Oh, hell, I can’t go on a spiritual journey—I'm constipated.

I don't so much mind that newspapers are dying - it's watching them commit suicide that pisses me off.

Reading Ehrenreich is good for the soul.

Anyone who thinks humans are not capable of so fouling their own nest that the land and the waters can no longer be productive just hasn't been paying attention.

Rank imperialism and warmongering are not American traditions or values. We do not need to dominate the world.

One function of the income gap is that the people at the top of the heap have a hard time even seeing those at the bottom. They practically need a telescope. The pharaohs of ancient Egypt probably didn't was a lot of time thinking about the people who build their pyramids, either.

Havin' fun while freedom fightin' must be one of those lunatic Texas traits we get from the water - which is known to have lithium in it - because it goes all the way back to Sam Houston, surely the most lovable, the most human, and the funniest of all the great men this country has ever produced.