Not every problem someone has with his girlfriend is necessarily due to the capitalist mode of production.

The truth of art lies in its power to break the monopoly of established reality to define what is real.

Under the rule of a repressive whole, liberty can be made into a powerful instrument of domination.

Art cannot change the world, but it can contribute to changing the consciousness and drives of the men and women who could change the world.

The spontaneous reproduction of superimposed needs by the individual does not establish autonomy; it only testifies to the efficacy of the control.

The Superego, in censoring the unconscious and in implanting conscience, also censors the censor.

Most people are afraid of freedom. They are conditioned to be afraid of it.

There is no free society without silence, without the internal and external spaces of solitude in which the individual freedom can develop.

The music of the soul is also the music of salesmanship. Exchange value, not truth value counts. On it centers the rationality of the status quo, and all alien rationality is bent to It.

Free election of masters does not abolish the masters or the slaves.

Entertainment and learning are not opposites; entertainment may be the most effective mode of learning.

Develop a strong thirst for positive associations and learning from others, because the right people can take you further than you can go on your own.

Younger colleagues tended to draw untested self-confidence from their bonuses and prestigious degrees.

I always thought the real violence in Hollywood isn't what's on the screen. It's what you have to do to raise the money.

She had been nobody and he had been golden.

I romanced internally about early death till it was too late to die early.

When Mr. Bilbo Baggins of Bag End announced that he would shortly be celebrating his eleventy-first birthday with a party of special magnificence, there was much talk and excitement in Hobbiton.

There is a connection between self-nurturing and self-respect.

[Barack] Obama has betrayed Israel, gutted the military, and apologized on ten world tours.

I feel like I've been lucky, because I don't feel like I've ever tried to be somebody I'm not. People might disagree.