"I was hitchhiking the other day and a hearse stopped. I said, 'No thanks, I'm not going that far."
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"As I've said before, time is short, and life is precious."
"You're not the same as you were before," he said. You were much more... muchier... you've lost your muchness."
"What do you fear, lady?' he asked. 'A cage,' she said."
"As I always said, if people wanted to know who James Brown is, all they have to do is listen to my music."
""Death by love is fairer by far than death by illness", said Amenhotep III."
"Still, when all is said, somewhere one must belong: even the soaring falcon returns to its master's wrist."
"When I wake up," he said, "remind me that I'm going to marry her."
"When asked, "Why do you always wear black?", he said, "I am mourning for my life."
"Who ever said that one was born just once?"
"Said the river: imagine everything you can imagine, then keep on going."
"To Xeniades, who had purchased Diogenes at the slave market, he said, "Come, see that you obey orders.""
"I've often said if I knew where the good songs came from, I'd go there more often."
"I cant believe that having said what I said was interpreted as having been what I said when I said it, because I said it where I said it, when I said it, and who I said it to."
"Most people that you talk to, they's intelligent. Like I said, "Most people.""
"We must always think about things, and we must think about things as they are, not as they are said to be."
"What cannot be said, will get wept."
"Official morality has always been oppressive and negative: it has said "thou shalt not," and has not troubled to investigate the effect of activities not forbidden by the code."
"I never said half the crap people said I did."
"They asked me what I thought about euthanasia. I said I'm more concerned about the adults."