Famous quotes containing the word damn:
“The sickness of our times for me has been just this damn thing that everything has been getting smaller and smaller and less and less important, that the romantic spirit has dried up, that there is no shame today.... Were all getting so mean and small and petty and ridiculous, and we all live under the threat of extermination.”
—Norman Mailer (b. 1923)
“Zorba: Why do the young die? Why does anybody die?
Basil: I dont know.
Zorba: Whats the use of all your damn books? If they dont tell you that, what the hell do they tell you?
Basil: They tell me about the agony of men who cant answer questions like yours.
I spit on their agony.”
—Michael Cacoyannis (b. 1922)
“Fools, most linguists. Damn all to say in one language, so they learn another and say damn all in that.”
—John le Carré (b. 1931)