An intellectual says a simple thing in a hard way. An artist says a hard thing in a simple way.

Quote by Charles Bukowski

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You begin saving the world by saving one man at a time; all else is...

You begin saving the world by saving one man at a time; all else is...

We have wasted History like a bunch of drunks shooting dice back in the men's...

We have wasted History like a bunch of drunks shooting dice back in the men's...

Genius might be the ability to say a profound thing in a simple way.

Genius might be the ability to say a profound thing in a simple way.

Sex is interesting, but it's not totally important. I mean it's not even as important...

Sex is interesting, but it's not totally important. I mean it's not even as important...

I don't like jail, they got the wrong kind of bars in there.

I don't like jail, they got the wrong kind of bars in there.

I had noticed that both in the very poor and very rich extremes of society...

I had noticed that both in the very poor and very rich extremes of society...

Show me a man who lives alone and has a perpetually clean kitchen, and 8...

Show me a man who lives alone and has a perpetually clean kitchen, and 8...

If you want to know who your friends are, get yourself a jail sentence.

If you want to know who your friends are, get yourself a jail sentence.

Well, people got attatched. Once you cut the umbilical cord they attatched to the other...

Well, people got attatched. Once you cut the umbilical cord they attatched to the other...

That is what friendship means. Sharing the prejudice of experience.

That is what friendship means. Sharing the prejudice of experience.

The difference between a democracy and a dictatorship is that in a democracy you vote...

The difference between a democracy and a dictatorship is that in a democracy you vote...

If you're losing your soul and you know it, then you've still got a soul...

If you're losing your soul and you know it, then you've still got a soul...

Never get out of bed before noon

Never get out of bed before noon

Never get out of bed before noon.

Never get out of bed before noon.

I would be married, but I'd have no wife, I would be married to a...

I would be married, but I'd have no wife, I would be married to a...

There will always be something to ruin our lives, it all depends on what or...

There will always be something to ruin our lives, it all depends on what or...

Some people never go crazy, What truly horrible lives they must live.

Some people never go crazy, What truly horrible lives they must live.

It's possible to love a human being if you don't know them too well.

It's possible to love a human being if you don't know them too well.

Joan of Arc had style. Jesus had style.

Joan of Arc had style. Jesus had style.

To do a dull thing with style-now that's what I call art.

To do a dull thing with style-now that's what I call art.