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J. Raymond Quotes: "What breaks capitalism, all that will ever break capitalism, is capitalists. The faster they run the more strain on their heart."

What breaks capitalism, all that will ever break capitalism, is capitalists. The faster they run the more strain on their heart.



J. Raymond Quotes: "I think a man ought to get drunk at least twice a year just on principle, so he won't let himself get snotty about it."

I think a man ought to get drunk at least twice a year just on principle, so he won't let himself get snotty about it.




J. Raymond Quotes: "Forgiveness is the nature of my art in general. It's expressing love and compassion, the kinds of things that don't make sense in any other context other than emotive expression."

Forgiveness is the nature of my art in general. It's expressing love and compassion, the kinds of things that don't make sense in any other context other than emotive expression.



J. Raymond Quotes: "Art can be a kind of therapeutic, or kind of a fantasy life, or wish fulfillment...o r creating this alternate universe. Art gives me the freedom to do that."

Art can be a kind of therapeutic, or kind of a fantasy life, or wish fulfillment...o r creating this alternate universe. Art gives me the freedom to do that.




J. Raymond Quotes: "I needed a drink, I needed a lot of life insurance, I needed a vacation, I needed a home in the country. What I had was a coat, a hat and a gun. I put them on and went out of the room."

I needed a drink, I needed a lot of life insurance, I needed a vacation, I needed a home in the country. What I had was a coat, a hat and a gun. I put them on and went out of the room.



J. Raymond Quotes: "But psychology is a more tricky field, in which even outstanding authorities have been known to run in circles, 'describing things which everyone knows in language which no one understands'."

But psychology is a more tricky field, in which even outstanding authorities have been known to run in circles, 'describing things which everyone knows in language which no one understands'.



J. Raymond Quotes: "Intellectuals cannot tolerate the chance event, the unintelligible: they have a nostalgia for the absolute, for a universally comprehensive scheme."

Intellectuals cannot tolerate the chance event, the unintelligible: they have a nostalgia for the absolute, for a universally comprehensive scheme.




J. Raymond Quotes: "There is no idea so brilliant or original that a sufficiently-untalented writer can't screw it up."

There is no idea so brilliant or original that a sufficiently-untalented writer can't screw it up.



J. Raymond Quotes: "I have never understood why public opinion about European ideas should be taken into account."

I have never understood why public opinion about European ideas should be taken into account.



J. Raymond Quotes: "I believe that either Jupiter has life or it doesn't. But I neither believe that it does, nor do I believe that it doesn't."

I believe that either Jupiter has life or it doesn't. But I neither believe that it does, nor do I believe that it doesn't.



J. Raymond Quotes: "What good are insights? They only make things worse."

What good are insights? They only make things worse.



J. Raymond Quotes: "The French have a phrase for it. The bastards have a phrase for everything and they are always right. To say goodbye is to die a little."

The French have a phrase for it. The bastards have a phrase for everything and they are always right. To say goodbye is to die a little.




J. Raymond Quotes: "The human crisis is always a crisis of understanding: what we genuinely understand we can do."

The human crisis is always a crisis of understanding: what we genuinely understand we can do.



J. Raymond Quotes: "It is always too soon to quit."

It is always too soon to quit.



J. Raymond Quotes: "If you have the right attitude, interesting problems will find you."

If you have the right attitude, interesting problems will find you.



J. Raymond Quotes: "I don't want to express violence or anger or hate in my art. I want to express forgiveness."

I don't want to express violence or anger or hate in my art. I want to express forgiveness.



J. Raymond Quotes: "Form, which should be the clean - cut expression of mechanical excellence has become sensuous and organic."

Form, which should be the clean - cut expression of mechanical excellence has become sensuous and organic.



J. Raymond Quotes: "The intellectual who no longer feels attached to anything is not satisfied with opinion merely; he wants certainty, he wants a system. The revolution provides him with his opium."

The intellectual who no longer feels attached to anything is not satisfied with opinion merely; he wants certainty, he wants a system. The revolution provides him with his opium.



J. Raymond Quotes: "This present universe is the Kingdom of Heaven, and all we do is to clear away our misconception of it until we see It as It really is."

This present universe is the Kingdom of Heaven, and all we do is to clear away our misconception of it until we see It as It really is.



J. Raymond Quotes: "The moment a man sets his thoughts down on paper, however secretly, he is in a sense writing for publication."

The moment a man sets his thoughts down on paper, however secretly, he is in a sense writing for publication.



J. Raymond Quotes: "The streets were dark with something more then night."

The streets were dark with something more then night.



J. Raymond Quotes: "Every aspect of personal life is radically affected by the quality of general life, and yet the general life is seen at its most important in completely personal terms."

Every aspect of personal life is radically affected by the quality of general life, and yet the general life is seen at its most important in completely personal terms.



J. Raymond Quotes: "You can always tell a detective on TV. He never takes his hat off."

You can always tell a detective on TV. He never takes his hat off.



J. Raymond Quotes: "The idea of nature contains, though often unnoticed, an extraordinary amount of human history."

The idea of nature contains, though often unnoticed, an extraordinary amount of human history.



