Cultivate solitude and quiet and a few sincere friends, rather than mob merriment, noise and thousands of nodding acquaintances.

Dessert is probably the most important stage of the meal, since it will be the last thing your guests remember before they pass out all over the table.

Have you noticed that the people who actually make the laws, the people in power, never make laws for themselves?

The only laws a man can truly respect are the ones he makes for himself.

Believe it or not, bananas do contain a small quantity of Musa Sapientum bananadine, which is a mild, short-lasting psychedelic.

I highly recommend worrying. It is much more effective than dieting.

If a man is to be a man, a free spirit unto himself, he must arm himself not only with weapons but with ideals and concepts he is willing to die for.

There is only one purpose in hand-to-hand combat, and that is to kill. Never face an enemy with the idea of knocking him out. The chances are extremely good that he will kill you.

Since shotguns are not military weapons, your local sporting goods dealer will have good information about them, as long as you aren't black, Spanish, or a white freak.

Why did God make so many dumb fools and Democrats?

A government creates its own revolution. There can be no revolt without it.

If perfection is absurd, why is tragedy common?

She must face the forest of her mother’s past in order to save herself and the one she loves.

A lot of people do not muster the courage to live their dreams because they are afraid to die.

Capitalism is at its liberating best in a noncapitalist environment. The crypto-businessman is the true revolutionary in a Communist country.

For such kind of borrowing as this, if it be not bettered by the borrowers, among good authors is accounted Plagiarè.

My biggest fear is looking weak, girly, and pathetic.

Simply put, killing healthy or treatable animals is immoral.

Your true nature is purity, peace and joy.

I don't resist progress, but I have a growing feeling that mankind uses it mostly for disgraceful purposes.

I confess I take perverse delight as a theologian in the controversies surrounding postmodernism.