"My purpose is to entertain myself first and……" — John D. MacDonald

"My purpose is to entertain myself first and other people secondly."

— John D. MacDonald

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27 Quotes by John D. MacDonald

John D. MacDonald has 27 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

Friendships like marriages are dependent on avoiding the unforgivable.
Integrity is not a conditional word. It doesn't blow in the wind or change with the weather. It is your…
I want story, wit, music, wryness, color, and a sense of reality in what I read, and I try to…
You have to start knowing yourself so well that you begin to know other people. A piece of us is…
Night and gin and music-the right setting for peeling off the thin clinging layers of bullshit and finding one's way…
Now it stands to reason, mister, any damn fool stares into the sun long enough, he'll end up seeing exactly…
If you would be thrilled by watching the galloping advance of a major glacier, you'd be ecstatic watching changes in…
Old friend, there are people—young and old—that I like, and people that I do not like. The former are always…
When you see the ugliness behind the tears of another person, it makes you take a closer look at your…
The only thing in the world worth a damn is the strange, touching, pathetic, awesome nobility of the individual human…
It's no good telling somebody they're trying too hard. It's very much like ordering a child to go stand in…
I am not suited to the role of going around selling the life-can-be-beautiful idea. It can be, indeed. But you…

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It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it. — Aristotle
Never in my wildest dreams did I entertain the idea that I would become a fashion designer. — Giorgio Armani
I spent much of my childhood in northern Quebec, and often there was no radio, no television - there wasn't… — Margaret Atwood
The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts: therefore, guard accordingly, and take care that you… — Marcus Aurelius
My whole thing is to entertain, make people laugh and to forget about the real world for awhile. — Dan Aykroyd
I've always felt that a person's intelligence is directly reflected by the number of conflicting points of view he can… — Abigail Adams
Bigot: One who is obstinately and zealously attached to an opinion that you do not entertain. — Ambrose Bierce
I'm not the type of guy who enjoys one-night stands. It leaves me feeling very empty and cynical. It's not… — Ben Affleck
When I look up at the screen and see myself I always have to laugh. Not because I think I'm… — Ben Affleck
I always entertain the notion that I'm wrong, or that I'll have to revise my opinion. Most of the time… — Anthony Bourdain
My goal is to entertain myself and others. — Ray Bradbury
My job is to go out and entertain the most people possible. — Mel Brooks

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