Utter happiness is a fallacy. The best most of us can hope for is that occasional span of time which occurs at irregular lengths and intervals throughout our lives wherein for an all too ephemeral period, nothing in particular sucks…

Quote by Anthony Beal

Topics: Arrogance Quotes, Expectation Quotes

I am a precious evil.

I am a precious evil.

For one to expect or ask things of others that he himself, if asked, would...

For one to expect or ask things of others that he himself, if asked, would...

I wonder when someone will grow the testicles to say to americans everywhere, 'Enough with...

I wonder when someone will grow the testicles to say to americans everywhere, 'Enough with...

As long as our culture continues to fawn over its downward-aspiring lowest common denominators, the...

As long as our culture continues to fawn over its downward-aspiring lowest common denominators, the...

My pen is my razor, and I've been bleeding.

My pen is my razor, and I've been bleeding.

The more we write the less we die.

The more we write the less we die.

To be a well-flavored man is the gift of fortune, but to write or read...

To be a well-flavored man is the gift of fortune, but to write or read...

Writing, at its best, is a lonely life. Organizations for writers palliate the writer's loneliness,...

Writing, at its best, is a lonely life. Organizations for writers palliate the writer's loneliness,...

Perhaps it is our perennial fate to be surprised by the simultaneity of events, by...

Perhaps it is our perennial fate to be surprised by the simultaneity of events, by...

I don't expect you'll hear me writing any poems to the greater glory of Ronald...

I don't expect you'll hear me writing any poems to the greater glory of Ronald...

To write a good love letter, you ought to begin without knowing what you mean...

To write a good love letter, you ought to begin without knowing what you mean...

Writing is hard work and bad for the health.

Writing is hard work and bad for the health.

The artist doesn't have time to listen to the critics. The ones who want to...

The artist doesn't have time to listen to the critics. The ones who want to...

I began to write more songs when I had more time, especially when we began...

I began to write more songs when I had more time, especially when we began...

Action is greater than writing. A good man is a nobler object of contemplation than...

Action is greater than writing. A good man is a nobler object of contemplation than...

I've given my memoirs far more thought than any of my marriages. You can't divorce...

I've given my memoirs far more thought than any of my marriages. You can't divorce...

Don't get it right, just get it written

Don't get it right, just get it written

Write your injuries in dust, your benefits in marble.

Write your injuries in dust, your benefits in marble.

I was working on the proof of one of my poems all the morning, and...

I was working on the proof of one of my poems all the morning, and...

To me, the greatest pleasure of writing is not what it's about, but the inner...

To me, the greatest pleasure of writing is not what it's about, but the inner...