One has to be a lowbrow, a bit of a murderer, to be a politician, ready and willing to see people sacrificed, slaughtered, for the sake of an idea, whether a good one or a bad one.

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I have never been able to look upon America as young and vital but rather...

I have never been able to look upon America as young and vital but rather...

All growth is a leap in the dark, a spontaneous unpremeditated act without benefit of...

All growth is a leap in the dark, a spontaneous unpremeditated act without benefit of...

Chaos is the score upon which reality is written.

Chaos is the score upon which reality is written.

Plots and character don't make life. Life is here and now, anytime you say the...

Plots and character don't make life. Life is here and now, anytime you say the...

Confusion is a word we have invented for an order which is not yet understood

Confusion is a word we have invented for an order which is not yet understood

The stabbing horror of life is not contained in calamities and disasters, because these things...

The stabbing horror of life is not contained in calamities and disasters, because these things...

Actors die so loud.

Actors die so loud.

I have always looked upon decay as being just as wonderful and rich an expression...

I have always looked upon decay as being just as wonderful and rich an expression...

All growth is a leap in the dark, a spontaneous unpremeditated act without benefit of...

All growth is a leap in the dark, a spontaneous unpremeditated act without benefit of...

The one thing we can never get enough of is love. And the one thing...

The one thing we can never get enough of is love. And the one thing...

Music is a beautiful opiate, if you don't take it too seriously.

Music is a beautiful opiate, if you don't take it too seriously.

If men cease to believe that they will one day become gods then they will...

If men cease to believe that they will one day become gods then they will...

The man who is forever disturbed about the condition of humanity either has no problems...

The man who is forever disturbed about the condition of humanity either has no problems...

Back of every creation, supporting it like an arch, is faith. Enthusiasm is nothing: it...

Back of every creation, supporting it like an arch, is faith. Enthusiasm is nothing: it...

Example moves the world more than doctrine. The great exemplars are the poets of action,...

Example moves the world more than doctrine. The great exemplars are the poets of action,...

Americans can eat garbage, provided you sprinkle it liberally with ketchup, mustard, chili sauce, Tabasco...

Americans can eat garbage, provided you sprinkle it liberally with ketchup, mustard, chili sauce, Tabasco...

Develop an interest in life as you see it; the people, things, literature, music -...

Develop an interest in life as you see it; the people, things, literature, music -...

Life, as it is called, is for most of us one long postponement.

Life, as it is called, is for most of us one long postponement.

Any genuine philosophy leads to action and from action back again to wonder, to the...

Any genuine philosophy leads to action and from action back again to wonder, to the...

The concert is a polite form of self induced torture.

The concert is a polite form of self induced torture.