Most people are unable to write because they are unable to think, and they are unable to think because they congenitally lack the equipment to do so, just as they congenitally lack the equipment to fly over the moon.

Quote by Henry Louis Mencken

Topics: Thinking Quotes, Writing Quotes

Evangelical Christianity, as everyone knows, is founded upon hate, as the Christianity of Christ was...

Evangelical Christianity, as everyone knows, is founded upon hate, as the Christianity of Christ was...

It is now quite lawful for a Catholic woman to avoid pregnancy by a resort...

It is now quite lawful for a Catholic woman to avoid pregnancy by a resort...

The worst government is the most moral. One composed of cynics is often very tolerant...

The worst government is the most moral. One composed of cynics is often very tolerant...

Jury: A group of 12 people, who, having lied to the judge about their health,...

Jury: A group of 12 people, who, having lied to the judge about their health,...

The more a man dreams, the less he believes

The more a man dreams, the less he believes

Government is actually the worst failure of civilized man. There has never been a really...

Government is actually the worst failure of civilized man. There has never been a really...

I can only imagine very stupid people looking at it (Television)

I can only imagine very stupid people looking at it (Television)

Immorality: the morality of those who are having a better time

Immorality: the morality of those who are having a better time

When I mount the scaffold at last these will be my farewell words to the...

When I mount the scaffold at last these will be my farewell words to the...

Democratic man, as I have remarked, is quite unable to think of himself as a...

Democratic man, as I have remarked, is quite unable to think of himself as a...

Legend: A lie that has attained the dignity of age.

Legend: A lie that has attained the dignity of age.

There are two kinds of music; German music and bad music.

There are two kinds of music; German music and bad music.

Suicide is belated acquiescence in the opinion of one's wife's relatives

Suicide is belated acquiescence in the opinion of one's wife's relatives

Intelligence has been commoner among American Presidents than high character.

Intelligence has been commoner among American Presidents than high character.

The allurement that women hold out to men is precisely the allurement that Cape Hatteras...

The allurement that women hold out to men is precisely the allurement that Cape Hatteras...

All government, of course, is against liberty.

All government, of course, is against liberty.

Misogynist: A man who hates women as much as women hate one another.

Misogynist: A man who hates women as much as women hate one another.

Idealist: One who, on noticing that a rose smells better than a cabbage, concludes that...

Idealist: One who, on noticing that a rose smells better than a cabbage, concludes that...

The enemy of idealism is zealotry.

The enemy of idealism is zealotry.

Idealism is the noble toga that political gentlemen drape over their will to power.

Idealism is the noble toga that political gentlemen drape over their will to power.