"Better to wear worn shoes than to polish the boots of shop owner."
React to this quote
More by Elfriede Jelinek
See allResonant Thoughts
"If nature has been frugal in her gifts and endowments, there is the more need of art to supply her defects. If she has been generous and liberal, know that she still expects industry and application o…"
"Menny people spend their time trieing tew find the hole whare sin got into this world--if two men brake through the ice into a mill pond, they had better hunt for sum good hole tew git out, rather tha…"
Explore Further
Related Quotes
"It is not what France gave you but what it did not take from you that was important."
— Gertrude Stein"Do not ask God the way to heaven; he will show you the hardest one."
— Stanisław Jerzy Lec"Don't forget that you're a physical being with a power-plant to take care of and maintain. I'm talking abou…"
— Stephen King"A Puerto Rican writer from New York is doubly dislocated: first, there is dislocation from Puerto Rico; sec…"
— Martín Espada"It is a political axiom that power follows property."
— Aldous Huxley"Meanwhile," Simon added, "I wanted to tell you that lately I've been cross-dressing. Also, I'm sleeping wit…"
— Cassandra Clare
