The Tao of Frank Zappa, Rock/Jazz Composer“I believe that people have a right to decide their own destiny; people own themselves. I also believe that, in a democracy, government exists because (and only as long as) individual citizens give it a "temporary license to exist" - in exchange for a promise that it will behave itself. In a democracy you own the government - it doesn't own you. Along with this comes a responsibility to ensure that individual actions, in the pursuit of a personal destiny, do not threaten the well-being of others while the "pursuit" is in progress.”
“It would be easier to pay off the national debt overnight than to neutralize the long-range effects of our national stupidity”
“The United States is a nation of laws: badly written and randomly enforced”
“One of my favorite philosophical tenets is that people will agree with you only if they already agree with you. You do not change people's minds.”
“The most important thing in art is the frame. For painting: literally; for other arts: figuratively - because, without this humble appliance, you can't know where The Art stops and The Real World begins. You have to put a "box" around it because otherwise, what is that shit on the wall?”
“Without deviation from the norm, progress is not possible.”
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