"It is not sex by itself that interests me, but its particular role in American consciousness, and in my own life."

-- Jerzy Kosinski

#Sex Quotes #Roles Quotes #Consciousness Quotes

“A person is the product of their dreams. So make sure to dream great dreams. And then try to live your dream.”
“The argument that the two parties should represent opposed ideals and policies, one, perhaps, of the Right and the other of the Left, is a foolish idea acceptable only to doctrinaire and academic thinkers. Instead, the two parties should be almost identical, so that the American people can throw the rascals out at any election without leading to any profound or extensive shifts in policy. Then it should be possible to replace it, every four years if necessary, by the other party, which will be none of these things but will still pursue, with new vigor, approximately the same basic policies.”
“People have a moral standard about what they will do and will not do. At the end of the day someone who cheats has a lower moral standard than someone who does not. And they will cheat in other areas of life as well.”
“The wind is a natural way to loosen and release dead leaves and branches, just as emotional and life-situation storms are opportunities for humans to release 'deadwood' and anything needing to be swept away.”
“Laughter means nothing unless there have been tears.”
“Lives based on having are less free than lives based either on doing or being.”
“I never met a man I could marry.”
“I have a lot of cooking tools. In fact I have a whole drawer full of knives. Cooking tools, especially cutlery, are my toys.”

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