I'm sick of just liking people. I wish to God I could meet somebody I could respect.

Quote by J D Salinger

Topics: J D Salinger Quotes

If a girl looks swell when she meets you, who gives a damn if she's...

If a girl looks swell when she meets you, who gives a damn if she's...

I was about half in love with her by the time we sat down. That's...

I was about half in love with her by the time we sat down. That's...

All morons hate it when you call them a moron.

All morons hate it when you call them a moron.

An artist's only concern is to shoot for some kind of perfection, and on his...

An artist's only concern is to shoot for some kind of perfection, and on his...

I'm sick of not having the courage to be an absolute nobody.

I'm sick of not having the courage to be an absolute nobody.

They didn't act like people and they didn't act like actors. It's hard to explain....

They didn't act like people and they didn't act like actors. It's hard to explain....

I am a kind of paranoiac in reverse. I suspect people of plotting to make...

I am a kind of paranoiac in reverse. I suspect people of plotting to make...

Mothers are all slightly insane.

Mothers are all slightly insane.

How long should a man's legs be? Long enough to touch the ground.

How long should a man's legs be? Long enough to touch the ground.

Goddam money. It always ends up making you blue as hell.

Goddam money. It always ends up making you blue as hell.

If a girl looks swell when she meets you, who gives a damn if she's...

If a girl looks swell when she meets you, who gives a damn if she's...

It's funny. All you have to do is say something nobody understands and they'll do...

It's funny. All you have to do is say something nobody understands and they'll do...

I am kind of paranoid in reverse. I suspect people of plotting to make me...

I am kind of paranoid in reverse. I suspect people of plotting to make me...

How do you know you're going to do something, untill you do it?

How do you know you're going to do something, untill you do it?

People never notice anything.

People never notice anything.

I don't even like old cars. I'd rather have a goddam horse. A horse is...

I don't even like old cars. I'd rather have a goddam horse. A horse is...

I'm quite illiterate, but I read a lot.

I'm quite illiterate, but I read a lot.

The worst thing that being an artist could do to you would be that it...

The worst thing that being an artist could do to you would be that it...

I am a kind of paranoid in reverse. I suspect people of plotting to make...

I am a kind of paranoid in reverse. I suspect people of plotting to make...

You take somebody that cries their goddam eyes out over phoney stuff in the movies,...

You take somebody that cries their goddam eyes out over phoney stuff in the movies,...