“…the earth yields no increase without the dew of heaven”

“All despotism is bad; but the worst is that which works with the machinery of freedom.”

“When once a man is determined to believe, the very absurdity of the doctrine does but confirm him in his faith.”

“What fun is it? Why all that hard, exhausting work? Where does it get you? Where's the good of it? It is one of the strange ironies of this strange life that those who work the hardest, who subject themselves to the strictest discipline, who give up certain pleasurable things in order to achieve a goal, are the happiest...”

“The first thing on your to do list every weekend should always be to turn up the fucking music.”

“You don't take music seriously if you wear your left ear bud in your right ear and your right ear bud in your left ear.”

“I judge people based solely on the quality of bands on the black concert t-shirts they wear.”