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

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He had a theory, Walt did, that the religious life, and all the agony that...

He had a theory, Walt did, that the religious life, and all the agony that...

All morons hate it when you call them a moron.

All morons hate it when you call them a moron.

It was a very stupid thing to do, I'll admit, but I hardly didn't even...

It was a very stupid thing to do, I'll admit, but I hardly didn't even...

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...

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 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...

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

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

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...

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'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.

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

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

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?

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

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

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...

Its really hard to be roommates with people if your suitcases are much better than...

Its really hard to be roommates with people if your suitcases are much better than...

Mothers are all slightly insane.

Mothers are all slightly insane.

I don't exactly know what I mean by that, but I mean it.

I don't exactly know what I mean by that, but I mean it.

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.

Mothers are all slightly insane.

Mothers are all slightly insane.

People never notice anything.

People never notice anything.