I coulda got mad. But then I had to stop and think, well, what did he get in school? What did he get in his work experience? What did he get even fro… - Utah Phillips

Talking to a conservative is like talking to your refrigerator... You know, the light goes on, the light goes off; it's not going to do anything that isn't built into it... And I'm not going to talk to a conservative anymore than I talk to my damn refrigerator.

The earth is not dying, it is being killed, and those who are killing it have names and addresses.

But they lived those extraordinary lives that can never be lived again. And in the living of them, they gave me a history that is more profound, more beautiful, more powerful, more passionate, and ultimately more useful, than the best damn history book I ever read.