“Isn't a kid alive who doesn't dream about rewarding her folks, or punishing them.”
“Eating crappy food isn't a reward -- it's a punishment.”
“Isn't Heaven reward enough, without needing to see the damned punished?”
“The world is full of injustice, and those who profit by injustice are in a position to administer rewards and punishments. The rewards go to those who invent ingenious justifications for inequality, the punishments to those who try to remedy it.”
“The essence of socialization is to make people dependent on social controls, to have them respond predictably to rewards and punishments.”
“There's something about a roof isn't there? It makes you feel like it doesn't matter what's going on below. All of those things that get in the way of your dreams - you're above them. Anything is possible.”