All James Gould Cozzens Quotes
- Real rebels are rarely anything but second rate outside their rebellion; the drain of time and temper is ruinous to any other accomplishment. Accomplishment
- I meditate and put on a rubber tire with three bottles of beer. Most of the time I just sit picking my nose and thinking. Beer
- A cynic is just a man who found out when he was ten that there wasn't any Santa Claus, and he's still upset. Any
- When you can, always advise people to do what you see they really want to do. Doing what they want to do, they may succeed;… Advise
- Bailey might not have great intelligence or abilities, but his whole aim, thought and study was that of the born leader--to look out for himself;… Abilities
- I can't read ten pages of Steinbeck without throwing up. Inspirational
- The first test of ability and intelligence is to find a field of endeavor in which profits are large and risks small. Ability
- The innocent supposition, entertained by most people, that even if they are not brilliant, they are not dumb, is correct only in a very relative… Brilliant
- In the present, every day is a miracle. Day
- Be virtuous and you'll be happy Nonsense Be happy and you'll begin to be virtuous. Begin