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I just ran across this quote, and I absolutely LOVE it. It reinforces my respect for Frank Zappa.
"Americans like to talk about democracy, but, when put to the test, they 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, we let it push us around, and then we wonder how all those assholes got in there."
~Frank Zappa
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the man was brilliant. more quotes:
Some scientists claim that hydrogen, because it is so plentiful, is the basic building block of the universe. I dispute that. I say there is more stupidity than hydrogen, and that is the basic building block of the universe.
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The computer can't tell you the emotional story. It can give you the exact mathematical design, but what's missing is the eyebrows.
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You can't be a real country unless you have a beer and an airline. It helps if you have some kind of a football team, or some nuclear weapons, but at the very least you need a beer.
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"The PMRC proposal is an ill-conceived piece of nonsense which fails to deliver any real benefits to children, infringes the civil liberties of people who are not children and promises to keep the courts busy for years dealing with the interpretational and enforcemental problems inherent in the proposal's design.
"It is my understanding that, in law, First Amendment issues are decided with a preference for the least restrictive alternative. In this context, the PMRC's demands are the equivalent of treating dandruff by decapitation."
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A lot of things wrong with society today are directly attributable to the fact that the people who make the laws are sexually maladjusted.
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And my personal favorite...... "There is no hell. There is only France."
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Fade wrote:
And my personal favorite...... "There is no hell. There is only France."
Odd, the first time I heard that one it went, "there is only Oklahoma." :lol:
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Me like Frank Zappa :-D
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Fade wrote:
And my personal favorite...... "There is no hell. There is only France."
Complete emptyness of mind.... pinnacle of Zen
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Which of course reminds me of the following priceless quote:
Zen master to hot dog vendor: 'Make me one with everything.'
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I rather like The Riddle of Epicurus:
"Is God willing to prevent evil, but not able? Then he is not omnipotent.
Is he able, but not willing? Then he is malevolent.
Is he both able and willing? Then whence cometh evil?
Is he neither able nor willing? Then why call him God?"
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This is my favourite quote:
The greatest dangers to liberty lurk in insidious encroachment by men of zeal, well-meaning but without understanding.
- Justice Louis O. Brandeis (Olmstead vs. United States)
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bloodline wrote:
Me like Frank Zappa :-D
just had this brought to my attention: "Zappa: A Biography" (http://www.cnn.com/2004/SHOWBIZ/books/12/08/frank.zappa/) by Barry Miles
PUBLISHER COMMENTS The definitive biography of religion-baiting, Republican-hating, chain-smoking, coffee-addicted, classically trained guitar virtuoso Frank Zappa.
Ten years after his death, Frank Zappa continues to influence popular culture. With almost one hundred recordings still in print ? from his revolutionary work with the Mothers of Invention to his influential first solo album, Lumpy Gravy ? Frank Zappa remains a classic American icon. Scores of bands have been influenced by (and have shamelessly imitated) Zappa's music, and a talented roster of musicians passed through Zappa's bands, including Captain Beefheart, Jean-Luc Ponty, George Duke, Lowell George, and Steve Vai. Now comes the definitive biography of Zappa by best-selling author Barry Miles, who knew Zappa personally and was present at the recording of some of his most important albums.
Miles follows Zappa from his sickly Italian-American childhood in the 1940s (his father worked for the military and was used to test how effective new biological warfare agents were) to his youthful pursuit of what was a lifelong dream: becoming a classical composer. Zappa brings together the many different personalities of this music legend together for the first time: the self-taught musician and composer who gained fame with the "rock" band the Mothers of Invention; the political antagonist who mocked presidents while being invited by Václav Havel to represent Czechoslovakia's cultural interests in the United States; and Zappa the family man who was married to the same woman for over thirty years.
Rebel, performer, and a true musical visionary, "Zappa" is a brilliant and sweeping portrait of an American legend, written by one of rock music's most respected biographers.
the link has differnt info.
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@Bloodline:
Your's is the best. ;-)
Oh, Zappa is great.
Freaked out lyrics float my boat. :-D
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Can I nominate one of my own?
"A sock in the hand is worth two in the wash".
Well, I liked it...
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Zappa was a genius, there's no doubt.
One of my own heroes is Billy Connoly, who has a trained eye for observing - and lampooning - the ridiculous.
He's been a Zappa fan for many years, often saying "If they voted that man president, I'd emigrate to the States" and was utterly dumbfounded when Zappa's wife said:
"You're Billy Connoly! My husband always thought you were his favorite comedian".
That is praise indeed.