Wisdom Sayings

The blues is a mode of being in the world, an existential stance, a way of grappling with the catastrophes of life.

Disgust is a primitive emotion that often leads to irrational and harmful social policies.

Effective altruism is about doing the most good you can with the resources you have.

Clean up your room, bucko.

The most important thing for us to know about the future is that it will be radically different from the past.

All right, then nobody can complain if we ask pregnant women to make parachute jumps.

It's in God's hands.

Racism will never end as long as white cars are still using black tires.

A man must live like a great brilliant flame and burn as brightly as he can. In the end he burns out. But this is far better than a mean little flame.

Even paedophilia is announced as a normal thing.

I buy expensive suits. They just look cheap on me.

I was once told by a producer that I was 'too emotional' for television. I laughed.

I can't remember the last time I wasn't in pain.

I'm not a drummer. I just hit things.

I'm the last true rock and roller.

I am a heathen, and I will always be a heathen.

I have not touched drugs in 11 years. I have not had a drink in 11 years. I am not a drug addict. I am not an alcoholic.

I'm probably a really nice guy, but I'm an eccentric. I'm a reclusive person. I've always been a recluse.

I'm not perfect, but I'm perfectly me.

I consider myself a simple Buddhist monk. My life is not complicated.