The absurd vanity of metaphysicians who like to imagine that they create the world by thinking about it.

Page, Arizona, Shithead Capital of Coconino County: any town with thirteen churches and only four bars has got an incipient social problem. That town is looking for trouble.

A cowboy is a farm boy in leather britches and a comical hat.

To be everywhere at once is to be nowhere forever, if you ask me.

The true, unacknowledged purpose of capital punishment is to inspire fear and awe -- fear and awe of the State.

The most striking thing about the rich is the gracious democracy of their manners -- and the crude vulgarity of their way of life.

Music begins where words leave off. Music expresses the inexpressible. If there is a Kingdom of Heaven, it lies in music.