“This is like another one of my half baked philosophies… The first duty of every life is to realize that they’re a piece of shit. They’re selfish, they’re self centered, they’re not very good. And that you’re willing to sacrifice 20,000 people in another country just so that you could (uh) go to (uh) Wings concert. You sacrifice the lives of 100,000 Chinese (uh) female babies just so you could rent this fucking camera and do your stupid art project. No problem. You’re a piece of shit! Once you realize that you’re a piece of shit it’s not so hard to take because then you don’t have this feeling that (uh) you’re a good person all the time. And let me tell you something… feeling that you’re a good person all the time is like having a brand new car with now scratches on it. It’s a real responsibility which is almost impossible to live up to. Being a piece of shit and then occasionally doing something that’s good and true it’s a much easier place to be and I think that’s really important and I always to raise my kids to understand that they’re not that terrific and that not being that terrific that’s ok because most people who say they are terrific: Bill Clinton, Cardinal Egan, anybody you want to talk about. They’re not so terrific. Martha Stewart. They’re not so fucking terrific either and there’s nothing wrong with being not so terrific. Ya know, in fact, that’s what the whole ballgame is about., is about not being so fucking terrific and accepting it. The End.” – Kenny Shopsin