For those who believe in God, most of the big questions are answered. But for those of us who can’t readily accept the God formula, the big answers don’t remain stone-written. We adjust to new conditions and discoveries. We are pliable. Love need not be a command or faith a dictum. I am my own God. We are here to unlearn the teachings of the church, state, and our educational system. We are here to drink beer. We are here to kill war. We are here to laugh at the odds and live our lives so well that Death will tremble to take us.
— Charles Bukowski
August 18, 2010 at 2:04am
Notes
They sicken of the calm, who knew the storm.
— Dorothy Parker
We are all worms, but I do believe I am a glowworm.
— Winston Churchill
A man is a success if he gets up in the morning and gets to bed at night, and in between he does what he wants.
— Bob Dylan (via theimpossiblecool)
There are two things that are more difficult than making an after-dinner speech: climbing a wall which is leaning toward you and kissing a girl who is leaning away from you.
— Winston Churchill
History has remembered the kings and warriors, because they destroyed; art has remembered the people, because they created.
— William Morris
The Library has but one criterion for admission: curiosity.
— The New York Public Library
Have nothing in your houses that you do not know to be useful or believe to be beautiful.
— William Morris
Besides the noble art of getting things done, there is the noble art of leaving things undone. The wisdom of life consists in the elimination of non-essentials.
— Lin Yutang
People love chopping wood. In this activity one immediately sees results.
— Albert Einstein
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