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William, Saroyan quotes: It is a pity, in my opinion, that no prize exists for the writer who best refrains from adding to the world's bad books. It is a pity, in my opinion, that no prize exists for the writer who best refrains from adding to the world's bad books.
William, Saroyan quotes: Of all the things I love to taste, sweetest is the kiss of love. Of all the things I love to taste, sweetest is the kiss of love.
William, Saroyan quotes: Armenag Saroyan. A good man of whom the worst that anybody was willing to say, was that he was too good for this world. Armenag Saroyan. A good man of whom the worst that anybody was willing to say, was that he was too good for this world.
William, Saroyan quotes: I believe that time, with its infinite understanding, will one day forgive me. I believe that time, with its infinite understanding, will one day forgive me.
William, Saroyan quotes: When you laugh, laugh like hell. And when you get angry, get good and angry. Try to be alive. You will be dead soon enough. When you laugh, laugh like hell. And when you get angry, get good and angry. Try to be alive. You will be dead soon enough.
William, Saroyan quotes: The whole world and every human being in it is everybody's business. The whole world and every human being in it is everybody's business.
William, Saroyan quotes: Every man in the world is better than someone else and not as good as someone else. Every man in the world is better than someone else and not as good as someone else.
William, Saroyan quotes: No city invites the heart to come to life as San Francisco does. Arrival in San Francisco is an experience in living. No city invites the heart to come to life as San Francisco does. Arrival in San Francisco is an experience in living.
William, Saroyan quotes: You must not be unkind, especially when it happens that you're right. You must not be unkind, especially when it happens that you're right.
William, Saroyan quotes: I used to throw things out, saying, 'This isn't great.' It didn't occur to me that it didn't have to be great. I used to throw things out, saying, 'This isn't great.' It didn't occur to me that it didn't have to be great.
William, Saroyan quotes: The bicycle is the noblest invention of mankind. The bicycle is the noblest invention of mankind.
William, Saroyan quotes: We didn't say anything because there was such an awful lot to say, and no language to say it in. We didn't say anything because there was such an awful lot to say, and no language to say it in.
William, Saroyan quotes: Encourage virtue in whatever heart it may have been driven into secrecy and sorrow by the shame and terror of the world. Encourage virtue in whatever heart it may have been driven into secrecy and sorrow by the shame and terror of the world.
William, Saroyan quotes: All great art has madness, and quite a lot of bad art has it, too. All great art has madness, and quite a lot of bad art has it, too.
William, Saroyan quotes: The order I found was the order of disorder The order I found was the order of disorder
William, Saroyan quotes: Christmas is sights, especially the sights of Christmas reflected in the eyes of a child. Christmas is sights, especially the sights of Christmas reflected in the eyes of a child.
William, Saroyan quotes: You live and die according to what goes on in yourself, which no one else can even begin to know, not even father, mother, wife, son, or daughter. You live and die according to what goes on in yourself, which no one else can even begin to know, not even father, mother, wife, son, or daughter.
William, Saroyan quotes: This is a hell of a night. I don't want to leave it just to go to sleep. This is a hell of a night. I don't want to leave it just to go to sleep.
William, Saroyan quotes: I never knew teachers are human beings like everybody else and better too! I never knew teachers are human beings like everybody else
and better too!
William, Saroyan quotes: My work has always been the product of my time. My work has always been the product of my time.
William, Saroyan quotes: Kids are always the only future the human race has. Kids are always the only future the human race has.
William, Saroyan quotes: You write a hit play the same way you write a flop You write a hit play the same way you write a flop
William, Saroyan quotes: Human memory works its own wheel, and stops where it will, entirely without reference to the last stop, and with no connection with the next. Human memory works its own wheel, and stops where it will, entirely without reference to the last stop, and with no connection with the next.
William, Saroyan quotes: I see life as one life at one time, so many millions simultaneously, all over the earth. I see life as one life at one time, so many millions simultaneously, all over the earth.
William, Saroyan quotes: We get very little wisdom from success, you know. We get very little wisdom from success, you know.
