All Charles Bukowski Quotes
- Some people never go crazy, What truly horrible lives they must live. Anarchy
- 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… Democracy
- An intellectual says a simple thing in a hard way. An artist says a hard thing in a simple way. Artist
- If you want to know who your friends are, get yourself a jail sentence. Friends
- If you're losing your soul and you know it, then you've still got a soul left to lose. Anarchy
- Show me a man who lives alone and has a perpetually clean kitchen, and 8 times out of 9 I'll show you a man with… Alone
- It's possible to love a human being if you don't know them too well. Human
- You begin saving the world by saving one man at a time; all else is grandiose romanticism or politics. All
- Genius might be the ability to say a profound thing in a simple way. Ability
- I don't like jail, they got the wrong kind of bars in there. Bail
- There will always be something to ruin our lives, it all depends on what or which finds us first. We are always ripe and ready… All
- We have wasted History like a bunch of drunks shooting dice back in the men's crapper of the local bar. Bar
- To do a dull thing with style-now that's what I call art. Art
- Bad taste creates many more millionaires than good taste. Bad
- Never get out of bed before noon. Bed
- I would be married, but I'd have no wife, I would be married to a single life. Alone
- Joan of Arc had style. Jesus had style. Arc
- Anybody can be a non-drunk. It takes a special talent to be a drunk. It takes endurance. Endurance is more important than truth. Anybody
- Before you kill something make sure you have something better to replace it with... Better
- Animals never worry about Heaven or Hell. Neither do I. Maybe that's why we get along. Along
- In my next life I want to be a cat. To sleep 20 hours a day and wait to be fed. To sit around licking… Around Licking
- Style is the answer to everything. A fresh way to approach a dull or dangerous thing. To do a dull thing with style is preferable… Answer
- Alcohol is probably one of the greatest things to arrive upon the earth - alongside of me. Alcohol
- Drinking is another way of thinking, another way of living. It gives you two lives instead of one. Another Way
- Long before I became 'rich and famous' I just sat round drinking wine and staring at the walls. Became