Cyril Connolly

Better to write for yourself and have no public, than to write for the public and have no self.

Those who are quite satisfied sit still and do nothing; those who are not quite satisfied are the sole benefactors of the world.

If we were all just alike, one of us wouldn’t be necessary.

A pessimist is one who makes difficulties of his opportunities; an optimist is one who makes opportunities of his difficulties.

I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived.

Are you doing what you’re doing today because you want to do it or because it’s what you were doing yesterday?

Patriotism is your conviction that this country is superior to all other countries because you were born in it.

I didn’t start a war. Nobody died.

If there’s only one answer, then this must not be a very interesting topic.

Man is what he believes.

The achievement of one goal should be the starting point of another.

The best stories don’t come from ‘good vs. bad’ but ‘good vs. good.’

Do you realize that you can’t play the game of life with sweaty palms?

Love is knowing every goodbye has a hello on the horizon.

Even if you’re on the right track, you’ll get run over if you just sit there.

You gotta do what you love and really believe in it because that is your truth.