A tremendous number of people in America work very hard at something that bores them. Even a rich man thinks he has to go down to the office everyday. Not because he likes it but because he can't think of…

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We are all here on earth to help others; what on earth the others are...

We are all here on earth to help others; what on earth the others are...

You owe it to us all to get on with what you're good at.

You owe it to us all to get on with what you're good at.

My face looks like a wedding-cake left out in the rain.

My face looks like a wedding-cake left out in the rain.

The word 'Intellectual' suggests straight away - A man who's untrue to his wife

The word 'Intellectual' suggests straight away - A man who's untrue to his wife

I don't get acting jobs because of my looks.

I don't get acting jobs because of my looks.

All that we are not stares back at what we are.

All that we are not stares back at what we are.

Between friends differences in taste or opinion are irritating in direct proportion to their triviality.

Between friends differences in taste or opinion are irritating in direct proportion to their triviality.

What people don't realize is that intimacy has its conventions as well as ordinary social...

What people don't realize is that intimacy has its conventions as well as ordinary social...

I know nothing, except what everyone knows if there when Graces dances, I should dance.

I know nothing, except what everyone knows if there when Graces dances, I should dance.

What the mass media offers is not popular art, but entertainment which is intended to...

What the mass media offers is not popular art, but entertainment which is intended to...

Murder is commoner among cooks than among members of any other profession.

Murder is commoner among cooks than among members of any other profession.

In relation to a writer, most readers believe in the Double Standard: they may be...

In relation to a writer, most readers believe in the Double Standard: they may be...

Some books are undeservedly forgotten; none are undeservedly remembered.

Some books are undeservedly forgotten; none are undeservedly remembered.

We all have these places where shy humiliations gambol on sunny afternoons.

We all have these places where shy humiliations gambol on sunny afternoons.

A false enchantment can all too easily last a lifetime.

A false enchantment can all too easily last a lifetime.

May it not be that, just as we have to have faith in Him, God...

May it not be that, just as we have to have faith in Him, God...

A poet is a professional maker of verbal objects.

A poet is a professional maker of verbal objects.

When I find myself in the company of scientists, I feel like a shabby curate...

When I find myself in the company of scientists, I feel like a shabby curate...

Choice of attention - to pay attention to this and ignore that - is to...

Choice of attention - to pay attention to this and ignore that - is to...

The words of a dead man are modified in the guts of the living.

The words of a dead man are modified in the guts of the living.