More Notes Of A Dirty Old Man Quotes & Sayings

The ass is the face of the soul of sex. — Charles Bukowski

It's impossible to be a good writer if you haven't lived badly. A past life of drinking heavily, fighting and whoring all help to ease those words onto the page. — Ken Scott

I am like a child who blows up a bubble of soap. At first the bubble is very small, but it is already spherical. Then the child blows the bubble up very softly, until he is afraid that it will burst. — Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot

Somewhere, in some shadowy bedroom of a leaf-strewn town, a father bolts the door to a child's room, then steps closer to the bed. In a neighbor's garden lurks a weed with a funny, blade-petaled flower, its poison choking the red roses. Somewhere a car is crashing; a phone is ringing in the center of night. The spider waits poised in the slipper. The bird swoops headlong into glass it thought was farther air. The strangler envisions a neighborhood of throats. The head finds the noose; the foot kicks the chair. — Scott Heim

The fixed determination to have acquired the warrior soul, to either conquer or perish with honor, is the secret of victory. — George S. Patton

What will the creature made all of sea-drift do on the dry sand of daylight; what will the mind do, each morning, waking? His — Ursula K. Le Guin

In a free country there is much clamor, with little suffering; in a despotic state there is little complaint, with much grievance. — Lazare Carnot

The stupidest man I ever met had a favourite saying. It was: 'What do you think I am, stupid, or something? — Idries Shah

Surrealism: An archaic term. Formerly an art movement. No longer distinguishable from everyday life. — Brad Holland

We of the sea come to know each other quickly; our loves, like our hates, are born of sudden dangers. — Lew Wallace

They would destroy every last woman and child with any means at their disposal. You do not let your foot off the throat of an enemy and remain powerful, — Pierce Brown

As it turns out, people who cut their work hours often take a smaller hit financially than they expect. That is because spending less time on the job means spending less money on the things that allow us to work: transport, parking, eating out, coffee, convenience food, childcare, laundry, retail therapy. A smaller income also translates into a smaller tax bill. In one Canadian study, some workers who took a pay cut in return for shorter hours actually ended up with more money in the bank at the end of the month. — Carl Honore

I think Formula E truly has the potential to become the future of motorsport. Formula One is the past. — Sam Bird

I've seen too many intellectuals lately. I get very tired of the precious intellects who must speak diamonds every time they open their mouths. I get tired of battling for each space of air for the mind. That's why I stayed away from people for so long, and now that I am meeting people, I find that I must return to my cave. — Charles Bukowski

Let us think of ourselves not as 'yes' and 'no' Scots but simply as Scots, and let us be a nation, united again. — Gordon Brown