The first thing you have to do if you want to raise nice kids, is you have to talk to them like they are people instead of talking to them like they're property.

I am the slime oozing out from your TV set. You will obey me while I lead you, and eat the garbage while I feed you.

It has never mattered to me that thirty million people might think I'm wrong. The number of people who thought Hitler was right did not make him right... Why do you necessarily have to be wrong just because a few million people think you are?

Find her, blind her, see who designed her. Act like a dummy until you grind her.

Anything Anytime Anyplace For No Reason At All (or AAAFNRAA)

Reality is what it is, not what you want it to be.

The bassoon is one of my favorite instruments. It has a medieval aroma, like the days when everything used to sound like that. Some people crave baseball...I find this unfathomable, but I can easily understand why a person could get excited about playing the bassoon.