The function of law and theology are the same: to keep the poor from taking back by violence what the rich have stolen by cunning.

Conspiracy is just another name for coalition.

Having a spine is overrated. If everybody squealed and ran away, there'd be no more wars.

Since things are moving faster and faster, we cannot afford the amount of stupidity that we used to be able to tolerate.

[Red Dirt Marijuana] contains most of the great short stories in English that are not by Mr. Hemingway or Mr. O'Hara.

Every war results from the struggle for markets and spheres of influence, and every war is sold to the public by professional liars and totally sincere religious maniacs, as a Holy Crusade to save God and Goodness from Satan and Evil.

We say seeing is believing, but actually, we are much better at believing than at seeing. In fact, we are seeing what we believe all the time and occasionally seeing what we can't believe