Plenty of gun opponents have pointed out the obvious: that the Founding Fathers could never have envisioned the kinds of 'arms' that exist today - Washington, Jefferson, and the rest had never even seen a bullet. Musket balls for guns that required constant reloading were the 'arms' of the day.


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I am honorary President of the American Humanist Society, having succeeded the late, great science f...
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Every time I see documentaries or infomercials about little kids with cancer, I just freak out. It a...
KURT COBAIN
This is Sunday, and the question arises, what'll I start tomorrow?
KURT VONNEGUT
I love how my sport reaches out to people with the music and story lines, the glory of standing up f...
KURT BROWNING
Evolution can go to hell as far as I am concerned. What a mistake we are. We have mortally wounded t...
KURT VONNEGUT
My mother encouraged me to be artistic. It was written in a contract at an early age that I would be...
KURT COBAIN
All the great game show hosts have a signature 'look,' from Bob Barker's year-round Braz...
KURT BRAUNOHLER
The arts are not a way to make a living. They are a very human way of making life more bearable. Pra...
KURT VONNEGUT
I've always wanted male friends that I could be real intimate with and talk about important thin...
KURT COBAIN
I created lots of characters in high school and college, and the first character I created in pro co...
KURT BUSIEK
In Canada, you can't even have a barbecue in your backyard without being attacked by a moose or ...
KURT ANGLE
I started playing ball when I was a kid. My dad was a pro ball player and he passed on his knowledge...
KURT RUSSELL
Man's inhumanity to man is as old as humanity itself. Some people just do evil things. Most do n...
KURT SUTTER
My body is damaged from music in two ways. I have a red irritation in my stomach. It's psychosom...
KURT COBAIN
I remember seeing Tony Bennett on television. He was the only guy in the orchestra who was wearing a...
KURT ELLING
I was not an anthropology student prior to the war. I took it up as part of a personal readjustment ...
KURT VONNEGUT
I think big business is a terrible thing for the spirit of the country, as our spirit is the best th...
KURT VONNEGUT
When I'm being funny, I try not to offend. I don't think much of what I've done has been...
KURT VONNEGUT
I consider myself very fortunate. I have a beautiful wife who supports my work and is raising our da...
KURT ELLING
John Lennon was definitely my favorite Beatle, hands down.
KURT COBAIN
The feeling about a soldier is, when all is said and done, he wasn't really going to do very muc...
KURT VONNEGUT
I definitely feel closer to the feminine side of the human being than I do the male - or the America...
KURT COBAIN
If you die you're completely happy and your soul somewhere lives on. I'm not afraid of dying...
KURT COBAIN
Be careful what you pretend to be because you are what you pretend to be. -Kurt Vonnegut.
KURT VONNEGUT
You know what i hate about rock? I hate tie-dyed tee shirts.
KURT COBAIN
There is nothing so practical as a good theory
KURT LEWIN
Throughout my life, I've always been really close with girls and made friends with girls. And I&...
KURT COBAIN
For guys playing sports at a high level, for money, I can't put my finger on it, but in a man...
KURT RUSSELL
I wanted to have the adoration of John Lennon but have the anonymity of Ringo Starr. I didn't wa...
KURT COBAIN
I listened to a lot of King Crimson back in the day.
KURT ELLING
Discovering various economists, economic works, reading financial periodicals and keeping up on curr...
KURT BILLS
If you go to Japan for instance, you should know that they have a different way of playing Beethoven...
KURT MASUR
People don't come to church for preachments, of course, but to daydream about God.
KURT VONNEGUT
James Finch has always had pretty stout cars for the restrictor-plate races and I know we'll be ...
KURT BUSCH
The Daytona 500 is a big race, and Darlington is just as big of an event, and a lot of people get ex...
KURT BUSCH
Newman and I were friends. We were great teammates, and he needs to check his trophy case on that Da...
KURT BUSCH
I started to be really proud of the fact I was gay even though I wasn't
KURT COBAIN
I knew I was different. I thought that I might be gay or something because I couldn't identify with ...
KURT COBAIN
I was taught that the human brain was the crowning glory of evolution so far, but I think it's a...
KURT VONNEGUT
We are in a democratic society. It's our job to question.
KURT RUSSELL
Since scarcity is the basic economic problem, if it does not exist then there is no reason for my ec...
KURT BILLS
I never understood using Kickstarter for commercial purposes. If you want to raise money for commerc...
KURT BRAUNOHLER
I feel that the most important step in any major accomplishment is setting a specific goal. This e...
KURT THOMAS
The instinct of nearly all societies is to lock up anybody who is truly free. First, society begin...
KURT COBAIN