Flynt Quotes & Sayings

These days ... it's all vanilla sex for me. — Larry Flynt

Freedom of speech doesn't protect speech you like; it protects speech you don't like. — Larry Flynt

I began composing works which were imitative of the music I was being told about. I was also very interested in translating the music into visual terms. — Henry Flynt

Those who would give up their civil liberties for security deserve neither. — Larry Flynt

I began demonstrating against serious culture. In hindsight, the actual course of events has been very humiliating for me, because no one picked up on the intellectual critique I made. — Henry Flynt

If Kim Jong Un and his henchmen were upset before, wait till they see the movie we're going to make, — Larry Flynt

I'm trying to assemble materials for a different mode of life. — Henry Flynt

In classical oil painting, there seemed to be a radical turn to seeing things as the camera sees them, with that technological modification. I began to have a tremendous problem with all of this. — Henry Flynt

A fully open mind could shatter the skull in both directions. — Henry Flynt

I was a student at Harvard, and that's where I learned about so-called avant-garde music. Jackson Pollock, abstract expressionism and painting were well known at this time. — Henry Flynt

Gray Davis got some good news this week: the Clintons are out here in California campaigning for him. Actually, Hillary is campaigning for Davis, Bill is out here for Larry Flynt. — Jay Leno

At nine, all fathers are perfect. At twenty-nine, they're not so perfect. — Wayne Flynt

I'm actually a great fan of lucidity. — Henry Flynt

The purpose of concept art as a genre is to unbrainwash our mathematical and logical faculties. — Henry Flynt

I would say what was always on her[Harper Lee] mind was the stories she had to tell, and the story was pretty obvious in "To Kill A Mockingbird," maybe a bit - little bit less obvious and more obscure in "Go Set A Watchman." — Wayne Flynt

In 1973, the Supreme Court ruled that individual communities should set obscenity standards. Whenever a case is tried, it will be based on a community standard for that particular place. — Larry Flynt

Once I began following my own instincts, sales took off and I became a millionaire. And that, I think, is a key secret to every person's success, be they male or female, banker or p0rnographer:Trust in your gut. — Larry Flynt

And another thing - I've heard my sister and her little friends have their chats too. Some of the things that came out of their mouths could've made Larry fucking Flynt blush. So don't act like women don't talk just as much as us guys do ... because I know for a fact they do. — Emma Chase

Being in a wheelchair for 30 years. I'm not whining about it because I don't dwell on things I can't do anything about, you know. I never really think about until somebody mentions it. I did take a bullet. — Larry Flynt

When I began competing with the other artists in New York, I discovered classical North Indian music. — Henry Flynt

Well, one thing, you got to stand in a courtroom and listen to a judge sentencing you to 25 years in prison before you realize that freedom of expression can no longer be taken for granted. — Larry Flynt

I may be paralyzed from the waist down, but unlike Gray Davis, I'm not paralyzed from the neck up. — Larry Flynt

You will encounter many distractions and many temptations to put your goal aside: The security of a job, a wife who wants kids, whatever. But if you hang in there, always following your vision, I have no doubt you will succeed. — Larry Flynt

Privacy is not explicitly spelled out in the Constitution as freedom of speech is in the First Amendment. — Larry Flynt

On average, once a month for the last 10 years since her [Harper Lee] stroke, we have sat and talked and told stories and exchanged insults ... Which she loves. I think one secret to our friendship was I did not treat her like a marble woman, and my wife - I joked with her, and I joked with her, and that was the sort of contours of our friendship. — Wayne Flynt

You know, everybody believes in free speech until you start questioning them about it. — Larry Flynt

Pyscho,' Flynt says, pounding a fist hard into his chair. 'Ouch — Kate Ellison

There's nothing that will change someone's moral outlook quicker than cash in large sums. — Larry Flynt

Majority rule only works if you're also considering individual rights. Because you can't have five wolves and one sheep voting on what to have for supper. — Larry Flynt

I've always felt that feminism was just an excuse for ugly women to march. — Larry Flynt

Dan Moldea, the lead investigator for Larry Flynt's ongoing quest to uncover sexual indiscretions of Republican congressional members, has now admitted he was hired by the law firm defending President Clinton. — Jerry Falwell

I have a picture of an ideal consciousness. — Henry Flynt

Basically, I viewed any work of art as an imposition of another person's taste, and saw the individual making this imposition as a kind of dictator. — Henry Flynt

But let me tell you something. Gloria Steinem never helped me out; Larry Flynt did. — Courtney Love

Politics is my hobby. Smut is my vocation. — Larry Flynt

Women are here to serve men. Look at them, they got to squat to piss. Hell, that proves it. — Larry Flynt

Around 1967 I began backing away from dogmatic Leninism, not so much because I thought it was false, I just decided there was nothing utopian about it. — Henry Flynt

No one understands that the First Amendment is only important if you are going to offend somebody. If you're not going to offend somebody, you don't need protection of the First Amendment. — Larry Flynt

You know, a huge drain on California's economy is the illegal immigrants. We need to close the borders. — Larry Flynt

The sole motivating factor behind the death penalty is vengeance, not justice, and I firmly believe that a government that forbids killing among its citizens should not be in the business of killing people itself. — Larry Flynt

And a democracy can't exist without free speech and the right to assemble. And that's what Americans tend to forget. And they're born into a culture where they take all of their freedoms for granted. — Larry Flynt

After the first million, money isn't important. — Larry Flynt

The only question to ask yourself is, how much are you willing to sacrifice to achieve this success? — Larry Flynt

Any time there's a scandal, we always try and get involved. — Larry Flynt

The whole drive of western culture, the part of it which is serious, is towards an extreme objectification. It's carried to the point where the human subject is treated almost as if it's dirt in the works of a watch. — Henry Flynt

I will concede to you one thing - 'Hustler' is offensive, even to the point of being iconoclastic. That's our purpose - to be offensive. — Larry Flynt

At the same time, I was listening to black music, and I began to think that the best musicians were receiving the worst treatment. The people who were doing the greatest work were despised as lower class, with no dignity accorded to what they did. — Henry Flynt

When I came to New York, I began to meet the people who became the most famous artists of our time. I was insecure about my own level of ability, I didn't know whether I could compete with these people and, at the same time. I was wondering what is this anyway? — Henry Flynt

Murder is illegal, but if you take a picture of it you may get your name in a magazine or maybe win a Pulitzer Prize. However, sex is legal, but if you take a picture of that act, you can go to jail. — Larry Flynt

I used to buy into a former Supreme Court justice's argument that you can't scream fire in a crowded theater. Well, I think you can. — Larry Flynt

Along with a strong belief in your own inner voice, you also need laser-like focus combined with unwavering determination. — Larry Flynt

Dearest Penelope,
I am a giant jerk. I don't mean to imply that I am abnormally sized human who happens to also be a jerk, but, instead, that I am a normal-sized human who happens to sometimes be an extra-large jerk. When you buy me an ugly holiday sweater next Christmas, it needn't be an extra-large man's sweater, but it should probably feature some much-despised ... figure that will serve to indicate to the world the immense degree of my jerkiness. What I'm really saying is ... I've thought more about it, and I'd like to be of help to you in your quest so that come Christmas you can just find me a basic ugly holiday sweater that has no other object but to be a basic ugly holiday sweater, and I can wear it the next time we beat God and the devil alike at trash can bowling.
Yours,
Flynt — Kate Ellison

Religion has caused more harm than any other idea since the beginning of time. There's nothing good I can say about it. People use it as a crutch. — Larry Flynt

When somebody says that all statements are false, the obvious problem is that as an assertion it's self-defeating. — Henry Flynt

Within three or four months, the average girl will just get used up. It just takes your soul, you know? It just takes your soul. — Larry Flynt

Larry Flynt, running for governor of California. His goal - change our state bird to the spread eagle. — Craig Kilborn

Moses freed the Jews. Lincoln freed the slaves. I freed the neurotics. — Larry Flynt

If the human body's obscene, complain to the manufacturer, not me. — Larry Flynt

As a matter of fact, I constantly tell audiences all over the world that the single greatest icon of American culture from the publication of "To Kill A Mockingbird" was that novel so that if we say, what conversation can we have that would lead us on a road of tolerance, and teachers have decided that if you're going to teach values in a school in America, the answer that American teachers at all kinds of schools have come up with, just let Harper Lee teach "To Kill A Mockingbird." And then all the teacher has to do is stand back and guide the discussion. — Wayne Flynt

Harper Lee was legendarily private. I've never known such a private woman in my life. It's no surprise that she left Monroeville, a gossipy little southern town where everybody wants to know everybody's business, and went to the most anonymous city in America. — Wayne Flynt

You have to be able to tolerate what you don't necessarily like so you can be free. — Larry Flynt

People aren't interested in others controlling what they can do or read or see in the privacy of their own homes. — Larry Flynt

Rock became an incredible commercial success, people just became bored with serious music, and it was forgotten. — Henry Flynt

Just because I publish pornography does not mean that I am not concerned about the social ills that all of us are — Larry Flynt

Hypocrisy is a detriment to progress. There's always a hidden agenda. — Larry Flynt

While liberals appeared to be safely in power, feminists could perhaps afford the luxury of defining Larry Flynt or Roman Polanski as Enemy Number One. Now that we have to cope with Jerry Falwell and Jesse Helms, a rethinking of priorities seems in order. — Ellen Willis

If you're not going to offend somebody you don't need the First Amendment. — Larry Flynt

Charlie Sheen is to stand-up what Larry Flynt is to standing up. — Jeff Ross

Today the Secretary of State said that of the 247 candidates, so far 115 of them have been certified. How embarrassing is that? Imagine if you were turned down because you didn't meet the high standards set by Larry Flynt and Gallagher. — Jay Leno

I don't think many people anticipated how the Internet was going to revolutionize the way we disseminate information. — Larry Flynt

Nothing can make you more humble than pain. — Larry Flynt

The two most misused words in the entire English vocabulary are love and friendship. A true friend would die for you, so when you start trying to count them on one hand, you don't need any fingers. — Larry Flynt

There's nothing more political than sex. The church has had its hand on our crotch for more than 2,000 years, and the government is moving in that direction. — Larry Flynt