Let's not have a double standard. One standard will do just fine.

There are two types of people: One strives to control his environment, the other strives not to let his environment control him. I like to control my environment, because I feel if I have my physical space in order, then I'm free to dream.

If a drug has anything going for it at all, it should be self-limiting. It should tell you when you've had enough.

Most people work just hard enough not to get fired and get paid just enough money not to quit.

It's never just a game when you're winning.

But when you're in front of an audience and you make them laugh at a new idea, you're guiding the whole being for the moment. No one is ever more him/herself than when they really laugh. Their defenses are down. It's very Zen-like, that moment. They are completely open, completely themselves when that message hits the brain and the laugh begins. That's when new ideas can be implanted. If a new idea slips in at that moment, it has a chance to grow.

You can't fight City Hall, but you can goddamn sure blow it up.