"All the athletes are individuals. This isn't a team sport. We all have our own styles, our own clothing preferences and our own way of doing things. That's the way I do things and I'm proud of it."

“Nonetheless, to the extent that terrorists have come into our country or suspected or known terrorists have entered our country across a border, it's been across the Canadian border. There are real issues there.”

“Openness about death has led to greater care about all aspects of dying.”

“Whom am I going to trust if I have to back again.”

“What a blessed if painful thing, this business of being alive.”

“You know, I love wearing heels. I wish I could wear them all the time, but, you know, my sport doesn't really permit it.”

“Oh yeah, you’re a regular sage. Shouldn’t you be sitting on a mountain somewhere cultivating a long white beard waiting for knowledge seekers to come to you?” “Have I mentioned that sarcasm has the potential to be detrimental to the natural beauty of your face?” he countered.”

“A People Magazine article in 1982 referred to him as the late Abe Vigoda. The very-much-alive Vigoda placed an ad in Variety with him in a coffin holding a copy of People Magazine.”

“In such ugly times, the only true protest is beauty.”

Source : Liner notes for studio album "Pleasures of the Harbor" by Phil Ochs, October 31, 1967.