--- title: "15 Chuck Palahniuk Quotes by 10 authors" description: "Browse 15 Chuck Palahniuk quotes by 10 authors. Discover the best Chuck Palahniuk sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/065/benito-mussolini-3049_history_the-history-of-saints-is-mainly-the-hist_2643111.jpg" --- > [“The history of saints is mainly the history of insane people." -Benito Mussolini (Chuck Palahniuk - Pygmy)”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benito-mussolini/the-history-of-saints-is-mainly-the-history-of-insane-people-benito/) [Benito Mussolini](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/benito-mussolini/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/065/benito-mussolini-3049_history_the-history-of-saints-is-mainly-the-hist_2643111.jpg) > [“May I never be complete. May I never be content. May I never be perfect. Deliver me, Tyler, from being perfect and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-palahniuk/may-i-never-be-complete-may-i-never-be-content-may-i-never-be-perfect/) [Chuck Palahniuk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-palahniuk/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2cb/chuck-palahniuk-37_complete_may-i-never-be-complete-may-i-never-be-c_60384.jpg) > [“It is through disobedience that progress has been made, through disobedience and through rebellion." - Oscar Wilde (Chuck Palahniuk - Pygmy)”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/it-is-through-disobedience-that-progress-has-been-made-through/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5b4/oscar-wilde-16_revolution_it-is-through-disobedience-that-progress_2244996.jpg) > [“On a large enough time line, the survival rate for everyone drops to zero. —Chuck Palahniuk”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-lipsenthal/on-a-large-enough-time-line-the-survival-rate-for-everyone-drops-to/) [Lee Lipsenthal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-lipsenthal/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/10e/lee-lipsenthal-41102_enough-time_on-a-large-enough-time-line-the-survival_1165483.jpg) > [“On a large enough time line, the survival rate for everyone will drop to zero." —Chuck Palahniuk, Fight Club”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leslie-langtry/on-a-large-enough-time-line-the-survival-rate-for-everyone-will-drop/) [Leslie Langtry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leslie-langtry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bf2/leslie-langtry-28929_enough-time_on-a-large-enough-time-line-the-survival_520606.jpg) > [“Chuck Palahniuk asked which is worse: Hell or nothing. Here is my answer: Of course nothing! Because even in Hell, there is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mehmet-murat-ildan/chuck-palahniuk-asked-which-is-worse-hell-or-nothing-here-is-my/) [Mehmet Murat ildan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mehmet-murat-ildan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4c2/mehmet-murat-ildan-3_hell_chuck-palahniuk-asked-which-is-worse-hel_619509.jpg) > [“The one you love and the one who loves you are never, ever the same person.” (Chuck Palahniuk, Invisible Monsters) "He heals…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-palahniuk/the-one-you-love-and-the-one-who-loves-you-are-never-ever-the-same-2/) [Chuck Palahniuk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-palahniuk/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/020/chuck-palahniuk-37_bible_the-one-you-love-and-the-one-who-loves-y_2627081.jpg) > [“The one you love and the one who loves you are never, ever the same person.” (Chuck Palahniuk, Invisible Monsters) "He heals…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-palahniuk-bible/the-one-you-love-and-the-one-who-loves-you-are-never-ever-the-same/) Chuck Palahniuk Bible [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4b9/chuck-palahniuk-bible-228314_invisible-monsters_the-one-you-love-and-the-one-who-loves-y_1342298.jpg) > [“That’s the biggest purpose of religious gathering: permission to look terrible in public. We used to go to church to confess our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-palahniuk/that-s-the-biggest-purpose-of-religious-gathering-permission-to-look/) [Chuck Palahniuk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-palahniuk/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8e4/chuck-palahniuk-37_american-writers_that-s-the-biggest-purpose-of-religious_1105085.jpg) > [“For example, if she joined the book club — there was always a book club — and hung out with them, her…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pete-hautman/for-example-if-she-joined-the-book-club-there-was-always-a-book-club/) [Pete Hautman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pete-hautman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/346/pete-hautman-21164_book-club_for-example-if-she-joined-the-book-club_1745000.png) > [“All a gun does is focus an explosion in one direction. You have a class of young strong men and women, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-palahniuk/all-a-gun-does-is-focus-an-explosion-in-one-direction-you-have-a/) [Chuck Palahniuk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-palahniuk/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c59/chuck-palahniuk-37_fight-club_all-a-gun-does-is-focus-an-explosion-in_675064.jpg) > [“From a May 2010 Interview, Chuck Palahniuk "Weird and creepy but true, I've been reading lots