Now, comrades, what is the nature of this life of ours? Let us face it: our lives are miserable, laborious, and short.

Windmill or no windmill, he said, life would go on as it had always gone on--that is, badly.

Four legs good, two legs bad.

Man serves the interests of no creature except himself.

This work was strictly voluntary, but any animal who absented himself from it would have his rations reduced by half.

Is it not crystal clear, then, comrades, that all the evils of this life of ours spring from the tyranny of human beings?

And remember also that in fighting against man we must not come to resemble him. Even when you have conquered him, do not adopt his vices.

If all our misfortunes were laid in one common heap whence everyone must take an equal portion most people would be content to take their own and depart.

Pain doesnt have a face and pain doesnt have a certain way of adjusting. Pain is universal.

The most effective indirect approach is one that lures or startles the opponent into a false move - so that, as in ju-jitsu, his own effort is turned into the lever of his overthrow.

If I had to just play 200 shows a year with the same set, there'd be a gun. In my mouth. With bullets in it.

I believe while I tremble; I trust while I weep.

A decadent civilization compromises with its disease, cherishes the virus infecting it, loses its self-respect.

In reality drilling is the slowest, dirtiest, and most expensive way to solve our energy crisis.

If a man aspires to the highest place, it is no dishonor to him to halt at the second, or even at the third.

I enjoy doing physical comedy. I'd love, you know, them to throw me some shtick that way. I'd love to do that, if they need physical comedy, if they'd let me display my wares that way.

Art is often confused with the skill of drawing. It is the skill of making.