Justin Sane Quotes

#1. Everything comes down to Dollars

Justin Sane

#2. Good writing is full of surprises and novelties, moving in a direction you don't expect.

Iris Murdoch

#3. From a very young age, militarism and trying to solve the world's problems through militarism is something that has always resonated with me as being a bad idea.

Justin Sane

#4. With the NDAA, his failure to close Guantanamo Bay and the ramping use of drones, President Obama looks suspiciously like President Bush, a man on a quest for American Empire.

Justin Sane

#5. When the wisdom speaks, be quite and listen! When the stupidity speaks, stand up and leave!

Mehmet Murat Ildan

#6. If you don't write good music, people aren't going to listen to anything you say.

Justin Sane

#7. Technology isn't the enemy, it is our ally, but only if we adopt a new model that puts people before profit. I realize that we seem far from that model, but I have seen it in action and it is a beautiful thing. So I'm not willing to give up yet. Hope is the last thing to die.

Justin Sane

#8. The ultimate meditation is: surrender to reality.
The more you fight, the more you are in conflict with it, the more you will be a loser.
In deep surrender, the ego disappears.
And when the ego is not there, for the first time you become aware of that which has always been there.

Rajneesh

#9. There are ways that we can manipulate the corporate media to talk about the issues that we care about.

Justin Sane

#10. Punk is just like any other sub culture or music. Straight rock music has those elements. I grew up in a place where the punk rock kids fed the homeless in the town square.

Justin Sane

#11. In 'The General Strike,' we celebrate those who bring a new vision for the world to the table. People who stand for workers rights, human rights, a just representative political system, and a new mode of doing business where sustainability is the norm not the exception.

Justin Sane

#12. After a lifetime of nods, frowns and stoic smiles, they were both fluent in emotional shorthand.

Jamie Ford

#13. The reality is that a consumer culture which chucks out its iPhones for a new version every nine months is completely unsustainable, because Earth has already reached the tipping point. 'The General Strike' attempts to personalize these issues and encourage listeners to look for a new model.

Justin Sane

#14. The best way to avoid warfare is if no one shows up.

Justin Sane

#15. A live broke man is 'luckier' than a dead rich man.

Mokokoma Mokhonoana

#16. I am committed to the principle that violence is never justified as a means of ameliorating a grievance.

Justin Sane

#17. After Arran died we could've fallen apart. But we didn't. Because you held it together. "Arran Lives" - you remember that?"
"I remember."
"He lived in you, Max. You done well. I like you. You're cool.

Charlie Higson

#18. We are simply human beings. So it is important for us to treat each other in that capacity.

Justin Sane

#19. Punk rock seemed to make sense. I was listening to The Clash and I really loved their social messages and they have a great history of fighting racism.

Justin Sane

#20. My parents demonstrated against the Vietnam war, they were into the civil rights movement, the feminist movement, they started the first vegetarian restaurant in Pittsburgh.

Justin Sane

#21. No one can give you any answers. There aren't any. You have to discover for yourself-you must learn to navigate the mystery.

Bill Hicks

#22. So much of what you see now in Hollywood is written and directed by committee, and you can see it.

Trey Parker

#23. I have long felt that it is readers and viewers of conservative media who could benefit from a more balanced discussion of what is at stake in our policy and the actions of our government.

Joe Wilson