I have begun in old age to understand just how oddly we are all put together. We are so proud of our autonomy that we seldom if ever realize how generous we are to ourselves, and just how stingy with…

Quote by Saul Bellow

Topics: Freedom Quotes, Selfishness Quotes

She was what we used to call a suicide blonde - dyed by her own...

She was what we used to call a suicide blonde - dyed by her own...

With a novelist, like a surgeon, you have to get a feeling that you've fallen...

With a novelist, like a surgeon, you have to get a feeling that you've fallen...

Goodness is achieved not in a vacuum, but in the company of other men, attended...

Goodness is achieved not in a vacuum, but in the company of other men, attended...

California is like an artificial limb the rest of the country doesn't really need. You...

California is like an artificial limb the rest of the country doesn't really need. You...

I've never turned over a fig leaf yet that didn't have a price tag on...

I've never turned over a fig leaf yet that didn't have a price tag on...

Conquered people tend to be witty.

Conquered people tend to be witty.

No realistic, sane person goes around Chicago without protection.

No realistic, sane person goes around Chicago without protection.

All a writer has to do to get a woman is to say he's a...

All a writer has to do to get a woman is to say he's a...

Whoever wants to reach a distant goal must take small steps.

Whoever wants to reach a distant goal must take small steps.

Hapiness can only be found if you can free yourself of all other distractions.

Hapiness can only be found if you can free yourself of all other distractions.

Everybody needs his memories. They keep the wolf of insignificance from the door.

Everybody needs his memories. They keep the wolf of insignificance from the door.

Psychoanalysis pretends to investigate the Unconscious. The Unconscious by definition is what you are not...

Psychoanalysis pretends to investigate the Unconscious. The Unconscious by definition is what you are not...

A fool can throw a stone in a pond that 100 wise men can not...

A fool can throw a stone in a pond that 100 wise men can not...

A great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance when the need for illusion...

A great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance when the need for illusion...

What is art but a way of seeing?

What is art but a way of seeing?

People can lose their lives in libraries. They ought to be warned.

People can lose their lives in libraries. They ought to be warned.

There are evils that have the ability to survive identification and go on for ever......

There are evils that have the ability to survive identification and go on for ever......

Money can't buy you happiness, but it can buy you a yacht big enough to...

Money can't buy you happiness, but it can buy you a yacht big enough to...

The Internet is like a gold-rush; the only people making money are those who sell...

The Internet is like a gold-rush; the only people making money are those who sell...

No illusion is more crucial than the illusion that great success and huge money buy...

No illusion is more crucial than the illusion that great success and huge money buy...