The way you can go to Paris or Beijing and everywhere there's a McDonald's hamburger, this is the ecological quivalent of franchised life-forms. Every place is the same place. Kudzu. Zebra Mussels. Water Hyacinths. Starlings. Burger Kings. The local natives,…

Quote by Chuck Palahniuk

Topics: Earth Quotes

When we don't know who to hate, we hate ourselves.

When we don't know who to hate, we hate ourselves.

Maybe humans are just the pet alligators that God flushed down the toilet.

Maybe humans are just the pet alligators that God flushed down the toilet.

Recycling and speed limits are bullshit, they're like someone who quits smoking on his deathbed.

Recycling and speed limits are bullshit, they're like someone who quits smoking on his deathbed.

Still, it's nice to have one person who knows all your secrets.

Still, it's nice to have one person who knows all your secrets.

It's funny how you never think about the women you've had. It's always the ones...

It's funny how you never think about the women you've had. It's always the ones...

When youre thirty youre almost over the hill. When youre seventy the hills almost over...

When youre thirty youre almost over the hill. When youre seventy the hills almost over...

Since change is constant, you wonder if people crave death because it's the only way...

Since change is constant, you wonder if people crave death because it's the only way...

Maybe this is why so many serial killers work in pairs. It's nice not to...

Maybe this is why so many serial killers work in pairs. It's nice not to...

People don't want their lives fixed. Nobody wants their problems solved. Their dramas. Their distractions....

People don't want their lives fixed. Nobody wants their problems solved. Their dramas. Their distractions....

When did the future switch from being a promise to a threat?

When did the future switch from being a promise to a threat?

What people forget is a journey to nowhere starts with a single step, too.

What people forget is a journey to nowhere starts with a single step, too.

If you tell folks you're a college student, folks are so impressed. You can be...

If you tell folks you're a college student, folks are so impressed. You can be...

People used what they called a telephone because they hated being close together and they...

People used what they called a telephone because they hated being close together and they...

Here in the bathroom with me are razor blades. Here is iodine to drink. Here...

Here in the bathroom with me are razor blades. Here is iodine to drink. Here...

The idea that I can't share my problems with other people makes me not give...

The idea that I can't share my problems with other people makes me not give...

Only in death will we have our own names since only in death are we...

Only in death will we have our own names since only in death are we...

Only through destroying myself can I discover the greater power of my spirit.

Only through destroying myself can I discover the greater power of my spirit.

We all die. The goal isn't to live forever, the goal is to create something...

We all die. The goal isn't to live forever, the goal is to create something...

Liberty is the right to choose. Freedom is the result of the right choice.

Liberty is the right to choose. Freedom is the result of the right choice.

Every human has four endowments- self awareness, conscience, independent will and creative imagination. These give...

Every human has four endowments- self awareness, conscience, independent will and creative imagination. These give...

Time takes the ugliness and horror out of death and turns it into beauty.

Time takes the ugliness and horror out of death and turns it into beauty.

Life isn't stable. Stability is unnatural. The only stable society is the police state. You...

Life isn't stable. Stability is unnatural. The only stable society is the police state. You...

(Sid's suicide note:) WE HAD A DEATH PACT I HAVE TO KEEP MY HALF OF...

(Sid's suicide note:) WE HAD A DEATH PACT I HAVE TO KEEP MY HALF OF...