A man with a credit card is in hock to his own image of himself. John D. MacDonald More Quotes by John D. MacDonald More Quotes From John D. MacDonald We were about to give up and call it a night when somebody threw the girl off the bridge. John D. MacDonald giving-up girl night All thinking is done with the glands. Logic is added later to tidy things up. John D. MacDonald logic done thinking Now it stands to reason, mister, any damn fool stares into the sun long enough, he'll end up seeing exactly what some other damn fool tells him he's going to see. John D. MacDonald fool sun long Being an adult means accepting those situations where no action is possible. John D. MacDonald adults action mean I am not suited to the role of going around selling the life-can-be-beautiful idea. It can be, indeed. But you don't buy the concept from your friendly door-to-door lecture salesman. John D. MacDonald doors beautiful ideas The only thing that prisons demonstrably cure is heterosexuality. John D. MacDonald heterosexuality cures prison People cannot endure inexplicable worthlessness John D. MacDonald inexplicable adoption people We have been endowed with the capacity and the power to create desirable pictures within and to find them automatically in the outer world of our environment. John D. MacDonald environment imagination world To enjoy enduring success we should travel a little in advance of the world. John D. MacDonald excellence littles world It's no good telling somebody they're trying too hard. It's very much like ordering a child to go stand in a corner for a half hour and never once think about elephants. John D. MacDonald elephants children thinking When you see the ugliness behind the tears of another person, it makes you take a closer look at your own. John D. MacDonald behinds tears looks In the morning I'm often anti-semantic. John D. MacDonald morning ...it isn't foolish or wicked to enjoy. Wickedness is hurting people on purpose. I love what you are and who you are and how you are. You give me great joy. And you make horrible coffee. John D. MacDonald coffee hurt people Friendships, like marriages, are dependent on avoiding the unforgivable. John D. MacDonald unforgivable avoiding friendship Way over half the murders committed in this country are by close friends or relatives of the deceased. A gun makes a loud and satisfying noise in a moment of passion and requires no agility and very little strength. How many murders wouldn't happen, if they all had to use hammers and knives? John D. MacDonald passion gun country
