The difference between a democracy and a dictatorship is that in a democracy you vote first and take orders later; in a dictatorship you don't have to waste your time voting.

Quote by Charles Bukowski

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We have wasted History like a bunch of drunks shooting dice back in the men's...

We have wasted History like a bunch of drunks shooting dice back in the men's...

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...

Sex is interesting, but it's not totally important. I mean it's not even as important...

Sex is interesting, but it's not totally important. I mean it's not even as important...

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...

Genius might be the ability to say a profound thing in a simple way.

Genius might be the ability to say a profound thing in a simple way.

If you're losing your soul and you know it, then you've still got a soul...

If you're losing your soul and you know it, then you've still got a soul...

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.

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...

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

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

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...

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

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

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.

We have wasted History like a bunch of drunks shooting dice back in the men's...

We have wasted History like a bunch of drunks shooting dice back in the men's...

Show me a man who lives alone and has a perpetually clean kitchen, and 8...

Show me a man who lives alone and has a perpetually clean kitchen, and 8...

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...

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

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

Bad taste creates many more millionaires than good taste.

Bad taste creates many more millionaires than good taste.

Never get out of bed before noon.

Never get out of bed before noon.

Joan of Arc had style. Jesus had style.

Joan of Arc had style. Jesus had style.

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.