Quotes by Frank Zappa
If you want to get laid, go to college. If you want an education, go to the library.
There are only two things to remember. Number one...Don't Stop, and number two...Keep Going!
Without deviation from the norm, progress is not possible.
The illusion of freedom will continue as long as it's profitable to continue the illusion. At the point where the illusion becomes too expensive to maintain, they will just take down the scenery, they will pull back the curtains, they will move the tables and chairs out of the way and you will see the brick wall at the back of the theater.
It's better to have something to remember than anything to regret.
The most important thing to do in your life is to not interfere with somebody else's life.
I would say that today, dishonesty is the rule, and honesty the exception. It could be, statistically, that more people are honest than dishonest, but the few that really control things are not honest, and that tips the balance.
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.
I'm vile and perverted. I'm obsessed and deranged. I've existed for years but very little has changed. I'm the tool of the government and industry too. For I'm destined to rule and regulate you. You may think I'm pernicious, but you can't look away. I'll make you think I'm delicious with the stuff that I say. I'm the best you can get... have you guessed me yet? I'm the slime oozing out of your TV set.
It gets harder the more you know. Because the more you find out the uglier everything seems.
Reality is what it is, not what you want it to be.
The United States is a nation of laws: badly written and randomly enforced.
Americans like to talk about (or be told about) Democracy but, when put to the test, usually find it to be an 'inconvenience.' We have opted instead for an authoritarian system disguised as a Democracy. We pay through the nose for an enormous joke-of-a-government, let it push us around, and then wonder how all those assholes got in there.
Anybody who wants religion is welcome to it, as far as I'm concerned--I support your right to enjoy it. However, I would appreciate it if you exhibited more respect for the rights of those people who do not wish to share your dogma, rapture, or necrodestination.
The universe consists of 5% protons, 5% neutrons, 5% electrons and 85% morons.
Information is not knowledge. Knowledge is not wisdom. Wisdom is not truth. Truth is not beauty. Beauty is not love. Love is not music. Music is THE BEST.