Famine was the mark of a maturing agricultural society, the very badge of civilization.

What was invented with civilization was the ability of some to deny sensuality to others.

I doubt if ever one ceases to love, but one can cease to be in love as easily as one can outgrow an author one admired as a boy.

When I was young, I used to wish I would fit in… I’m glad I didn’t get my wish.

Every dog is a lion at home.

Bad music disturbs me, but wonderful music disturbs me even more.

You can't have a people's democracy as long as corporations are considered people.

I'm a bit of a hippie.

You're jeans are full of crap. You're full of beans, you're in you teens. You've lost your mama's road map.

The Parish makes the constable, and when the constable is made, he governs the Parish.

The weird set an example for the rest of us. They raise the bar. They show us through their actions that in fact we're wired to do the new, not to comply with someone a thousand miles away.

It is not work that kills men, it is worry. Work is healthy; you can hardly put more upon a man that he can bear. Worry is rust upon the blade.