Uncommon things must be said in common words, if you would have them to be received in less than a century..
I am one of those people who deeply resents not having been born in the 19th century, when there were still open places to explore..
To kill a man will be considered as disgusting [in the twentieth century] as we in this day consider it disgusting to eat one..
Adequate defense has been the catchword of every militarist for centuries..
Many of my lyrics are about having sex with prostitutes..
Has anybody seen my tambourine?.
Mankind has probably done more damage to the Earth in the 20th century than in all of previous human history..
I don't offend anyone, I don't use anyone, I don't exploit anyone..
Any company designed for success in the 20th century is doomed to failure in the 21st..
Ireland is a peculiar society in the sense that it was a nineteenth century society up to about 1970 and then it almost bypassed the twentieth centur….
How many twenty-second-century bureaucrats did it take to change a light panel? We'll have a sub-committee meeting and get back to you with an estima….
Not everything that is legal is reputable..
Never build yourself up by tearing another down..
I just don't like being told what to do..
I never take myself too seriously..
We were once getting married. And I have loved you all this time- a century and a half. -Jem.
My music is all about an idealistic human personality. I have 19th-century ideals..
I'd been born in the wrong century, and I felt cheated..
Go where youre celebrated - not just tolerated..
There must be nothing in my daily conduct that, copied by another, could lead that one into unholiness..
I've always dressed like a dude..