of Judy Blume. Being a 48-year-old…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-palahniuk/from-a-may-2010-interview-chuck-palahniuk-weird-and-creepy-but-true-i/) [Chuck Palahniuk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-palahniuk/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0b8/chuck-palahniuk-37_judy-blume_from-a-may-2010-interview-chuck-palahniu_1423292.jpg) > [“Chuck Palahniuk “Advertising has us chasing cars and clothes, working jobs we hate so we can buy shit we don't need. We're…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-palahniuk/chuck-palahniuk-advertising-has-us-chasing-cars-and-clothes-working/) [Chuck Palahniuk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-palahniuk/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/26b/chuck-palahniuk-37_great-depression_chuck-palahniuk-advertising-has-us-chasi_2807495.jpg) > [“ God damn it, an entire generation pumping gas, waiting tables – slaves with white collars. Advertising has us chasing cars and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erlend-bakke/god-damn-it-an-entire-generation-pumping-gas-waiting-tables-slaves/) [Erlend Bakke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erlend-bakke/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b7c/erlend-bakke-39040_great-depression_god-damn-it-an-entire-generation-pumping_2208004.jpg) > [“The man was handsome, and he taught English in the same department as me--- and the second he showed up at my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ashley-poston/the-man-was-handsome-and-he-taught-english-in-the-same-department-as/) [Ashley Poston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ashley-poston/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/89f/ashley-poston-13472_blown-off_the-man-was-handsome-and-he-taught-engli_369091.jpg) ## Top authors on Chuck Palahniuk ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/chuck-palahniuk-2/#itemlist", "name": "Chuck Palahniuk Quotes", "numberOfItems": 15, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“The history of saints is mainly the history of insane people.\" -Benito Mussolini (Chuck Palahniuk - Pygmy)”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Benito Mussolini" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benito-mussolini/the-history-of-saints-is-mainly-the-history-of-insane-people-benito/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/065/benito-mussolini-3049_history_the-history-of-saints-is-mainly-the-hist_2643111.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/065/benito-mussolini-3049_history_the-history-of-saints-is-mainly-the-hist_2643111.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/065/benito-mussolini-3049_history_the-history-of-saints-is-mainly-the-hist_2643111.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The history of saints is mainly the history of insane people.\" -Benito Mussolini (Chuck Palahniuk - Pygmy)” — Benito Mussolini", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“May I never be complete. 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We used to go to church to confess our worst behaviour, to be heard and forgiven, then to be redeemed and accepted back into our community Chuck Palahniuk in interview with TMO ”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Chuck Palahniuk" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-palahniuk/that-s-the-biggest-purpose-of-religious-gathering-permission-to-look/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8e4/chuck-palahniuk-37_american-writers_that-s-the-biggest-purpose-of-religious_1105085.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8e4/chuck-palahniuk-37_american-writers_that-s-the-biggest-purpose-of-religious_1105085.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8e4/chuck-palahniuk-37_american-writers_that-s-the-biggest-purpose-of-religious_1105085.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“That’s the biggest purpose of religious gathering: permission to look terrible in public. 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Being a 48-year-old male reading about adolescent sex in Forever gets me lots of stares in airports...At this point I am an authority on menstruation.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Chuck Palahniuk" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-palahniuk/from-a-may-2010-interview-chuck-palahniuk-weird-and-creepy-but-true-i/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0b8/chuck-palahniuk-37_judy-blume_from-a-may-2010-interview-chuck-palahniu_1423292.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0b8/chuck-palahniuk-37_judy-blume_from-a-may-2010-interview-chuck-palahniu_1423292.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0b8/chuck-palahniuk-37_judy-blume_from-a-may-2010-interview-chuck-palahniu_1423292.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“From a May 2010 Interview, Chuck Palahniuk \"Weird and creepy but true, I've been reading lots of Judy Blume…” — Chuck Palahniuk", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 13, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Chuck Palahniuk “Advertising has us chasing cars and clothes, working jobs we hate so we can buy shit we don't need. We're the middle children of history. No purpose or place. We have no Great War, No Great Depression. Our great war is a spiritual war. Our great depression is our lives. 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