53 quotes found
Writer · American
American writer
“There is nothing so habit-forming as money.”
“Poetry is what Milton saw when he went blind.”
“I would rather start a family than finish one.”
“Pity the meek for they shall inherit the earth.”
“Ideas pull the trigger but instinct loads the gun.”
“Ideas pull the trigger, but instinct loads the gun.”
“When a man tells you that he got rich through hard work, ask him: 'Whose?”
“Every honorable man is forced to yield to blackmail once or twice in his life, just for the sake of keeping peace in the community.”
“With regard to ghosts, while we have never believed in them, we have always been afraid of them.”
“From 'the lesson of the moth':and before i could argue himout of his philosophyhe went and immolated himselfon a patent cigar lighteri do not agree with himmyself i would rather havehalf the happin...”
“a spider and a flyi heard a spiderand a fly arguingwait said the flydo not eat mei serve a great purposein the worldyou will have toshow me said the spideri scurry aroundgutters and sewersand garba...”
“Publishing a book of poetry is like dropping a rose petal down the Grand Canyon and waiting for the echo.”
“i have had my ups and downsbut wotthehell wotthehellyesterday sceptres and crownsfried oysters and velvet gownsand today i herd with bumsbut wotthehell wotthehelli wake the world from sleepas i cap...”
“If you want to get rich from writing, write the sort of thing that's read by persons who move their lips when they're reading to themselves.”
“fire is beautifuland we know that if we gettoo close it will kill usbut what does that matterit is better to be happy for a momentand be burned up with beautythan to live a long timeand be bored al...”
“you want to knowwhether i believe in ghostsof course i do not believe in themif you had knownas many of them as i haveyou would notbelieve in them either”
“If a child shows himself to be incorrigible, he should be decently and quietly beheaded at the age of twelve, lest he grow to maturity, marry, and perpetuate his kind.”
“An optimist is a man who has never had much experience.”
“it wont be long now it wont be longman is making deserts of the earthit wont be long nowbefore man will have used it upso that nothing but antsand centipedes and scorpionscan find a living on it......”
“If you make people think they're thinking, they'll love you; But if you really make them think, they'll hate you.”
“justice...is not inherent in the universe and what man has put there he uses when he uses it at all strictly for his own purposes the world is so sad that the only way to live with it is to laugh a...”
“A pessimist is a person who has had to listen to too many optimist.”
“An idea isn't responsible for the people who believe in it.”
“they thought they were heroes when they were only cinders in the eye of humanity too many creatures both insects and humans estimate their own value by the amount of irritation they are able to cau...”
“my master is the same as godwhen he thumps with his handpeople bring us hamburg steaksat any eating stand "pete s holiday”
