"We're the middle children of history, man. No purpose or place. We have no Great War. No Great Depression. Our Great War's a spiritual war... our Great Depression is our lives."

"Someone bent on suicide won't have much sense of humor left."

"Hysteria is only possible with an audience."

"With a gun stuck in your mouth and the barrel of the gun between your teeth, you can only talk in vowels."

"Your birth is a mistake you'll spend your whole life trying to correct."

"Your parents, they give you your life, but then they try to give you their life."

"The more anger towards the past you carry in your heart, the less capable you are for loving in the present."

"Let every man be respected as an individual and no man idolized."

"That's the way things come clear. All of a sudden. And then you realize how obvious they've been all along."

"Communism is like one big phone company."

"Thou art a Man, God is no more. Thy own humanity learn to adore."

"I would remind you that extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice! And let me remind you also that moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue."