"you can always tell employees of the government……" — John Kennedy Toole
"you can always tell employees of the government by the total vacancy which occupies the space where most other people have faces."
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John Kennedy Toole
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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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People always tell me, 'Reinvent yourself, re-this, re-whatever.' I haven't reinvented myself. It's an honest evolution. I've always been authentic.
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