“Myths are supposed to teach us something, but what’s the life lesson 
in this sad tale of Orpheus? No good deed goes unpunished? Fuck that, 
ain’t no such thing as a good deed. Love conquers all? Never has, never 
will. Maybe the moral of the story is that those in power are just as 
fucked up as those who ain’t and the worst thing a body can do is give up 
his or her own power to some buttheads on Mount Olympus ‘cause if they’re 
so fuckin’ powerful, how’d they let us get away with all this shit in the 
first place? Answer me that.”

“Process as process is neither morally good nor morally bad. We may judge results but not process. The morally bad agent may perform the deed which is good. The morally good agent may perform the deed which is bad. Maybe a man has to sell his soul to get the power to do good.”

“When it comes to faith, what a living, creative, active, powerful thing it is. It cannot do other than good at all times. It never waits to ask whether there is some good work to do, rather, before the question is raised, it has done the deed, and keeps on doing it”

“This story has no moral, this story has no end, this story only goes to show, that there ain’t no good in men…”

“Political organizations are formed to keep the powerful in power. Their first rule is “don’t rock the boat.” If someone makes trouble and you can get him, do it. If you can’t get him, bring him in. Give him some of the action, let him have a taste of power. Power is all anyone wants, and if he has a promise of it as a reward for being good, he’ll be good. Anyone who does not play by those rules is incomprehensible to most politicians.”

“No good deed goes unpunished.”