William, Saroyan quotes: Be, beget, begone. Be, beget, begone.
William, Saroyan quotes: But who can speak to God, or rather who can't? The question is, who can get an answer? But who can speak to God, or rather who can't? The question is, who can get an answer?
William, Saroyan quotes: When Ulysses saw his brother, a wonderful thing happened to his face. All the terror left his eyes, because now he was hom When Ulysses saw his brother, a wonderful thing happened to his face. All the terror left his eyes, because now he was hom
William, Saroyan quotes: Be grateful for yourself ... be thankful. Be grateful for yourself ... be thankful.
William, Saroyan quotes: One picture is worth a thousand words. Yes, but only if you look at the picture and say or think the thousand words One picture is worth a thousand words. Yes, but only if you look at the picture and say or think the thousand words
William, Saroyan quotes: The Tax Collector's letters are invariably mimeographed, and all they say is that you still haven't paid him. The Tax Collector's letters are invariably mimeographed, and all they say is that you still haven't paid him.
William, Saroyan quotes: There's a pretty woman for ever lucky man in the world: every man in the world is a lucky man if he only knew it, so why waste time? There's a pretty woman for ever lucky man in the world: every man in the world is a lucky man if he only knew it, so why waste time?
William, Saroyan quotes: I wanted to know her the way a bee wants to know a great bright flower. I wanted to know her the way a bee wants to know a great bright flower.
William, Saroyan quotes: A poverty-stricken nation with a great art is a greater nation than a wealthy nation with a poverty-stricken art. A poverty-stricken nation with a great art is a greater nation than a wealthy nation with a poverty-stricken art.
William, Saroyan quotes: San Francisco is a world to explore. It is a place where the heart can go on a delightful adventure. San Francisco is a world to explore. It is a place where the heart can go on a delightful adventure.
William, Saroyan quotes: What can a man do to move along in some kind of grace through his days and years? What can a man do to move along in some kind of grace through his days and years?
William, Saroyan quotes: Each book can make a life or a fragment of it more beautiful. Each book can make a life or a fragment of it more beautiful.
William, Saroyan quotes: What can I tell you, except the stupid little I know? What can I tell you, except the stupid little I know?
William, Saroyan quotes: I believe in anything that works. I believe in anything that works.
William, Saroyan quotes: The writer who is a real writer is a rebel who never stops. The writer who is a real writer is a rebel who never stops.
William, Saroyan quotes: Sometimes the most intelligent thing is not to do anything, certainly nothing loaded with the imbecility of emotionality. Sometimes the most intelligent thing is not to do anything, certainly nothing loaded with the imbecility of emotionality.
William, Saroyan quotes: The idiot is indeed the good man, but only because he doesn't know any better. The idiot is indeed the good man, but only because he doesn't know any better.
William, Saroyan quotes: I'm not the kind of guy to knock at a door and then when the door is opened not go in. I'm not the kind of guy to knock at a door and then when the door is opened not go in.
William, Saroyan quotes: He was under the impression that he belonged wherever there was something interesting to see. He was under the impression that he belonged wherever there was something interesting to see.
William, Saroyan quotes: Think before you speak, think twice before you shout, think three times before you go mad. Think before you speak, think twice before you shout, think three times before you go mad.
William, Saroyan quotes: A man's ethnic identity has more to do with a personal awareness than with geography. A man's ethnic identity has more to do with a personal awareness than with geography.
William, Saroyan quotes: Live, for this is the time of your life. Live, for this is the time of your life.
William, Saroyan quotes: I am enormously wise and abysmally ignorant I am enormously wise and abysmally ignorant
William, Saroyan quotes: There could be no extreme vanity in my recognition of myself, if in fact there could be any at all. There could be no extreme vanity in my recognition of myself, if in fact there could be any at all.
William, Saroyan quotes: No enemy is so annoying as one who was a friend, or still is a friend,and there are many more of these than one would suspect. No enemy is so annoying as one who was a friend, or still is a friend,and there are many more of these than one would suspect.
