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

A gentleman can live through anything.

A gentleman can live through anything.

The aim of every artist is to arrest motion, which is life, by artificial means...

The aim of every artist is to arrest motion, which is life, by artificial means...

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...

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...

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...

There is something about jumping a horse over a fence, something that makes you feel...

There is something about jumping a horse over a fence, something that makes you feel...

If a writer has to rob his mother, he will not hesitate: The 'Ode on...

If a writer has to rob his mother, he will not hesitate: The 'Ode on...

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'm bad and I'm going to hell, and I don't care. I'd rather be in...

I'm bad and I'm going to hell, and I don't care. I'd rather be in...

The past is never forgotten; it's never even past

The past is never forgotten; it's never even past

We have to start teaching ourselves not to be afraid.

We have to start teaching ourselves not to be afraid.

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...

Man knows so little about his fellows. In his eyes all men or women act...

Man knows so little about his fellows. In his eyes all men or women act...

Given a choice between grief and nothing, I'd choose grief.

Given a choice between grief and nothing, I'd choose grief.

Don't bother just to be better than your contemporaries or predecessors. Try to be better...

Don't bother just to be better than your contemporaries or predecessors. Try to be better...

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 can remember how when I was young I believed death to be a phenomenon...

I can remember how when I was young I believed death to be a phenomenon...

Creation destroys as it goes, throws down one tree for the rise of another. But...

Creation destroys as it goes, throws down one tree for the rise of another. But...

When the game is over, the king and the pawn go into the same box

When the game is over, the king and the pawn go into the same box

Life without a friend is like death without a witness.

Life without a friend is like death without a witness.