A fool will study for twenty or thirty years and learn how to do something, but a wise man will study for twenty or thirty minutes and become an expert. In this world, it isn’t ability that counts, but authority.
BARRY HUGHARTBarry Hughart Quotes
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The supernatural can be very annoying until one finds the key that transforms it into science,” he observed mildly… “Come on, Ox, let’s go out and get killed.
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Error can point the way to truth, while empty-headedness can only lead to more empty-headedness or to a career in politics.
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Don’t be ashamed of reliving your childhood, Ox, because all of us must do it now and then to maintain our sanity.
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I shall clasp my hands together and bow to the corners of the world.
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Immortality is only for the gods,’ he whispered. ‘I wonder how they can stand it.’
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The greatest act of faith we are capable of is that of loving another more than we love ourselves, and occasionally we can be quite good at it.
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I have never been able to understand why perfectly sensible people waste time being wittily obscure instead of just saying what they want and going on about their business.
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The emotional health of a village depended upon having a man whom everyone loved to hate, and Heaven had blessed us with two of them.
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