Famous Quotes from ...
William Saroyan
- The streets made me, and the streets stink, but I love them, for I was born in them out of flesh and I was born in them out of spirit.... William Saroyan {view}
- We get very little wisdom from success, you know.... William Saroyan {view}
- I should like to see any power of the world destroy this race, this small tribe of unimportant people, whose wars have all been fought and lost, whose structures have crumbled, literature is unread, music is unheard, and prayers are no more answered. Go ahead, destroy Armenia. See if you can do it. Send them into the desert without bread or water. Burn their homes and churches. Then see if they will not laugh, sing and pray again. For when two of them meet anywhere in the world, see if they will not create a New Armenia.... William Saroyan {view}
- Whoever the kid had been, whoever had had the grand attitude, has finally heeded the admonishment of parents, teachers, governments, religions, and the law: "You just change your attitude now please, young man."... William Saroyan {view}
- I see death as a private event, the destruction of the universe in the brain and in the senses of man, and I cannot see any man's death as a contributing factor in the success or failure of a military campaign.... William Saroyan {view}