Somewhere in the archives of crudest instinct is recorded the truth that it is better to be endangered and free than captive and comfortable.
Should you fail to pilot your own ship, don’t be surprised at what inappropriate port you find yourself docked.
Philosophers have argued for centuries about how many angels can dance on the head of a pin, but materialists have known all along that it depends on whether they are jitterbugging or dancing cheek to cheek.
I don’t want to give the impression that I hold daily conversations with my household appliances, although my toaster is as old as Drew Barrymore and almost as talented.
When humans were young, they were pushed around in strollers. When they were old, they were pushed around in wheelchairs. In between, they were just pushed around.
Are you aware that rushing toward a goal is a sublimated death wish? It’s no coincidence we call them ’deadlines.
Minds were made for blowing.
Religion is not merely the opium of the masses, it’s the cyanide.
Any half-awake materialist well knows – that which you hold holds you.
All depression has its roots in self-pity, and all self-pity is rooted in people taking themselves too seriously.
A mediocre failure is as insufferable as a mediocre success. Embrace failure! Seek it out. Learn to love it. That may be the only way any of us will ever be free.
Once one pays some attention to something, then you begin to see evidence of it everywhere.
Of course I’m inconsistent! Only logicians and cretins are consistent!
Our similarities bring us to a common ground; Our differences allow us to be fascinated by each other.
Jackson Pollock said once, “I don’t really feel that many people in this world are alive.” He said, “That’s why I like you, Tom. You’re alive.”
True stability results when presumed order and presumed disorder are balanced.
Above all, have a good time. If you aren’t enjoying writing it, you can hardly expect someone else to enjoy reading it.
The beet is the most intense of vegetables.
In order to be respected, authority has got to be respectable.
To be or not to be isn’t the question. The question is how to prolong being.