Science is moving closer to weaponry, and Art is moving closer to commercialism. And never the twain shall meet. Frank Zappa More Quotes by Frank Zappa More Quotes From Frank Zappa Stupidity is the basic building block of the universe. Frank Zappa stupidity-and-ignorancehydrogenblock What something is depends more on when it is than anything else. Frank Zappa depends There will never be a nuclear war; there's too much real estate involved. Frank Zappa nuclearrealwar Hey, let's get serious... God knows what he's doin' He wrote this book here And the book says: 'He made us all to be just like Him', So... If we're dumb... Then God is dumb... (And maybe even a little ugly on the side) Frank Zappa dumbbookreligion Tobacco is my favorite vegetable. Frank Zappa tobaccomy-favoritevegetables 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. Frank Zappa icefiretwo Did you ever consider that LSD was really one of the most dangerous drugs ever manufactured because the people who took it turned into yuppies? Frank Zappa yuppieshatredpeople I think it's really tragic when people get serious about stuff. It's such an absurdity to take anything really seriously ... I make an honest attempt not to take anything seriously: I worked that attitude out about the time I was eighteen, I mean, what does it all mean when you get right down to it, what's the story here? Being alive is so weird. Frank Zappa attitudemeanthinking The NRA, with the fingers on the triggers when they kneel and pray. Frank Zappa nrapoliticspraying I think you should leave it up to the parent, because not all parents want to keep their children totally ignorant. Frank Zappa parentchildrenthinking Whatever you have to do to have a good time, let's get on with it, so long as it doesn't cause a murder. Frank Zappa atheismcauseslong I am the slime oozing out from your TV set. You will obey me while I lead you, and eat the garbage while I feed you. Frank Zappa garbagetvsreality 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 atheistlove-youbook Do we really want to know how Michael Jackson makes his music? No. We want to understand why he needs the bones of the Elephant Man -- and, until he tells us, it doesn't make too much difference whether or not he really is ''bad. Frank Zappa elephantsdifferencesmen I think it is good that books still exist, but they do make me sleepy. Frank Zappa learninginspirationalbook The whole music business in the United States is based on numbers, based on unit sales and not on quality. It's not based on beauty, it's based on hype and it's based on cocaine. It's based on giving presents of large packages of dollars to play records on the air. Frank Zappa airplaynumbers When God created Republicans, he gave up on everything else. Frank Zappa gave-uprepublican Rock music was never written for or performed for conservative tastes. Frank Zappa conservativerockstaste Yeah, I tell them to change the channel if they see some guy in a brown suit with a telephone number at the bottom of the screen asking for money. Frank Zappa atheismguynumbers Children are naive-they trust everyone. School is bad enough, but, if you put a child anywhere in the vicinity of a church, you're asking for trouble. Frank Zappa churchchildrenschool
