[Death is] a gimmick. It's the time-birth-death gimmick. Can't go on much longer, too many people are wising up.

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.

A book is a wonderful present. Though it may grow worn, it will never grow old.

Man always need discomfort for awaken.

There's always a last time. If you could remember every last time, you'd never stop grieving.

Every song I am listening toIt has an imaginary story about you.

Put a 'stop-loss' order on your worries. Decide just how much anxiety a thing may be worth- and refuse to give it any more.

It was always difficult to get cattle returned once a marriage was dissolved.

Knowledge never springs from faith. It springs from doubt.

The real problem with being around James was that he was always the hero. And what did that make you? Either the sidekick or the villain.

I think everything Joni Mitchell did for music was big.

We have long honored those who gave their lives during the unfortunate reality of war.