"I hate to advocate drugs, alcohol, violence or insanity to anyone, but they've always worked for me." Hunter S. "The Great Gonzo" Thompson 1937-2005 R.I.P.
We were somewhere around Barstow on the edge of the desert when the drugs began to take hold." Hunter S. Thompson
Duct Tape is like the Force - it has a light side and a dark side, and it holds the universe together!
"Sometimes it's not what you receive but what you are denied that *propels you in this world." - Author Unknown (*is significant)
"Our task must be to free ourselves . . . by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature and its beauty.Nothing will benefit human health and increase chances of survival for life on earth as much as the evolution to a vegetarian diet." Albert Einstein I've always felt that animals are the purest spirits in the world. They don't fake or hide their feelings, and they are the most loyal creatures on Earth. And somehow we humans think we're smarter - what a joke. -Pink Humans are the only hunters who kill when not hungry. -Steven Spielberg I've been vegan for about 10 and a half years. It's been all good. I'm obviously much healthier -Woody Harrelson Based on my experience in Los Angeles, my advice to the public is not to eat meat. -Gregorio Natavidad-meat inspector I'm ashamed to even let people know I am a Usda inspector. There are thousands of diseased and unwholesome birds going right on down the line. -Poultry Inspector As custodians of the planet it is our responsibility to deal with all species with kindness, love and compassion. That these animals suffer through human cruelty is beyond understanding. Please help to stop this madness. -Richard Gere If slaughterhouses had glass walls, everyone would be vegetarian. We feel better about ourselves and better about the animals, knowing we're not contributing to their pain. Paul and Linda McCartney To become vegetarian is to step into the stream which leads to nirvana. -Buddha Meat is dirty. I wouldn't touch a hot dog without a condom on it. -Bill Maher
from Flame and Shadow by Sara Teasdale: Since darkness waits for me, then all the more Let me go down as waves sweep to the shore In pride; and let me sing with my last breath; In these few hours of light I lift my head; Life is my lover -- I shall leave the dead If there is any way to baffle death. "The Dreams of My Heart" The dreams of my heart and my mind pass, Nothing stays with me long, But I have had from a child The deep solace of song;
"Figuring things out for yourself is the only freedom anyone really has. Use that freedom!" -Mr. Rasczak
"And, to each of you Courage." "For the 'CBS Evening News,' Dan Rather reporting. Good night." Dan Rather (Last sigtnoff)
"To those who see with loving eyes, life is beautiful. To those who speak with tender voices, life is peaceful. To those who help with gentle hands, life is full. And to those who care with compassionate hearts, Life is good beyond all measure." - Author Unknown
"To those who have called me a coward I say that they are wrong and that without knowing it, they are also right. They are wrong when they think that I left the war for fear of being killed. I admit that fear was there, but there was also the fear of killing innocent people, the fear of putting myself in a position where to survive means to kill, there was the fear of losing my soul in the process of saving my body, the fear of losing myself to my daughter, to the people who love me, to the man I used to be, the man I wanted to be. I was afraid of waking up one morning to realize my humanity had abandoned me." - - Sgt. Camilo Mejia, (who served a year in prison for refusing to return to fight in Iraq.