William, Saroyan quotes: What is a street? It is where the living weep, where the dead go off in silence to their peace. What is a street? It is where the living weep, where the dead go off in silence to their peace.
William, Saroyan quotes: It takes a lot of rehearsing for a man to be himself. It takes a lot of rehearsing for a man to be himself.
William, Saroyan quotes: Every man is correct in asking God why he is stuck with himself, and his rotten luck. Every man is correct in asking God why he is stuck with himself, and his rotten luck.
William, Saroyan quotes: Remember that every man is a variation of yourself Remember that every man is a variation of yourself
William, Saroyan quotes: What we want to do is keep from hindering. If it's impossible to help, it's always possible to hinder. What we want to do is keep from hindering. If it's impossible to help, it's always possible to hinder.
William, Saroyan quotes: He's finding out, he's doing all right, he'll go to school but nobody's going to teach him anything. He's finding out, he's doing all right, he'll go to school but nobody's going to teach him anything.
William, Saroyan quotes: It is impossible not to notice that our world is tormented by failure, hate, guilt, and fear. It is impossible not to notice that our world is tormented by failure, hate, guilt, and fear.
William, Saroyan quotes: I have managed to conceal my madness fairly effectively, and as far as I know it hasn't hurt anybody badly, for which I am grateful. I have managed to conceal my madness fairly effectively, and as far as I know it hasn't hurt anybody badly, for which I am grateful.
William, Saroyan quotes: Art is what is irresistible. Art is what is irresistible.
William, Saroyan quotes: If I have any desire at all, it is to show the brotherhood of man. If I have any desire at all, it is to show the brotherhood of man.
William, Saroyan quotes: We are not forced into unpleasant activities. We either allow them to come about or we encourage them to come about. We are not forced into unpleasant activities. We either allow them to come about or we encourage them to come about.
William, Saroyan quotes: My work is writing, but my real work is being. My work is writing, but my real work is being.
William, Saroyan quotes: Seek goodness everywhere, and when it is found, bring it out of its hiding place and let it be free and unashamed. Seek goodness everywhere, and when it is found, bring it out of its hiding place and let it be free and unashamed.
William, Saroyan quotes: Nothing good ever ends. Nothing good ever ends.
William, Saroyan quotes: The best that can be said for anybody is probably that you misunderstood him favorably. The best that can be said for anybody is probably that you misunderstood him favorably.
William, Saroyan quotes: Jack Benny had style from the beginning. He stood straight and walked kind of sideways as if he were being gently shoved by a touch of genius. Jack Benny had style from the beginning. He stood straight and walked kind of sideways as if he were being gently shoved by a touch of genius.
William, Saroyan quotes: The Americans have found the healing of God in a variety of things, the most pleasant of which is probably automobile drives. The Americans have found the healing of God in a variety of things, the most pleasant of which is probably automobile drives.
William, Saroyan quotes: The greatest happiness you can have is knowing that you do not necessarily require happiness. The greatest happiness you can have is knowing that you do not necessarily require happiness.
William, Saroyan quotes: I care so much about everything that I care about nothing I care so much about everything that I care about nothing
William, Saroyan quotes: All things lie dark in possibility. All things lie dark in possibility.
William, Saroyan quotes: You know the look: genius gone to pot, and ready to join the Communist Party You know the look: genius gone to pot, and ready to join the Communist Party
William, Saroyan quotes: Human greatness is a rather difficult thing to account for, and more often than not one is mistaken in one's hunches about somebody one has met. Human greatness is a rather difficult thing to account for, and more often than not one is mistaken in one's hunches about somebody one has met.
William, Saroyan quotes: I can't hate for long. It isn't worth it. I can't hate for long. It isn't worth it.
William, Saroyan quotes: Genius is play, and man's capacity for achieving genius is infinite, and many may achieve genius only through play. Genius is play, and man's capacity for achieving genius is infinite, and many may achieve genius only through play.
William, Saroyan quotes: I don't think my writing is sentimental, although it is a very sentimental thing to be a human being. I don't think my writing is sentimental, although it is a very sentimental thing to be a human being.
