“The best way to keep something bad from happening is to see it ahead of time... and you can't see it if you refuse to face the possibility.”

“we are all alone, born alone, die alone, and — in spite of true romance magazines — we shall all someday look back on our lives and see that, in spite of our company, we were alone the whole way. i do not say lonely — at least, not all the time — but essentially, and finally, alone. this is what makes your self-respect so important, and i don’t see how you can respect yourself if you must look in the hearts and minds of others for your happiness”

“danger is a biologic necessity, like dreams. if you face death, for that time, for the period ofdirect confrontation, you are immortal.”

“as soon as you know you are in prison, you have a possibility to escape.”

“The people in power will not disappear voluntarily, giving flowers to the cops just isn't going to work. This thinking is fostered by the establishment; they like nothing better than love and nonviolence. The only way I like to see cops given flowers is in a flower pot from a high window.”

“You see, control can never be a means to any practical end...It can never be a means to anything but more control...like junk..”

“After one look at this planet any visitor from outer space would say 'I want to see the manager.”