There is no such thing as bad whiskey. Some whiskeys just happen to be better than others. But a man shouldn’t fool with booze until he’s fifty; then he’s a damn fool if he doesn’t.
WILLIAM FAULKNERIt’s a shame that the only thing a man can do for eight hours a day is work. He can’t eat for eight hours; he can’t drink for eight hours; he can’t make love for eight hours. The only thing a man can do for eight hours is work.
More William Faulkner Quotes
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The writer’s only responsibility is to his art.
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A bus station is where a bus stops. A train station is where a train stops. On my desk, I have a work station….
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A man is the sum of his misfortunes.
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The end of wisdom is to dream high enough to lose the dream in the seeking of it.
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Given the choice between the experience of pain and nothing, I would choose pain.
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If there is a God what the hell is He for?
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History is not was, it is.
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The most important thing is insight, that is to be-curiosity-to wonder, to mull, and to muse why it is that man does what he does, and if you have that, then I don’t think the talent makes much difference, whether you’ve got it or not.
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The poets are almost always wrong about the facts… That’s because they are not really interested in facts: only in truth…
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Who gathers the withered rose?
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No battle is ever won … victory is an illusion of philosophers and fools.
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The most important thing is insight, that is to be – curious – to wonder, to mull, and to muse why it is that man does what he does.
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Always dream and shoot higher than you know you can do.
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Always dream and shoot higher than you know you can do.
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The past is never dead. It’s not even past. All of us labor in webs spun long before we were born, webs of heredity and environment, of desire and consequence, of history and eternity.
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