I can spare a dime, brother, but in these morally inflationary times, a dime goes a lot farther if it's demanding work rather than adding to the indignity of relief.

In such ugly times, the only true protest is beauty.

The glory that was Lincoln's never died when he was slain.

The final story, the final chapter of Western man, I believe, lies in Los Angeles.

Step outside the guidelines of the official umpires and make your own rules and your own reality.

It is wrong to expect a reward for your struggles. The reward is the act of struggle itself, not what you win. Even though you can't expect to defeat the absurdity of the world, you must make that attempt. That's morality, that's religion. That's art. That's life.

Evil is done in hopes that evil surrenders, but the deeds of the devil are burned too deep in the embers, and world of hunger in vengeance will always remember.