America is the wealthiest nation on Earth, but its people are mainly poor, and poor Americans are urged to hate themselves.

There were lots of things to stop and see-and then it was time to go, always time to go.

Tiger got to hunt, bird got to fly; Man got to sit and wonder 'why, why, why?' Tiger got to sleep, bird got to land; Man got to tell himself he understand.

You meet saints everywhere. They can be anywhere. They are people behaving decently in an indecent society.

The two real political parties in America are the Winners and the Losers. The people don't acknowledge this. They claim membership in two imaginary parties, the Republicans and the Democrats, instead.

Armistice Day has become Veterans' Day. Armistice Day was sacred. Veterans' Day is not. So I will throw Veterans' Day over my shoulder. Armistice Day I will keep. I don't want to throw away any sacred things. What else is sacred? Oh, Romeo and Juliet, for instance. And all music is.

Just because something feels better than anything else, that doesn't mean it's good for you.