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title: "2 Clocks Quotes By Ben Katchor"
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> [I never wore a watch. I always depend on public clocks, and stores have clocks, but that is strange.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-katchor/i-never-wore-a-watch-i-always-depend-on-public-clocks-and-stores-have/)

[Ben Katchor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-katchor/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9c4/ben-katchor-20692_always_i-never-wore-a-watch-i-always-depend-on_357828.png)

> [You can have your own watch and always doubt it. If I had a watch I'd probably always be doubting it or the batteries would be dying. I just know that people always have trouble with their watches, and that's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-katchor/you-can-have-your-own-watch-and-always-doubt-it-if-i-had-a-watch-i-d/)

[Ben Katchor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-katchor/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/efb/ben-katchor-20692_always_you-can-have-your-own-watch-and-always-d_719371.png)

## Other authors on Clocks

## More by Ben Katchor

> [I remember as a child going to an exhibit about the Soviet Union, and every paper had this alien smell. The paper and the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-katchor/i-remember-as-a-child-going-to-an-exhibit-about-the-soviet-union-and/)

[Ben Katchor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-katchor/)

> [In America, there's a very long tradition of a comic strip that comes in newspapers, which is not true all over the world. To…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-katchor/in-america-there-s-a-very-long-tradition-of-a-comic-strip-that-comes/)

[Ben Katchor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-katchor/)

> [There's a real connection between the history of print in Europe and nationalism, and how those two things could be formed. I think they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-katchor/there-s-a-real-connection-between-the-history-of-print-in-europe-and/)

[Ben Katchor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-katchor/)

> [I never wore a watch. I always depend on public clocks, and stores have clocks, but that is strange.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-katchor/i-never-wore-a-watch-i-always-depend-on-public-clocks-and-stores-have/)

[Ben Katchor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-katchor/)

> [I was born Moishe Ketzelbourd but the Indians call me Maurice Cougar.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-katchor/i-was-born-moishe-ketzelbourd-but-the-indians-call-me-maurice-cougar/)

[Ben Katchor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-katchor/)

> [The basis of national identity is to say, "This is authentic to me or my forebears," and is there even such a thing? How…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-katchor/the-basis-of-national-identity-is-to-say-this-is-authentic-to-me-or/)

[Ben Katchor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-katchor/)

> [I live in an apartment building built in 1925, and it hasn't been heavily renovated, so I feel very much connected to that time…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-katchor/i-live-in-an-apartment-building-built-in-1925-and-it-hasn-t-been/)

[Ben Katchor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-katchor/)

> [You can have your own watch and always doubt it. If I had a watch I'd probably always be doubting it or the batteries…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-katchor/you-can-have-your-own-watch-and-always-doubt-it-if-i-had-a-watch-i-d/)

[Ben Katchor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-katchor/)

> [The funny thing is, nationalism only could have come about in Europe after the invention of printing. You could have this thing that was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-katchor/the-funny-thing-is-nationalism-only-could-have-come-about-in-europe/)

[Ben Katchor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-katchor/)

> [You know how misleading an image is. You see an image in the newspaper, if they left the caption off, good luck knowing what's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-katchor/you-know-how-misleading-an-image-is-you-see-an-image-in-the-newspaper/)

[Ben Katchor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-katchor/)

> [ The click \[of a light switch\] is the modern triumphal clarion proceeding us through life, announcing our entry into every lightless room. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-katchor/the-click-of-a-light-switch-is-the-modern-triumphal-clarion/)

[Ben Katchor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-katchor/)

> [“You see these unsold goods taking up space in busy stores and ask yourself, 'Who would ever buy such a thing? To whose antiquated…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-katchor/you-see-these-unsold-goods-taking-up-space-in-busy-stores-and-ask/)

[Ben Katchor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-katchor/)

> [A picture story just doesn't run like a film. It doesn't have 24 frames per second. It doesn't deal with this illusion of movement.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-katchor/a-picture-story-just-doesn-t-run-like-a-film-it-doesn-t-have-24/)

[Ben Katchor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-katchor/)

> [The publishing industry has always wanted to make books as cheaply and as ephemerally as they could; it's nothing new.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-katchor/the-publishing-industry-has-always-wanted-to-make-books-as-cheaply/)

[Ben Katchor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-katchor/)

> [I think a lot of these terms, nationalistic things, somebody is an American, or somebody is a Frenchman, or somebody is a Jew, I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-katchor/i-think-a-lot-of-these-terms-nationalistic-things-somebody-is-an/)

[Ben Katchor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-katchor/)

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