"employers sense in me a denial of their……" — John Kennedy Toole
"employers sense in me a denial of their values...they fear me. i suspect that they can see that i am forced to function in a century which i loathe."
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44 Quotes by John Kennedy Toole
John Kennedy Toole has 44 quotes on this site.
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The human desire for food and sex is relatively equal. If there are armed rapes, why should there not be…
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The heart is important at any age, I'm afraid.
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The only problem that those people have anyway is that they don't like new cars and hair sprays. That's why…
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I am at the moment writing a lengthy indictment against our century. When my brain begins to reel from my…
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The day before me is fraught with God knows what horrors.
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It smells terrible in here.' Well, what do you expect? The human body, when confined, produces certain odors which we…
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...I doubt very seriously whether anyone will hire me.' What do you mean, babe? You a fine boy with a…
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It will all end very badly, Gus
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Had that poor Reilly kook really been proud of Levy Pants? He had always said that he was. That was…
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Leaving New Orleans also frightened me considerably. Outside of the city limits the heart of darkness, the true wasteland begins.
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When Fortuna spins you downward, go out to a movie and get more out of life.
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Canned food is a perversion,' Ignatius said. 'I suspect that it is ultimately very damaging to the soul.
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For centuries, the Muslims were able to co-exist perfectly well with Jews and Christians in the Middle East.
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I fully expected that, by the end of the century, we would have achieved substantially more than we actually did.
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John Dalton's records, carefully preserved for a century, were destroyed during the World War II bombing of Manchester. It is…
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When the British came to Ibo land, for instance, at the beginning of the 20th century, and defeated the men…
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When a tradition gathers enough strength to go on for centuries, you don't just turn it off one day.
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Once upon a time, novelists of the 19th century, such as Charles Dickens, published in serial form.
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You can examine the whole 19th century from the point of view of who would have maxed out their credit…
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It is not seen as insane when a fighter, under an attack that will inevitable lead to his death, chooses…
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The issue which has swept down the centuries and which will have to be fought sooner or later is the…
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As a great man's influence never ends, so also there is not definite finality, no end, to a great survey;…
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Kingsley Amis was one of a trio of brilliant comic novelists who made English literature sparkle in the twentieth century.
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