"The worst men have the best jobs the best men have the worst jobs or are unemployed or locked in madhouses."

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Charles Bukowski

#Jobs Quotes #Men Quotes #Unemployed Quotes

“I'm a very good screamer, that's for sure”

Source : Interview with Andrew Williams, metro.co.uk. October 27, 2009.
“One of the things I did during my 17 years as a psychiatric social worker was go around and find people with mental crutches, and every time I found one, I kicked those ***** crutches until they flew. You know what happened? Every single one of those people has been able to walk without the crutches better, in fact. Were they giving up anything intrinsically valuable? Just their irrational reliance upon superstitions and supernatural nonsense. Perhaps this sort of claptrap was good for the Stone Age, when people actually believed that if they prayed for rain they would get it.”
“I find that when I am gossiping about my friends, as well as my enemies, I am deeply conscious of performing a social duty. But when I hear they are gossiping about me, I am rightfully filled with righteous indignation.”
“Parents and educators need to establish a culture in which security and clarity of expectations are balanced with the encouragement of playfulness, inquisitiveness and self reliance.”

Source : Guy Claxton (2001). “Wise Up”, p.340, A&C Black
“When American life is most American it is apt to be most theatrical.”
“Miniaturization of electronics started by NASA's push became an entire consumer products industry. Now we're carrying the complete works of Beethoven on a lapel pin listening to it in headphones.”
“A son is like a lopped off branch. As a falcon he comes when he wills and goes where he lists.”
“Research we've done seems to indicate that people who are on the Net like the idea that they don't have to leave what they are reading to go buy something.”

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