A mule will labor ten years willingly and patiently for you, for the privilege of kicking you once.

Quote by William Faulkner

Topics: William Faulkner Quotes

The artist doesn't have time to listen to the critics. The ones who want to...

The artist doesn't have time to listen to the critics. The ones who want to...

A writer must teach himself that the basest of all things is to be afraid.

A writer must teach himself that the basest of all things is to be afraid.

The last sound on the worthless earth will be two human beings trying to launch...

The last sound on the worthless earth will be two human beings trying to launch...

I have found that the greatest help in meeting any problem is to know where...

I have found that the greatest help in meeting any problem is to know where...

I believe that man will not merely endure. He will prevail. He is immortal, not...

I believe that man will not merely endure. He will prevail. He is immortal, not...

To understand the world, you must first understand a place like Mississippi.

To understand the world, you must first understand a place like Mississippi.

Man performs and engenders so much more than he can or should have to bear....

Man performs and engenders so much more than he can or should have to bear....

This is a free country. Folks have a right to send me letters, and I...

This is a free country. Folks have a right to send me letters, and I...

My own experience has been that the tools I need for my trade are paper,...

My own experience has been that the tools I need for my trade are paper,...

If I were reincarnated, I'd want to come back a buzzard. Nothing hates him or...

If I were reincarnated, I'd want to come back a buzzard. Nothing hates him or...

A writer is congenitally unable to tell the truth and that is why we call...

A writer is congenitally unable to tell the truth and that is why we call...

I'm inclined to think that a military background wouldn't hurt anyone.

I'm inclined to think that a military background wouldn't hurt anyone.

Hollywood is a place where a man can get stabbed in the back while climbing...

Hollywood is a place where a man can get stabbed in the back while climbing...

Our tragedy is a general and universal physical fear so long sustained by now that...

Our tragedy is a general and universal physical fear so long sustained by now that...

Facts and truth really don't have much to do with each other.

Facts and truth really don't have much to do with each other.

It's a shame that the only thing a man can do for eight hours a...

It's a shame that the only thing a man can do for eight hours a...

Clocks slay time... time is dead as long as it is being clicked off by...

Clocks slay time... time is dead as long as it is being clicked off by...

We have to start teaching ourselves not to be afraid

We have to start teaching ourselves not to be afraid

The dread of loneliness is greater than the fear of bondage, so we get married.

The dread of loneliness is greater than the fear of bondage, so we get married.

At Microsoft there are lots of brilliant ideas but the image is that they all...

At Microsoft there are lots of brilliant ideas but the image is that they all...

It is not possible for one to teach others who cannot teach his own family.

It is not possible for one to teach others who cannot teach his own family.