Hangout Quotes

The banality of evil.

A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds,

adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines.

Curiosity is the lust of the mind.

Work consists of whatever a body is obliged to do.

Play consists of whatever a body is not obliged to do.

We do not yet possess ourselves,

and we know at the same time that we are much more.

A man who has never gone to school may steal from a freight car;

but if he has a university education,

he may steal the whole railroad.

We don’t want to tell our dreams.

We want to show them.

The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is

for good men to do nothing.

Life is about capturing fleeting moments

and turning them into meaning.

I’m a great believer that any tool that enhances

communication has profound effects.

One strength of the communist system of the East

is that it has some of the character of a religion

and inspires the emotions of a religion.

Sometimes I feel I hope

I am not taking advantage

of my stardom.

If you hold a cat by the tail you learn things

you cannot learn any other way.

What I am looking for is not out there,

it is in me.

I tell you,

we are here on Earth to fart around,

and don’t let anybody tell you different.

When I’m good,

I’m very good.

But when I’m bad,

I’m better.

We seldom realize,

for example,

that our most private thoughts

and emotions are not actually our own.

I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God

who has endowed us with sense, reason,

and intellect has intended us to forgo their use.

It is not how much we have,

but how much we enjoy,

that makes happiness.

A typical vice of American politics is

the avoidance of saying anything real on real issues.