Tom Robbins, Even Cowgirls Get the Blues

"I believe in political solutions to political problems. But man's primary problems aren't political; they're philosophical. Until humans can solve their philosophical problems, they're condemned to solve their political problems over and over and over again. It's a cruel, repetitious bore."

"Personally, I prefer Stevie Wonder,"confessed the Chink, "but what the hell. Those cowgirls are always bitching because the only radio station in the area plays nothing but polkas, but I say you can dance to anything if you really feel like dancing."To prove it, he got up and danced to the news."

"There are many things worth living for, a few things worth dying for, and nothing worth killing for."