Pointless... like giving caviar to an elephant.

Quote by William Faulkner

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I would say that music is the easiest means in which to express, but since...

I would say that music is the easiest means in which to express, but since...

There is something about jumping a horse over a fence, something that makes you feel...

There is something about jumping a horse over a fence, something that makes you feel...

Everything goes by the board: honor, pride, decency to get the book written.

Everything goes by the board: honor, pride, decency to get the book written.

To live anywhere in the world today and be against equality because of race or...

To live anywhere in the world today and be against equality because of race or...

Don't bother just to be better than your contemporaries or predecessors. Try to be better...

Don't bother just to be better than your contemporaries or predecessors. Try to be better...

A writer needs three things, experience, observation, and imagination, any two of which, at times...

A writer needs three things, experience, observation, and imagination, any two of which, at times...

I believe that man will not merely endure. He will prevail. He is immortal, not...

I believe that man will not merely endure. He will prevail. He is immortal, not...

It is my aim, and every effort bent, that the sum and history of my...

It is my aim, and every effort bent, that the sum and history of my...

Unless you're ashamed of yourself now and then, you're not honest.

Unless you're ashamed of yourself now and then, you're not honest.

I'm inclined to think that a military background wouldn't hurt anyone.

I'm inclined to think that a military background wouldn't hurt anyone.

I have found that the greatest help in meeting any problem is to know where...

I have found that the greatest help in meeting any problem is to know where...

I'm bad and I'm going to hell, and I don't care. I'd rather be in...

I'm bad and I'm going to hell, and I don't care. I'd rather be in...

Always dream and shoot higher than you know you can do. Don't bother just to...

Always dream and shoot higher than you know you can do. Don't bother just to...

It's a shame that the only thing a man can do for eight hours a...

It's a shame that the only thing a man can do for eight hours a...

The past is not dead. In fact, it's not even past.

The past is not dead. In fact, it's not even past.

A man's moral conscience is the curse he had to accept from the gods in...

A man's moral conscience is the curse he had to accept from the gods in...

If I were reincarnated, I'd want to come back a buzzard. Nothing hates him or...

If I were reincarnated, I'd want to come back a buzzard. Nothing hates him or...

I decline to accept the end of man.

I decline to accept the end of man.

Man will not merely endure; he will prevail.

Man will not merely endure; he will prevail.

There is something about jumping a horse over a fence, something that makes you feel...

There is something about jumping a horse over a fence, something that makes you feel...