I think, basically, I'm an abstract artist. I just think that that's not even an issue. I think everything's abstract.
And to read the Bible without horror, we must undo everything that is tender, sympathizing and benevolent in the heart of man.
To argue with a person who has renounced the use of reason is like administering medicine to the dead.
To reason with goverments, as they have existed for ages, is to argue with brutes. It is only from the nations themselves that reforms can be expected
A body of men holding themselves accountable to nobody ought not to be trusted by anybody.
The greatest tyrannies are always perpetuated in the name of the noblest causes.
Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one.
And each book has to receive your best effort every single time. No slacking.
I was irrevocably betrothed to laughter.
When things get unbearable, I wrap myself into a tight ball and shut my eyes. Every muscle in my body is tense. I open my eyes and I'm still where I was when I closed them to escape. Nothing's changed.
Coonskin caps, Yankee bats, the Hound Dog man's big start. The A-bomb fears, Annette had ears, I lusted in my heart.