Henry Mencken Quotes

#1. In wartime, everyone's birthday turns into a commemoration of something so sad.

Danny M. Cohen

#2. There is no place for you in this new world," Fatima said.
"That's what I'm hoping," said Nyx. "If you had any goddamn sense, you'd hope so too.

Kameron Hurley

#3. I am probably afraid that some spectator will not understand my photography - therefore I proceed to make it really less understandable by writing defensibly about it.

Ansel Adams

#4. A trifle more of that man,'he would say,'and I shall explode.

Robert Louis Stevenson

#5. Henry James would have been vastly improved as a novelist by a few whiffs of the Chicago stockyard.

H.L. Mencken

#6. An enchanted life has many moments when the heart is overwhelmed with beauty and the imagination is electrified by some haunting quality in the world or by a spirit or voice speaking from deep within a thing, a place, or a person." ~ Henry Louis Mencken

H.L. Mencken

#7. Some people complain that they will not live forever, but cannot think of things to do on a wet Sunday afternoon.

Keith Ward

#8. I know there is no point in haranguing him because he will just shut down, but I want to cover every angle.

David Sheff

#9. Purple and yellow are my colors.

Stewart Rahr

#10. Believers are expected to be involved in what Judaism calls tikkun-ha'olam, repairing the world. Tikkun-ha'olam is deeply embedded in the Jewish ethic; for this reason even secular Jews usually find themselves concerned with bettering society.

David H. Stern

#11. It's a fairytale so tragic there's no prince to break the spell. I don't believe in magic, but for you I will

Bruce Springsteen