America Quote by Michael Ventura

“He became a surgeon because he was afraid of knives. He got married because he was afraid of women. He had a child because…

— Michael Ventura

Leave people alone when they tell you to leave them alone. If they mean it, they need it.

— Michael Ventura

All paths cause pain, so to chose the safe over the audacious will not give you less pain, only less beauty.

— Michael Ventura

That's what America's all about, man, if it's about anything. You can choose your own name.

— Michael Ventura

“Work is a sacrament. Don't despise anyone's.”

— Michael Ventura

“In joy, our choices may appear to be few, but one's responses are anything but confined, they're inspired, expanded.”

— Michael Ventura

We have to be realistic about the brutal demands a money culture puts on the psyche, and there is a great cost to this…

— Michael Ventura

The world of psychology and the world of normal life tends to look down on obsession. It's not good for you, and certainly not…

— Michael Ventura

Stop tolerating in your leaders what you would not tolerate in your friends.

— Michael Ventura

An artist doesn't depend upon inspiration or have to have it. An artist doesn't depend on mood, certainly not if you're earning your living…

— Michael Ventura

I never get my creativity flowing. I'm a pro, this is how I earn my living. If it don't flow, I don't eat.

— Michael Ventura

When the people clamor to be shielded from reality, when they praise their government for keeping things from them, when they choose to conduct…

— Michael Ventura