John Holmes Quotes & Sayings

To be beat is to be at the bottom of your personality, looking up. — John Holmes

It is well to remember that the entire universe, with one trifling exception, is composed of others. — John Holmes

I liked the rain. It made it harder, the harder the better. I didn't see accidents but there are a lot of broken cars out there. — John Holmes

Every genuine boy is a rebel and an anarch. If he were allowed to develop according to his own instincts, his own inclinations, society would undergo such a radical transformation as to make the adult revolutionary cower and cringe. — John Holmes

The biggest trouble with success is that its formula is just about the same as that for a nervous breakdown. — John Holmes

There is no exercise better for the heart than reaching down and lifting people up. — John Holmes

And just then he realized in a flash that men have only this sad knowledge with which to heal themselves: when you lose life, you grow wise. But that is better than maiming life to hold it. — John Holmes

Yes, we love peace, but we are not willing to take wounds for it, as we are for war. — John Holmes

A dog is not almost-human, and I know of no greater insult to the canine race than to describe it as such. — John Holmes