I was in a little punk band and we put out a few punk records that weren't very political, at all.
God made the human body like a machine with built-in obsolescence.
The slums are not a place of despair. Its inhabitants are all working towards a better life.
I wonder what it feels like to have no desires left because you have satisfied them all, smothered them with money even before they are born. Is an existence without desire very desirable? And is the poverty of desire better than rank poverty itself?
That dreams have power only over your own mind. But with money you can have power over the minds of others
Sometimes street knowledge can be as important as book knowledge.
The brain is not an organ we are authorized to use. We are supposed to use only our hands and legs.
It is hopeless trying to go forward when you are looking backward.
The ancients had little doubt about the true shape of the earth: "It's [the world's] shape has the rounded appearance of a perfect sphere. This is shown first of all by the name of 'orb' which is bestowed upon it by the general consent of mankind. . . . Our eyesight also confirms this belief, because the firmament presents the aspect of a concave hemisphere equidistant in every direction, which would be impossible in the case of any other figure. "
I am not a composer of music; I sing pieces which have been written for me which gives me bigger freedom to search for pieces I want to record.
Firstly, do not fear hardship, and secondly, do not fear death.