The reason most folksongs are so atrocious is that they were written by the people.

Life is like a piano. What you get out of it depends on how you play it.

But in the new (math) approach, the important thing is to understand what you're doing, rather than to get the right answer.

If, after hearing my songs, just one human being is inspired to say something nasty to a friend, or perhaps to strike a loved one, it will all have been worth the while.

Laughter is involuntary. If it's funny you laugh.

Comedy is very important. For one thing, it keeps you sane. But it's not really a conversion. I mean, it's marginally a conversion, because if people tune in or go to a nightclub or even watch television, and hear that a lot of other people are laughing at something you thought was not funny, at least it'll force you to reconsider.

The Army has carried the American... ideal to its logical conclusion... Not only do they prohibit discrimination on the grounds of race, creed and color, but also on the grounds of ability.