Pary Quotes

Fiction reveals truth that reality obscures.

The human race is a race of cowards;

and I am not only marching in that procession

but carrying a banner.

Useless laws weaken the necessary laws.

My problem was my inability to spend much time at home.

I thought my family was secure,

so I went running around everyplace else.

I guess I had more of an effect on other people's kids

than I did my own.

A man cannot be comfortable

without his own approval.

The man who does not read good books

has no advantage over the man who cannot read them.

Ambition is the path to success.

Persistence is the vehicle you arrive in.

Manners require time,

and nothing is more vulgar than haste.

I worked in a pet store and people would ask

how big I would get.

The trouble ain't that there is too many fools,

but that the lightning ain't distributed right.

It behooves every man to remember

that the work of the critic is of altogether secondary importance,

and that, in the end,

progress is accomplished by the man who does things.

Attitude is more important than facts.

Trying to define yourself is like trying to bite your own teeth.

Winning isn’t everything,

it’s the only thing.

Everyone needs to be valued.

Everyone has the potential to give something back.

All you have to do is write one true sentence.

Write the truest sentence that you know.

Elegance is the only beauty that never fades.

Focus on what you can control,

and let go of what you can’t.

I hate to advocate drugs,

alcohol,

violence,

or insanity to anyone,

but they’ve always worked for me.

Force always attracts men of low morality.