Most of the people living in New York have come here from the far to try to make enough money to go back to the farm

Pity the meek, for they shall inherit the earth.

By the time a bartender knows what drink a man will have before he orders, there is little else about him worth knowing.

Procrastination is the art of keeping up with yesterday.

Age is not a particularly interesting subject. Anyone can get old. All you have to do is live long enough.

Punctuality is one of the cardinal business virtues: always insist on it in your subordinates.

When a man tells you that he got rich through hard work, ask him: 'Whose?'

Publishing a volume of verse is like dropping a rose petal down the Grand Canyon and waiting for the echo.

A pessimist is a person who has had to listen to too many optimists.

The chief obstacle to the progress of the human race is the human race.

A fierce unrest seethes at the core, of all existing things:, it was the eager wish to soar, that gave the gods their wings.

It's a shame I'm going to be forced to commit severe testicular trauma upon that boy

Forgiveness means that problems of the past no longer dictate our destinies, and we can focus on the future with God's love in our hearts.

The object of art is to crystallize emotion into thought, and then fix it in form.

The eating of burning brimstone is an entirely fake performance.

The principal role of the mutual fund is to serve its investors.

Let it Ride channels Elmore Leonard at the height of his powers, with dialogue Quentin Tarantino would kill for.

A man's ego is just as fragile as a woman's heart

I had a werewolf morning. Awoke with a rum hangover, imagined blood on the walls, and prayed to god it was mine.

He said he–meaning you–had been addicted to this drug he fed Sunshine. Getting anything that personal out of you is like removing a tooth from a lion without a tranquilizer. (Talon)

My problem is that all things are increasingly interesting to me