Rule-Abiding Rebel/Quotes

"And the musicians today who don't do drugs and, in fact, speak out against drugs? Boy do they suck! Ball-less, soulless, spiritless, corporate little bitches..."

- Bill Hicks, Relentless

"How rebellious!... In a conformist sort of way."

- Lisa Simpson, The Simpsons

"Can't hassle us, pig! We're going the speed limit!"

- Homer Simpson, The Simpsons

"I hate comedians that are like, "Fucking strap in, motherfuckers, cause I'm about to get really dangerous!" and then the next thing they always say is, "The fucking food on airplanes is bullshit!" There is nothing safer than a comedian who tells you he's dangerous."

- Patton Oswalt

"Candace: Hey mom, can I get a pink streak in my hair? Linda: Why would you do that? Candace: To express my individuality! Everyone's doing it!"

- Phineas and Ferb

"Calvin: Mom, can I have some money to buy a satan-worshiping, suicide-advocating heavy metal album? Calvin's Mom: Calvin, the fact that these bands haven't killed themselves in ritual self-sacrifice shows that they're just in it for the money like everyone else. It's all for effect. If you want to shock and provoke, be sincere about it. Calvin: Mainstream commercial nihilism can't be trusted?!"

- Calvin and Hobbes, 18 Mar 1992.

"I'll get this one, put it on my card I get frequent flyer mileage And a booklet of upgrades So next time I visit the third world I won't have to fly second class The people's revolution is gonna be a podcast

We took the bus to the anarchist book fair I left the hybrid at home I scored an extremely rare signed copy of the communist manifesto We protested the G8, got maced by female police In hot black uniforms and boots I got one's e-mail address"

- NOFX, The Marxist Brothers

"Oooh, this looks like a scary important standoff! Nah. It was nothing. Repeatedly throughout the day the cops would intentionally choose some random spot in the road and line up — even though there was nothing behind them to defend — and the protesters would dutifully start lining up in front of them, resulting in an artificially constructed and completely purposeless "confrontation." Sometimes the reverse would happen: The protesters would line up to "make a stand" in the middle of nowhere... ...and then the cops would wearily put on their riot gear and dutifully troop out to stand in front of the protesters. This completely absurd kabuki kept happening over and over because it served a useful purpose for each side: The cops wanted to lure the protesters away from the hotel (and did so successfully most of the time) by establishing scrimmage lines in the boondocks, while the protesters wanted to be perceived as brave revolutionaries "confronting the power structure." So each side got exactly what it wanted out of these almost comical pseudo-battles."

- photo report Inside the Anti-Trump Circus: Here Comes the Summer of Hate from zombietime