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The richest people in the wor...

The richest people in the world aren't particularly smart or happy. And the happiest people in the world aren't particularly smart or rich.… That leaves me making music. But we can't talk about that.

Frank Zappa 306 quotes

There's no reason to assume t...

There's no reason to assume that my idea of what's better would really be better. I resent it when other people try to inflict their ideas of betterness on me. I don't think they know. And I can't see any authority on the horizon that's got any answers that seem worthwhile. Most of the things that are suggested are probably detrimental to your mental health.

Frank Zappa 306 quotes

If you want to get together i...

If you want to get together in any exclusive situation and have people love you, fine - but to hang all this desperate sociology on the idea of The Cloud-Guy who has The Big Book, who knows if you've been bad or good - and CARES about any of it - to hang it all on that, folks, is the chimpanzee part of the brain working.

Frank Zappa 306 quotes

It seems that the problem wit...

It seems that the problem with government as an institution is uniformly bad, worldwide. It may be the ONLY thing that binds all nations together - the incompetence of all of their governments...The unions are the mafia, which is the CIA, which is the Catholic Church, which is the government, which is what's the difference? It's corrupt! It's the same guys pulling these strings, you know? One day he pulls the string and this lamp comes out, the next say he pulls the string and there's a missile coming out.

Frank Zappa 306 quotes

Science is moving closer to w...

Science is moving closer to weaponry, and Art is moving closer to commercialism. And never the twain shall meet.

Frank Zappa 306 quotes

The whole Universe is a large...

The whole Universe is a large joke. Everything in the Universe are just subdivisions of this joke. So why take anything too serious.

Frank Zappa 306 quotes

Just because somebody hears s...

Just because somebody hears something you say, or reads something that you write, doesn't mean you've reached them. With reading comprehension being what it is in the U. S., you can safely toss that one out the window. If you want to judge by the listening habits of people who buy records, the first thing they do is put it on and talk over it.

Frank Zappa 306 quotes

There is no such thing as a d...

There is no such thing as a dirty word. Nor is there a word so powerful, that it's going to send the listener to the lake of fire upon hearing it.

Frank Zappa 306 quotes

Bad facts make bad law, and p...

Bad facts make bad law, and people who write bad laws are in my opinion more dangerous than songwriters who celebrate sexuality.

Frank Zappa 306 quotes

The more boring a child is, t...

The more boring a child is, the more the parents, when showing off the child, receive adulation for being good parents — because they have a tame child-creature in their house.

Frank Zappa 306 quotes

A drug is not bad. A drug is ...

A drug is not bad. A drug is a chemical compound. The problem comes in when people who take drugs treat them like a license to behave like an asshole.

Frank Zappa 306 quotes

I like to watch the news, bec...

I like to watch the news, because I don't like people very much and when you watch the news... if you ever had an idea that people were really terrible, you could watch the news and know that you're right.

Frank Zappa 306 quotes

I think that if a person does...

I think that if a person doesn't feel cynical then they're out of phase with the 20th century. Being cynical is the only way to deal with modern civilization - you can't just swallow it whole.

Frank Zappa 306 quotes

I wrote a song about dental f...

I wrote a song about dental floss but did anyone's teeth get cleaner?

Frank Zappa 306 quotes

You know, people are basicall...

You know, people are basically shitty. It's when they prove it over and over again that it gets obnoxious.

Frank Zappa 306 quotes

Anything Anytime Anyplace For...

Anything Anytime Anyplace For No Reason At All (or AAAFNRAA)

Frank Zappa 306 quotes

It isn't necessary to imagine...

It isn't necessary to imagine the world ending in fire or ice. There are two other possibilities: one is paperwork, and the other is nostalgia. Eventually within the next quarter of a century, the nostalgia cycles will be so close together that people will not be able to take a step without being nostalgic for the one they just took. At that point, everything stops. Death by Nostalgia.

Frank Zappa 306 quotes

It would be easier to pay off...

It would be easier to pay off the national debt overnight than to neutralise the long-range effects of our national stupidity

Frank Zappa 306 quotes

Sometimes you got to get sick...

Sometimes you got to get sick before you can feel better.

Frank Zappa 306 quotes

We pretend to be a free socie...

We pretend to be a free society, and we pretend to be an adult society, but if you look at the facts, our news is just as contrived, and controlled as Pravda!

Frank Zappa 306 quotes

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