"If a man ain't nothin' else, then..." - Quote by Will Rogers
If a man ain't nothin' else, then he's an artist. It's the only thing he can claim to be that nobody can prove he ain't.
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“You've got to be (an) optimist to be a Democrat, and you've got to be a humorist to stay one”
“I make a living off (politicians), so I can't knock 'em. Every time we elect some fellow we think he's terrible and then when we get another one in he's worse. So, I am always in favor of keeping the one we've got and let the other go.”
“People are getting smarter nowadays; they are letting lawyers, instead of their conscience, be their guide.”
More on Art
“Poetry implies the whole truth. Philosophy expresses a particle of it.”
“We admire Chaucer for his sturdy English wit.... But though it is full of good sense and humanity, it is not transcendent poetry.For picturesque description of persons it is, perhaps, without a parallel in English poetry; yet it is essentially humorous, as the loftiest genius never is.”
“Poetry puts starch in your backbone so you can stand, so you can compose your life.”
More on Identity
“Prosperity knits a man to the world. He feels that he is finding his place in it while really it is finding its place in him. His increasing reputation, his widening circle of acquaintances, his sense of importance, the growing pressure of absorbing and agreeable work build up in him a sense of being really at home on earth which is just what we want.”
“All great men are play actors of their own ideal.”
“Man's true nature being lost, everything becomes his nature; as, his true good being lost, everything becomes his good.”