Americans can eat garbage, provided you sprinkle it liberally with ketchup, mustard, chili sauce, Tabasco sauce, cayenne pepper, or any other condiment which destroys the original flavor of the dish

Quote by Henry Miller

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It is the American vice, the democratic disease which expresses its tyranny by reducing everything...

It is the American vice, the democratic disease which expresses its tyranny by reducing everything...

In expanding the field of knowledge we but increase the horizon of ignorance.

In expanding the field of knowledge we but increase the horizon of ignorance.

If there is to be any peace it will come through being, not having.

If there is to be any peace it will come through being, not having.

True strength lies in submission which permits one to dedicate his life, through devotion, to...

True strength lies in submission which permits one to dedicate his life, through devotion, to...

Obscenity is a cleansing process, whereas pornography only adds to the murk.

Obscenity is a cleansing process, whereas pornography only adds to the murk.

Chaos is the score upon which reality is written.

Chaos is the score upon which reality is written.

Example moves the world more than doctrine. The great exemplars are the poets of action,...

Example moves the world more than doctrine. The great exemplars are the poets of action,...

To live without killing is a thought which could electrify the world, if men were...

To live without killing is a thought which could electrify the world, if men were...

Back of every creation, supporting it like an arch, is faith. Enthusiasm is nothing: it...

Back of every creation, supporting it like an arch, is faith. Enthusiasm is nothing: it...

The world is not to be put in order; the world is order, incarnate. It...

The world is not to be put in order; the world is order, incarnate. It...

Imagination is the voice of daring. If there is anything Godlike about God it is...

Imagination is the voice of daring. If there is anything Godlike about God it is...

Sex is one of the nine reasons for reincarnation. . .The other eight are unimportant

Sex is one of the nine reasons for reincarnation. . .The other eight are unimportant

The new always carries with it the sense of violation, of sacrilege. What is dead...

The new always carries with it the sense of violation, of sacrilege. What is dead...

Confusion is a word we have invented for an order which is not understood.

Confusion is a word we have invented for an order which is not understood.

Analysis brings no curative powers in its train; it merely makes us conscious of the...

Analysis brings no curative powers in its train; it merely makes us conscious of the...

True strength lies in submission which permits one to dedicate his life, through devotion, to...

True strength lies in submission which permits one to dedicate his life, through devotion, to...

The real leader has no need to lead he is content to point the way

The real leader has no need to lead he is content to point the way

Being forced to work, and forced to do your best, will breed in you temperance...

Being forced to work, and forced to do your best, will breed in you temperance...

Be content to act, and leave the talking to others.

Be content to act, and leave the talking to others.

As a rule, one should never place form over content.

As a rule, one should never place form over content.

The person who knows HOW will always have a job. The person who knows WHY...

The person who knows HOW will always have a job. The person who knows WHY...