Surrealism, n. Pure psychic automatism, by which it is intended to express, whether verbally or in writing, or in any other way, t...he real process of thought. Thought's dictation, free from any control by the reason, independent of any aesthetic or moral preoccupation.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Actually, if my business was legitimate, I would deduct a substantial percentage for depreciation of my body. Contemplative a...nd bookish men must of necessitie be more quarrelsome than others, because they contend not about matter of fact, nor can determine their controversies by any certain witnesses, nor judges. But as long as they goe towards peace, that is Truth, it is no matter which way.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
We often make use of envenomed praise, that reveals on the rebound, as it were, defects in those praised which we dare not expose ...any other way.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Authority has always attracted the lowest elements in the human race. All through history mankind has been bullied by scum. Those ...who lord it over their fellows and toss commands in every direction and would boss the grass in the meadow about which way to bend in the wind are the most depraved kind of prostitutes. They will submit to any indignity, perform any vile act, do anything to achieve power. The worst off-sloughings of the planet are the ingredients of sovereignty. Every government is a parliament of whores. The trouble is, in a democracy the whores are us.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
As a practicing member of several oppressed minority groups, I feel that I have on the whole conducted myself with the utmost deco...rum. I have ... refrained from marching, chanting ... or in any other way making anything that could even vaguely be construed as a fuss.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
You can always tell a Midwestern couple in Europe because they will be standing in the middle of a busy intersection looking at a ...wind-blown map and arguing over which way is west. European cities, with their wandering streets and undisciplined alleys, drive Midwesterners practically insane.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
"Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here?" "That depends a good deal on where you want to get to," said ...the Cat. "I don't much care where--" said Alice. "Then it doesn't matter which way you go," said the Cat. "Mas long as I get somewhere," Alice added as an explanation. "Oh, you're sure to do that," said the Cat, "if you only walk long enough."LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
There is undoubtedly something religious about it: everyone believes that they are special, that they are chosen, that they have a... special relation with fate. Here is the test: you turn over card after card to see in which way that is true. If you can defy the odds, you may be saved. And when you are cleaned out, the last penny gone, you are enlightened at last, free perhaps, exhilarated like an ascetic by the falling away of the material world.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »