They're all from my notes, written in the dark, so exact wording may be dubious. Most are quotes from people without dick in the lives, but then reported to and related by people who spend a lot time talking about their dick. Or lack thereof, since 1982.
Apparently George Sterling used to carry around a cyanide capsule in his coat pocket. When asked why, his canned response was:
"A prison becomes a home, if you have the key."Unsurprisingly, he eventually took his own life with that pill.
Walter Green, in regards to faith and belief:
"I've never been to Hawaii, but it's not a matter of whether or not I believe in it."
Voltaire said something to this affect:
"I like Confucius because he was the first man in human history to never have a religious experience."
This is a paraphrase, where I'm not really sure who said it even, or why. I mean, it was wilson on the video, but I think the idea wasn't his - chalk it all up to a raw-dick conversation...
"The Zebra Hypothesis... what if there's an alien intelligence that hides itself as all of mundane reality, like the way a striped animal hides in the tall grass? If you were eating alphabet soup and the letters just happened to spell 'there is no z-' would that be just a coincidence, since it didn't actually say zebra, or would that just be the alien trying to leave you guessing?"
Another Robert Anton Wilson statement, also rather paraphrasy, but I think this captures the gist and zest of what he was saying with only a few words off the mark:
"Ever since I was accidentally reported dead, there's been this small but very vocal minority who think I actually am. Like I was replaced by a CIA robot or something, but cogito ergo sum, I know I'm not. Except, and that's where I'm really thankful to have known Phillip K Dick and have talked to him and read his books. He gave me a sort of gnostic detachment I could take with me. I mean, what if I am a robot, just programmed to think I'm Robert Anton Wilson, and keep talking like Robert Anton Wilson, so nobody figures out that they killed me? I mean, I could be - and thanks to Phillip, I know that would feel just like I do."
and this one was the actual dick talking, I believe:
"I think I've been talking to God, which means I'm crazy, right? I mean, if you hear voices, and they're telling you what to do, and you think they're God, that means you're delusional, right? So I'm skeptical, which means I might not actually be crazy then, and it is God, after all, telling me to do these good things. I don't think they're paranoid delusions - is there such a thing as positive, uplifting delusions?"
Don't let those moments fool you, the rest of the film is painful to watch. I gave it 1 star.
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Regarding the Wilson comment about Hawaii, there's a parody of Dragnet on my "Dr. Demento's Best Christmas Novely Album Ever" that features a character who doesn't believe in Santa Claus. Here's a bit of dialogue, as close as I can remember it:
Grudge: Yeah, I don't believe in Santy Claus. The Easter Bunny Neither.
Joe Wednesday: Aren't you the guy we picked up last year on a 1492 -- not believing in Columbus?
Grudge: That's another guy there ain't none of. And I don't believe in Cleveland or Cincinnati.
Joe: What about Toledo?
Grudge: I ain't made my mind up yet about Toledo.
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