All Barry Hughart Quotes
- I have never been able to understand why perfectly sensible people waste time being wittily obscure instead of just saying what they want and going… Able
- Our senses are woefully limited. Our brains are but tiny candles flickering in an infinity of darkness. Our only wisdom is to admit that we… Act
- A fool will study for twenty or thirty years and learn how to do something, but a wise man will study for twenty or thirty… Ability
- I shall clasp my hands together and bow to the corners of the world. May your villages remain ignorant of tax collectors, and may your… Age
- The supernatural can be very annoying until one finds the key that transforms it into science," he observed mildly... "Come on, Ox, let's go out… Annoying
- Error can point the way to truth, while empty-headedness can only lead to more empty-headedness or to a career in politics. Career
- Fable has strong shoulders that carry far more truth than fact can. Carry
- 'Immortality is only for the gods,' he whispered. 'I wonder how they can stand it.' Gods
- The emotional health of a village depended upon having a man whom everyone loved to hate, and Heaven had blessed us with two of them. Blessed
- Don't be ashamed of reliving your childhood, Ox, because all of us must do it now and then to maintain our sanity. All
- Blessed are the idiots, for they are happiest people on earth. Blessed