William, Saroyan quotes: Remember that in the midst of that which is most tragic there is always the comic and in the midst that which is most evil there is always much good. Remember that in the midst of that which is most tragic there is always the comic and in the midst that which is most evil there is always much good.
William, Saroyan quotes: There is no real freedom for the man who is in so much of a hurry that he is annoyed by the human race and by the hot glaring afternoon There is no real freedom for the man who is in so much of a hurry that he is annoyed by the human race and by the hot glaring afternoon sun.
William, Saroyan quotes: Even after you've won fame and fortune, every time you write you've got to write, there's no shortcut, you have to start your career all over again. Even after you've won fame and fortune, every time you write you've got to write, there's no shortcut, you have to start your career all over again.
William, Saroyan quotes: Give me something about bacteria. Give me something that won't make me feel so inferior Give me something about bacteria. Give me something that won't make me feel so inferior
William, Saroyan quotes: What a people talk about means something. What they don't talk about means something. What a people talk about means something. What they don't talk about means something.
William, Saroyan quotes: If you give to a thief he cannot steal from you, and he is no longer a thief. If you give to a thief he cannot steal from you, and he is no longer a thief.
William, Saroyan quotes: All I can do is write my stories for mankind, and rest easy. All I can do is write my stories for mankind, and rest easy.
William, Saroyan quotes: Sunday is the day people go quietly mad, one way or another. Sunday is the day people go quietly mad, one way or another.
William, Saroyan quotes: People is all everything is, all it has ever been, all it can ever be. People is all everything is, all it has ever been, all it can ever be.
William, Saroyan quotes: All writers are discontent. That's because they're aware of a potential and believe they're not reaching it. All writers are discontent. That's because they're aware of a potential and believe they're not reaching it.
William, Saroyan quotes: The role of art is to make a world which can be inhabited. The role of art is to make a world which can be inhabited.
William, Saroyan quotes: Their singing wasn't particularly good, but the feeling with which they sang was not bad at all. Their singing wasn't particularly good, but the feeling with which they sang was not bad at all.
William, Saroyan quotes: The people you hate, well, this is the question about such people: why do you hate them? The people you hate, well, this is the question about such people: why do you hate them?
William, Saroyan quotes: Lionel whispered because he was under the impression that it was out of respect for books, not consideration for readers. Lionel whispered because he was under the impression that it was out of respect for books, not consideration for readers.
William, Saroyan quotes: This was such bad writing that it was good. This was such bad writing that it was good.
William, Saroyan quotes: Good people are good because they've come to wisdom through failure. Good people are good because they've come to wisdom through failure.
William, Saroyan quotes: Illness must be considered to be as natural as health. Illness must be considered to be as natural as health.
William, Saroyan quotes: Doctors don't know everything really. They understand matter, not spirit. And you and I live in the spirit. Doctors don't know everything really. They understand matter, not spirit. And you and I live in the spirit.
William, Saroyan quotes: I watch the growth of spirit in the children who come to my class. I watch the growth of spirit in the children who come to my class.
William, Saroyan quotes: What a lonely and silly thing it is to be an Armenian writer in America. What a lonely and silly thing it is to be an Armenian writer in America.
William, Saroyan quotes: When I began to wait to live I really began to wait to die. When I began to wait to live I really began to wait to die.
William, Saroyan quotes: I do not know what makes a writer, but it probably isn't happiness. I do not know what makes a writer, but it probably isn't happiness.
William, Saroyan quotes: Nobody, but nobody, is going to tell me I'm not the most. I am. I was the most when everybody else was struggling bitterly to become a little. Nobody, but nobody, is going to tell me I'm not the most. I am. I was the most when everybody else was struggling bitterly to become a little.
William, Saroyan quotes: If I want to do anything, I want to speak a more universal language. If I want to do anything, I want to speak a more universal language.
William, Saroyan quotes: I believe there are ways whose ends are life instead of death. I believe there are ways whose ends are life instead of death.

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