Miscellaneous Quotes

Would people applaud me if I was a good plumber?

The more sensitive you are, the more likely you are to be brutalized, develop scabs and never evolve. Never allow yourself to feel anything because you always feel too much.

The only man I know who behaves sensibly is my tailor; he takes my measurements anew each time he sees me. The rest go on with their old measurements and expect me to fit them.

This is the true joy in life - being used for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one; being thoroughly worn out before you are thrown on the scrap heap; being a force of nature instead of a feverish selfish little clod of ailments and grievances.

All generalizations are dangerous, even this one.

The surprising thing about young fools is how many survive to become old fools.

A cynic is a man who, when he smells flowers, looks around for a coffin.

A cynic is a man who, when he smells flowers, looks around for a coffin.

Criticism is prejudice made plausible.

Criticism is prejudice made plausible.

It is the dull man who is always sure, and the sure man who is always dull.

It is the dull man who is always sure, and the sure man who is always dull.

To err is human; to forgive is divine.

I hope that when you are my age, you will be able to say as I have been able to say: We lived in freedom. We lived lives that were a statement, not an apology.

Clever people seem not to feel the natural pleasure of bewilderment, and are always answering questions when the chief relish of a life is to go on asking them.

No one ever told me that grief felt so like fear. I am not afraid, but the sensation is like being afraid. The same fluttering in the stomach, the same restlessness, the yawning. I keep on swallowing.

Brevity is the soul of lingerie.

Four be the things I'd have been better without: love, curiosity, freckles and doubt.

There is only one step from the sublime to the ridiculous.

I generally avoid temptation unless I can't resist it.