Show me a man who lives alone and has a perpetually clean kitchen, and 8 times out of 9 I'll show you a man with detestable spiritual qualities.

Quote by Charles Bukowski

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Some people never go crazy, What truly horrible lives they must live.

Some people never go crazy, What truly horrible lives they must live.

That is what friendship means. Sharing the prejudice of experience.

That is what friendship means. Sharing the prejudice of experience.

The difference between a democracy and a dictatorship is that in a democracy you vote...

The difference between a democracy and a dictatorship is that in a democracy you vote...

To do a dull thing with style-now that's what I call art.

To do a dull thing with style-now that's what I call art.

You begin saving the world by saving one man at a time; all else is...

You begin saving the world by saving one man at a time; all else is...

I would be married, but I'd have no wife, I would be married to a...

I would be married, but I'd have no wife, I would be married to a...

If you want to know who your friends are, get yourself a jail sentence.

If you want to know who your friends are, get yourself a jail sentence.

An intellectual says a simple thing in a hard way. An artist says a hard...

An intellectual says a simple thing in a hard way. An artist says a hard...

It's possible to love a human being if you don't know them too well.

It's possible to love a human being if you don't know them too well.

Some people never go crazy, What truly horrible lives they must live.

Some people never go crazy, What truly horrible lives they must live.

I don't like jail, they got the wrong kind of bars in there.

I don't like jail, they got the wrong kind of bars in there.

Boring damned people. All over the earth. Propagating more boring damned people. What a horror...

Boring damned people. All over the earth. Propagating more boring damned people. What a horror...

You begin saving the world by saving one person at a time; all else is...

You begin saving the world by saving one person at a time; all else is...

To do a dull thing with style-now THAT'S what I call art.

To do a dull thing with style-now THAT'S what I call art.

There will always be something to ruin our lives, it all depends on what or...

There will always be something to ruin our lives, it all depends on what or...

I had noticed that both in the very poor and very rich extremes of society...

I had noticed that both in the very poor and very rich extremes of society...

Humanity, you never had it to begin with.

Humanity, you never had it to begin with.

Never get out of bed before noon

Never get out of bed before noon

I never remember feeling tired by work, though idleness exhausts me completely

I never remember feeling tired by work, though idleness exhausts me completely

Idleness is only a coarse name for my infinite capacity for living in the present.

Idleness is only a coarse name for my infinite capacity for living in the present.