All political organizations tend to function like a machine, to eliminate the unpredictable factor of affect - emotion.

We must all face the fact that our leaders are certifiably insane or worse

After one look at this planet any visitor from outer space would say 'I want to see the manager.'

After a shooting spree, they always want to take the guns away from the people who didn't do it.

Your mind will answer most questions if you learn to relax and wait for the answer.

What does the money machine eat? It eats youth, spontaneity, life, beauty, and, above all, it eats creativity. It eats quality and sh*ts quantity.

I think anybody incapable of changing his mind is crazy.

Man is an artifact designed for space travel. He is not designed to remain in his present biologic state any more than a tadpole is designed to remain a tadpole.

The cat does not offer services. The cat offers itself.

Artists to my mind are the real architects of change, and not the political legislators who implement change after the fact.

Desperation is the raw material of drastic change. Only those who can leave behind everything they have ever believed in can hope to escape.

for meobedience to another is the decayof self

Present opportunities are neglected and attainable good is slighted by minds busied in extensive ranges and intent upon future advantages.

Books are all right, but dead men's brains are no good unless you mix a live one's with them.

I mean, there needs to be a wholesale effort against racial profiling, which is illiterate children.

I conceive of God, in fact, as a means of liberation and not a means to control others.

I try to do a lot of research beforehand so I know where I want to go with a scene. I try not to get too stressed about it, because I find that's the worst thing

Who will dance on the floor in the round?

Star Anna is an American original. She sings from a place of beauty that takes me to a higher place.

Our founders insisted that protecting the states' power to govern themselves was vital to limit the power of Washington and preserve freedom.

At some point in life's journey, professionally and personally, we have to be able to trust our preparation.