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Things Quotes by J D Salinger
- I have scars on my hands from touching certain people...Certain heads, certain colours and textures of human hair leave permanent marks on me. Other things,…
- There are nice things in the world - and I mean nice things. We're all such morons to get so sidetracked.
- People are always ruining things for you.
- I used to think she was quite intelligent , in my stupidity. The reason I did was because she knew quite a lot about the…
- Among other things, you'll find that you're not the first person who was ever confused and frightened and even sickened by human behavior. You're by…
- Certain things, they should stay the way they are. You ought to be able to stick them in one of those big glass cases and…
- Don't you think I have sense enough to worry about my motives for saying the prayer? That's exactly what's bothering me so. Just because I'm…
- In the first place, you’re way off when you start railing at things and people instead of at yourself.
- Poets are always taking the weather so personally. They're always sticking their emotions in things that have no emotions.
- You know, I'm the only one in this family who has no problems, . . . And you know why? Because any time I'm feeling…
- Among other things, you'll find that you're not the first one who was ever confused and frightened and even sickened by human behavior.
- I'd swear to God, if I were a piano player or an actor or something and all those dopes thought I was terrific, I'd hate…
- Make sure you marry someone who laughs at the same things you do.
More Things Quotes
- It is in the very nature of things human that every act that has once made its appearance and has been recorded… — Hannah Arendt
- I keep my friends as misers do their treasure, because, of all the things granted us by wisdom, none is greater or… — Pietro Aretino
- The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance. — Aristotle
- The worst form of inequality is to try to make unequal things equal. — Aristotle
- Jealousy is both reasonable and belongs to reasonable men, while envy is base and belongs to the base, for the one makes… — Aristotle
- Change in all things is sweet. — Aristotle
- In all things of nature there is something of the marvelous. — Aristotle
- No one would choose a friendless existence on condition of having all the other things in the world. — Aristotle
- For as the eyes of bats are to the blaze of day, so is the reason in our soul to the things… — Aristotle
- The wise man does not expose himself needlessly to danger, since there are few things for which he cares sufficiently; but he… — Aristotle
- A sense is what has the power of receiving into itself the sensible forms of things without the matter, in the way… — Aristotle
- Every art and every inquiry, and similarly every action and choice, is thought to aim at some good; and for this reason… — Aristotle