See all these buildings, Russell? All these buildings were once a drawing on a piece of paper, and before that they were an idea in someone’s head. Any idea that you have, you can make manifest.
I recognize that I have the ability to be selfish, but I also recognize that you can’t be happy if you only care about yourself at the expense of other people.
I enjoyed having a reputation as being wild, but these days I try not to worry about what people think in the privacy of their own brain or what they write in the bizarre publicity of their own newspapers, because all of those things are meaningless.
I thought I was promiscuous, but it turns out I was just thorough.
Have you considered that the Bible, like all religious doctrine, may be allegorical and symbolic, to direct us toward one holy entity of love, as opposed to a simplistic litiginous text to direct the behavior of human beings?
It’s difficult to believe in yourself because the idea of self is an artificial construction. You are, in fact, part of the glorious oneness of the universe. Everything beautiful in the world is within you.
If you’re a drug addict, often you’re stealing – I’ve gotten done for shoplifting a few times.
The priority of any addict is to anaesthetise the pain of living to ease the passage of day with some purchased relief.
Addiction is a serious disease; it will end with jail, mental institutions, or death.
Drugs and alcohol are not my problem – reality is my problem. Drugs and alcohol are my solution.
I think many of the boundaries that convention has placed upon us are arbitrary, so we can fiddle with them if we fancy. Gravity’s hard to dispute, and breathing, but a lot of things we instinctively obey are a lot of old tosh.
I want to change the world, and do something valuable and beautiful. I want people to remember me before I’m dead, and then more afterwards.
If you’re a drug addict, then you’ve always got drugs, so you’re a criminal. So you’re gonna get into problems.
The mentality and behavior of drug addicts and alcoholics is wholly irrational until you understand that they are completely powerless over their addiction and unless they have structured help, they have no hope.
I missed him, of course, but sometimes close friendships have a tidal beat that pulls you towards different shores though the ocean that connects you remains.
I’m buying things for people I don’t even know. I’m like Willy Wonka, but more manipulative. Imagine if Willy Wonka had a devious goal.
I don’t get my authority from this preexisting paradigm which is quite narrow and only serves a few people. I look elsewhere for alternatives that might be of service to humanity.
I couldn’t possibly have sex with someone with such a slender grasp on grammar!
I didn’t take a job on Fox News because I’m interested in progress. I’m interested in shouting and pointing and simplifying things!
Apathy is a rational reaction to a system that no longer represents, hears or addresses the vast majority of people.