To stimulate wildly weak and untrained minds is to play with mighty fires.
If there is anybody in this land who thoroughly believes that the meek shall inherit the earth they have not often let their presence be known.
We cannot comprehend what comprehends us.
It is not from ourselves that we learn to be better than we are.
An economy genuinely local and neighborly offers to localities a measure of security that they cannot derive from a national or a global economy controlled by people who, by principle, have no local commitment.
For any sin, we all suffer. That is why our suffering is endless.
We're all complicit in the things we may be trying to oppose. I'm complicit in the things that I'm trying to oppose.
I'm a writer more than I am a talker.
There is just one thing I can promise you about the outer-space program - your tax-dollar will go further.
Both my parents are Methodist preachers, I grew up in a church.
I still consider myself a very spiritual person but the structure of the church isn't really for me.
We're gonna totally sell out and try to dominate the world.
I don't feel like singing should be taken lightly. It's one of the hardest things I've ever done, but it's coming along.
I have nothing to complain about.
I've never been in a band where someone goes, 'Ah, I've got the perfect name! And it's because I climbed Mount Fuji, and at the top a golden dove came down...' It's always a bunch of guys sitting around going, 'How about Rotten Chipmunks?'
I'm too old to be farting around with stuff that isn't precisely what I want to do.
It's always a pleasure when you can compose guitar parts from a strong vocal and not just put the melody on top of guitar riffs.
I'm always looking at other artists and trying to get inspired by different things.
I've always wanted to be a songwriter and a storyteller and somebody who conveys a feeling to the listener or the viewer.
The party currently is about fund-raising and occasionally blasting out ads.
I actually think that one of the most dangerous phenomena is the bowing to expertise, whether it's in international relations or how to use technologies.
