A Man Without a Country Quotes - MagicalQuote https://www.magicalquote.com The place where magic turns in quote... Sun, 29 Jul 2018 19:07:01 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.9.3 While on the subject of burning books, I want to congratulate librarians, not famous for their physical strength https://www.magicalquote.com/bookquotes/while-on-the-subject-of-burning-books/ Sun, 12 Nov 2017 20:18:54 +0000 https://www.magicalquote.com/?post_type=bookquotes&p=25781 When I’m being funny, I try not to offend. I don’t think much of what I’ve done has been in really ghastly taste. I don’t think I have embarrassed many people, or distressed them. https://www.magicalquote.com/bookquotes/when-im-being-funny-i-try-not-to-offend/ Sun, 12 Nov 2017 20:16:04 +0000 https://www.magicalquote.com/?post_type=bookquotes&p=25777 When a man becomes a writer, I think he takes on a sacred obligation to produce beauty and enlightenment and comfort at top speed. https://www.magicalquote.com/bookquotes/when-a-man-becomes-a-writer/ Sun, 12 Nov 2017 20:13:50 +0000 https://www.magicalquote.com/?post_type=bookquotes&p=25774 We are here on Earth to fart around. Don’t let anybody tell you any different. https://www.magicalquote.com/bookquotes/we-are-here-on-earth-to-fart-around/ Sun, 12 Nov 2017 19:01:50 +0000 https://www.magicalquote.com/?post_type=bookquotes&p=25768 The good Earth — we could have saved it, but we were too damn cheap and lazy. https://www.magicalquote.com/bookquotes/the-good-earth-we-could-have-saved-it/ Sun, 12 Nov 2017 19:02:49 +0000 https://www.magicalquote.com/?post_type=bookquotes&p=25769 The arts are not a way to make a living. They are a very human way of making life more bearable. Practicing an art, no matter how well or badly, is a way to make your soul grow, for heaven’s sake. https://www.magicalquote.com/bookquotes/the-arts-are-not-a-way-to-make-a-living/ Sun, 12 Nov 2017 19:00:04 +0000 https://www.magicalquote.com/?post_type=bookquotes&p=25766 Sing in the shower. Dance to the radio. Tell stories. Write a poem to a friend, even a lousy poem. Do it as well as you possibly can. You will get an enormous reward. You will have created something. https://www.magicalquote.com/bookquotes/sing-in-the-shower-dance-to-the-radio-tell-stories/ Sun, 12 Nov 2017 19:03:39 +0000 https://www.magicalquote.com/?post_type=bookquotes&p=25770 Our leaders are sick of all the solid information that has been dumped on humanity by research and scholarship and investigative reporting. https://www.magicalquote.com/bookquotes/our-leaders-are-sick-of-all-the-solid-information/ Sun, 12 Nov 2017 20:18:03 +0000 https://www.magicalquote.com/?post_type=bookquotes&p=25780 Life is no way to treat an animal, not even a mouse. https://www.magicalquote.com/bookquotes/life-is-no-way-to-treat-an-animal-not-even-a-mouse/ Sun, 12 Nov 2017 19:04:53 +0000 https://www.magicalquote.com/?post_type=bookquotes&p=25771 I was a chemistry major, but I’m always winding up as a teacher in English departments, so I’ve brought scientific thinking to literature. There’s been very little gratitude for this. https://www.magicalquote.com/bookquotes/i-was-a-chemistry-major/ Sun, 12 Nov 2017 20:12:43 +0000 https://www.magicalquote.com/?post_type=bookquotes&p=25773 I urge you to please notice when you are happy, and exclaim or murmur or think at some point, “If this isn’t nice, I don’t know what is.” https://www.magicalquote.com/bookquotes/i-urge-you-to-please-notice-when-you-are-happy/ Sun, 12 Nov 2017 19:00:59 +0000 https://www.magicalquote.com/?post_type=bookquotes&p=25767 I think a lot of people, including me, clammed up when a civilian asked about battle, about war. It was fashionable. One of the most impressive ways to tell your war story is to refuse to tell it, you know. Civilians would then have to imagine all kinds of deeds of derring-do. https://www.magicalquote.com/bookquotes/i-think-a-lot-of-people-including-me/ Sun, 12 Nov 2017 20:16:46 +0000 https://www.magicalquote.com/?post_type=bookquotes&p=25778