As for types like my own, obscurely motivated by the conviction that our existence was worthless if we didn't make a turning point of it, we were assigned to the humanities, to poetry, philosophy, painting the nursery games of humankind,…

Quote by Saul Bellow

Topics: Age Quotes, Funny Quotes

When we ask for advice, we are usually looking for an accomplice.

When we ask for advice, we are usually looking for an accomplice.

A great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance when the need for illusion...

A great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance when the need for illusion...

I've never turned over a fig leaf yet that didn't have a price tag on...

I've never turned over a fig leaf yet that didn't have a price tag on...

I have begun in old age to understand just how oddly we are all put...

I have begun in old age to understand just how oddly we are all put...

If women are expected to do the same work as men, we must teach them...

If women are expected to do the same work as men, we must teach them...

No realistic, sane person goes around Chicago without protection.

No realistic, sane person goes around Chicago without protection.

Everybody needs his memories. They keep the wolf of insignificance from the door.

Everybody needs his memories. They keep the wolf of insignificance from the door.

A man is only as good as what he loves.

A man is only as good as what he loves.

California is like an artificial limb the rest of the country doesn't really need. You...

California is like an artificial limb the rest of the country doesn't really need. You...

A novel is balanced between a few true impressions and the multitude of false ones...

A novel is balanced between a few true impressions and the multitude of false ones...

We are always looking for the book it is necessary to read next.

We are always looking for the book it is necessary to read next.

A good novel is worth more then the best scientific study.

A good novel is worth more then the best scientific study.

Everybody knows there is no fineness or accuracy of suppression; if you hold down one...

Everybody knows there is no fineness or accuracy of suppression; if you hold down one...

I think that New York is not the cultural centre of America, but the business...

I think that New York is not the cultural centre of America, but the business...

Take our politicians: they're a bunch of yo-yos. The presidency is now a cross between...

Take our politicians: they're a bunch of yo-yos. The presidency is now a cross between...

Conquered people tend to be witty.

Conquered people tend to be witty.

A man is only as good as what he loves

A man is only as good as what he loves

Friendship is the shadow of the evening, which increases with the setting sun of life.

Friendship is the shadow of the evening, which increases with the setting sun of life.

Life without love is like a tree without blossoms or fruit

Life without love is like a tree without blossoms or fruit

Love me, I'll be anyobdy you want me to be. Use me. Change me. I...

Love me, I'll be anyobdy you want me to be. Use me. Change me. I...