To bring into the world an unwanted human being is as antisocial an act as murder.

Our form of democracy is bribery, on the highest scale.

There's a lot to be said for being nouveau riche, and the Reagans mean to say it all.

The unfed mind devours itself.

We are the United States of Amnesia, we learn nothing because we remember nothing.

Democracy is supposed to give you the feeling of choice, like Painkiller X and Painkiller Y. But they're both just aspirin.

Write something, even if it's just a suicide note.

Persuading the people to vote against their own best interests has been the awesome genius of the American political elite from the beginning.

The four most beautiful words in our common language: I told you so.

You know, I've been around the ruling class all my life, and I've been quite aware of their total contempt for the people of the country.

That loyal retainer of the Chase Manhattan Bank, the American president.

Beauty is the moment when time vanishes. Beauty is the space where eternity arises.

The whole world is not worth one soul.

When everything is social, suddenly nothing is.

So the criminals win, that's what you're saying? For now they do. But it's a long game, Jamison. And I always play for the long game.

You have to take everything as it comes.

Music? All kinda music. I don't just listen to one thing; I listen to everything.

Truth is life's most precious commodity.

We cannot describe sound, but we cannot forget it either.

When I was a kid, I went from ground zero to Pluto. The first place I played was the Houston Astrodome.

Confidence is a horrible thing