My mouth is full of decayed teeth and my soul of decayed ambitions.

Quote by James Joyce

Topics: James Joyce Quotes

I want to work with the top people, because only they have the courage and...

I want to work with the top people, because only they have the courage and...

He found in the world without as actual what was in his world within as...

He found in the world without as actual what was in his world within as...

People Trample Over Flowers, Yet Only To Embrace A Cactus.

People Trample Over Flowers, Yet Only To Embrace A Cactus.

A man's errors are his portals of discovery.

A man's errors are his portals of discovery.

I think a child should be allowed to take his father's or mother's name at...

I think a child should be allowed to take his father's or mother's name at...

Ireland sober is Ireland stiff.

Ireland sober is Ireland stiff.

The men that is now is only all palaver and what they can get out...

The men that is now is only all palaver and what they can get out...

Irresponsibility is part of the pleasure of all art; it is the part the schools...

Irresponsibility is part of the pleasure of all art; it is the part the schools...

Sometimes he caught himself listening to the sound of his own voice. He thought that...

Sometimes he caught himself listening to the sound of his own voice. He thought that...

Writing in English is the most ingenious torture ever devised for sins committed in previous...

Writing in English is the most ingenious torture ever devised for sins committed in previous...

A man's errors are his portals of discovery.

A man's errors are his portals of discovery.

No pen, no ink, no table, no room, no time, no quiet, no inclination.

No pen, no ink, no table, no room, no time, no quiet, no inclination.

Whatever else is unsure in this stinking dunghill of a world a mother's love is...

Whatever else is unsure in this stinking dunghill of a world a mother's love is...

The artist, like the God of the creation, remains within or behind or beyond or...

The artist, like the God of the creation, remains within or behind or beyond or...

Poetry, even when apparently most fantastic, is always a revolt against artifice, a revolt, in...

Poetry, even when apparently most fantastic, is always a revolt against artifice, a revolt, in...

Nations have their ego, just like individuals.

Nations have their ego, just like individuals.

Think you're escaping and run into yourself. Longest way round is the shortest way home.

Think you're escaping and run into yourself. Longest way round is the shortest way home.

I am tomorrow, or some future day, what I establish today. I am today what...

I am tomorrow, or some future day, what I establish today. I am today what...

I believe in an extraconsciousness that looks after you. It only comes into play in...

I believe in an extraconsciousness that looks after you. It only comes into play in...

Within you right now is the power to do things you never dreamed possible. This...

Within you right now is the power to do things you never dreamed possible. This...