J. Raymond Quotes: "It is pretty obvious that the debasement of the human mind caused by a constant flow of fraudulent advertising is no trivial thing. There is more than one way to conquer a country"

It is pretty obvious that the debasement of the human mind caused by a constant flow of fraudulent advertising is no trivial thing. There is more than one way to conquer a country



J. Raymond Quotes: "Alcohol is like love. The first kiss is magic, the second is intimate, the third is routine. After that you take the girl's clothes off."

Alcohol is like love. The first kiss is magic, the second is intimate, the third is routine. After that you take the girl's clothes off.



J. Raymond Quotes: "A writer who is afraid to overreach himself is as useless as a general who is afraid to be wrong."

A writer who is afraid to overreach himself is as useless as a general who is afraid to be wrong.



J. Raymond Quotes: "Why should I be worried about dying? It's not going to happen in my lifetime!"

Why should I be worried about dying? It's not going to happen in my lifetime!



J. Raymond Quotes: "You cannot motivate the best people with money. Money is just a way to keep score. The best people in any field are motivated by passion."

You cannot motivate the best people with money. Money is just a way to keep score. The best people in any field are motivated by passion.



J. Raymond Quotes: "There have been only rare moments in history where individual histories were able to run their course without wars or revolutions."

There have been only rare moments in history where individual histories were able to run their course without wars or revolutions.



J. Raymond Quotes: "Humor could not flourish in a wholly serious and rational atmosphere."

Humor could not flourish in a wholly serious and rational atmosphere.



J. Raymond Quotes: "If America wants to make "made in America" a symbol of excellence and worth. They have to make everything of high quality, otherwise the best."

If America wants to make "made in America" a symbol of excellence and worth. They have to make everything of high quality, otherwise the best.



J. Raymond Quotes: "Our ancestors who changed the world did so through new ideas which came to them as they acted."

Our ancestors who changed the world did so through new ideas which came to them as they acted.



J. Raymond Quotes: "Nothing is true unless it works. And it has to work for you, not for someone else."

Nothing is true unless it works. And it has to work for you, not for someone else.



J. Raymond Quotes: "I certainly admire people who do things."

I certainly admire people who do things.



J. Raymond Quotes: "Nights without beginning that had no end. Talking about a past as if it'd really happened. Telling themselves that this time next year, this time next year, things were going to be different."

Nights without beginning that had no end. Talking about a past as if it'd really happened. Telling themselves that this time next year, this time next year, things were going to be different.



J. Raymond Quotes: "The only purpose of advertising is to sell. It has no other function worth mentioning."

The only purpose of advertising is to sell. It has no other function worth mentioning.



J. Raymond Quotes: "If you're not tough it's hard to survive in this world; and if you're not kind then you don't deserve to survive."

If you're not tough it's hard to survive in this world; and if you're not kind then you don't deserve to survive.



J. Raymond Quotes: "All my life I have been intensely repelled by the idea of 'making an effort'. I hate this idea today as much as I did as a child. I don't know why I hate it so much; I just do."

All my life I have been intensely repelled by the idea of 'making an effort'. I hate this idea today as much as I did as a child. I don't know why I hate it so much; I just do.



J. Raymond Quotes: "Isak Dinesen said that she wrote a little every day, without hope and without despair. I like that."

Isak Dinesen said that she wrote a little every day, without hope and without despair. I like that.



J. Raymond Quotes: "The test of a writer is whether you want to read him again years after he should by the rules be dated."

The test of a writer is whether you want to read him again years after he should by the rules be dated.



J. Raymond Quotes: "This is awful. I don't know what's going to happen to me or to anyone else in the world."

This is awful. I don't know what's going to happen to me or to anyone else in the world.



J. Raymond Quotes: "I have free will, but not of my own choice. I have never freely chosen to have free will. I have to have free will, whether I like it or not!"

I have free will, but not of my own choice. I have never freely chosen to have free will. I have to have free will, whether I like it or not!



J. Raymond Quotes: "There is a frantic race to merchandise tinsel and trash under the guise of 'modernism.'"

There is a frantic race to merchandise tinsel and trash under the guise of 'modernism.'



J. Raymond Quotes: "Never leave well enough alone."

Never leave well enough alone.



J. Raymond Quotes: "A hero is someone who simply got too frightened to use his good sense and run away, then somehow lived through it all."

A hero is someone who simply got too frightened to use his good sense and run away, then somehow lived through it all.



J. Raymond Quotes: "Skepticism cannot be revolutionary, even though it speaks the language of revolution."

Skepticism cannot be revolutionary, even though it speaks the language of revolution.



J. Raymond Quotes: "The photographer is filled with doubt. Nothing will soothe him."

The photographer is filled with doubt. Nothing will soothe him.



J. Raymond Quotes: "There is nothing like a naturalistic orientation to dispel all these morbid thoughts of "sin" and "free will" and "moral responsibility."

There is nothing like a naturalistic orientation to dispel all these morbid thoughts of "sin" and "free will" and "moral responsibility.