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Thing Quotes by William Faulkner
- There is no such thing as bad whiskey. Some whiskeys just happen to be better than others. But a man shouldn't fool with booze until…
- At one time I thought the most important thing was talent. I think now that the young man must possess or teach himself, training himself,…
- The most important thing is insight, that is to be - curious - to wonder, to mull, and to muse why it is that man…
- Nothing can destroy the good writer. The only thing that can alter the good writer is death. Good ones don't have time to bother with…
- Well, between Scotch and nothin', I suppose I’d take Scotch. It’s the nearest thing to good moonshine I can find.
- I think that-that anyone, the painter, the musician, the writer works in a-a kind of an-an insane fury. He's demon-driven. He can get up feeling…
- Fear is the most damnable, damaging thing to human personality in the whole world.
- Good art can come out of thieves, bootleggers, or horse swipes. People really are afraid to find out just how much hardship and poverty they…
- There is something about jumping a horse over a fence, something that makes you feel good. Perhaps it's the risk, the gamble. In any event…
- It's a shame that the only thing a man can do for eight hours a day is work. He can't eat for eight hours; he…
- The saddest thing about love, Joe, is that not only the love cannot last forever, but even the heartbreak is soon forgotten.
- A dream is not a very safe thing to be near... I know; I had one once. It's like a loaded pistol with a hair…
- There is no such thing as was—only is. If was existed, there would be no grief or sorrow.
- The only thing worth writing about is the human heart in conflict with itself
- Maybe times are never strange to women: it is just one continuous monotonous thing full of the repeated follies of their menfolks.
- It always takes a man that never made much at any thing to tell you how to run your business, though. Like these college professors…
- Time is a fluid condition which has no existence except in the momentary avatars of individual people. There is no such thing as was -…
- Maybe the only thing worse than having to give gratitude constantlyall the time, is having to accept it.
- There is no such thing as a bad whisky. Some whiskies just happen to be better than others.
- Maybe the only thing worse than having to give gratitude constantly is having to accept it.
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