Frank Zappa

In the fight between you and the world, back the world.

I think it is good that books still exist, but they make me sleepy.

Everybody believes in something and everybody, by virtue of the fact that they believe in something, use that something to support their own existence.

The United States is a nation of laws: badly written and randomly enforced.

Art is making something out of nothing and selling it.

Some scientists claim that hydrogen, because it is so plentiful, is the basic building block of the universe. I dispute that. I say that there is more stupidity than hydrogen, and that is the basic building block of the universe.

The United States is a nation of laws: badly written and randomly enforced.

There is more stupidity then hydrogen in the universe and it has a longer shelf life.

My best advice to anyone who wants to raise a happy, mentally healthy child is: Keep him or her as far away from a church as you can.

Art is making something out of nothing and selling it.

A composer is a guy who goes around forcing his will on unsuspecting air molecules, often with the assistance of unsuspecting musicians.
Frank Zappa - Interview with this submitter, New York City, 5/08/1980
The function of government ought to be: make sure you have good water to drink, somebody picking up the garbage, good roads to drive on, enough electricity to turn your light bulbs and your record player on, and whatever smaller amounts of regulatory assistance is necessary to make this society work.

Stupidity has a certain charm - ignorance does not.
Frank Zappa - Liner notes from the album, "Freak Out," 1965
Drop out of school before your mind rots from our mediocre educational system.

If you want to get laid, go to college. If you want an education, go to a library.

In the fight between you and the world, back the world.

- Frank Zappa