Generalities Are Intellectually Necessary Evils.

There Are Few Who Would Not Rather Be Taken In Adultery Than In Provocation.

What Drivel It All Is!... A String Of Words Called Religion. Another String Of Words Called Philosophy. Half A Dozen Other Stringscalled Political Ideals. And All The Words Either Ambiguous Or Meaningless. And People Getting So Excited About Them They'll Murder Their Neighbours For Using A Word They Don't Happen To Like. A Word That Probably Doesn't Mean As Much As A Good Belch. Just A Noise Without Even The Excuse Of Gas On The Stomach.

One Believes Things Because One Has Been Conditioned To Believe Them.

Music Is An Ocean, But The Repertory Is Hardly Even A Lake; It Is A Pond.

The Critics Don't Interest Me Because They're Concerned With What's Past And Done, While I'm Concerned With What Comes Next.