come from a magnificent African culture based on aesthetics, and they all want to become fort builders like the vicious people who originally enslaved them.
I don’t have any beliefs or allegiances. I don’t believe in this country, I don’t believe in religion, or a god, and I don’t believe in all these man-made institutional ideas.
I think religion is very anti-man. I think it’s a terrible distortion and exploitation of a very natural urge every human has – to be rejoined with the one somehow, to become a part of the universe. Once the high priests and the traders took over, we were lost as a species.
Griddle cakes, pancakes, hot cakes, flapjacks: why are there four names for grilled batter and only one word for love?
Comedy is a socially acceptable form of hostility and aggression. That is what comics do, stand the world upside down.
Just when I discovered the meaning of life, they changed it.
Writing is really wonderful art. A lot of this is discovery. A lot of things are lying around waiting to be discovered and that’s our job as writers is to just notice them and bring them to life.
Medical researchers have discovered a new disease that has no symptoms. It is impossible to detect, and there is no known cure. Fortunately, no cases have been reported thus far.
I don’t get all choked up about yellow ribbons and American flags. I consider them to be symbols and I leave symbols to the symbol minded.
I think self-expression is present at all times, and whether or not you’re talking about the outside world or your responses to it depends on the moment and the subject.
One great thing about getting old is that you can get out of all sorts of social obligations just by saying you’re too tired.
There may or may not be atheists in foxholes, but I’m certain there are none in the Ku Klux Klan.