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

Quote by J D Salinger

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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.

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...

All morons hate it when you call them a moron.

All morons hate it when you call them a moron.

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

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

People never believe you.

People never believe you.

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,...

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...

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...

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

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

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 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...

I'm the most terrific liar you ever saw in your life.

I'm the most terrific liar you ever saw in your life.

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...

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'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.

People never notice anything.

People never notice anything.

Mothers are all slightly insane.

Mothers are all slightly insane.

The thoughts written on the walls of madhouses by their inmates might be worth publicizing.

The thoughts written on the walls of madhouses by their inmates might be worth publicizing.

Madness is the result not of uncertainty but of certainty.

Madness is the result not of uncertainty but of certainty.

Every mother is like Moses. She does not enter the promised land. She prepares a...

Every mother is like Moses. She does not enter the promised land. She prepares a...