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Quotes About Rebellion

She says Thomas drank himself to death because he felt his talent was waning. Bullshit. Thomas drank himself to death for the same reason that I do: he loved his drink, it lifted him where he belonged, where we all belong, where we all should be if the stream of people weren't such asses and didn't believe in homes and new cars and all that junk.
~ Charles Bukowski
my god, they will say, all Chinaski writes about are cats! my god, they used to say, all Chinaski writes about are whores! the complainers will complain and keep buying my books: they love the way I irritate them.
~ Charles Bukowski
I'm on the cross. be kind and they put you on the cross. that son of a bitch on his couch talking about Mahler and Kant and cunt and revolution, not really knowing about any of them.
~ Charles Bukowski
That way I wouldn't have to see the guys in their walking shorts. They looked as if nothing had ever touched them—all well-mothered, protected, with a soft sheen of contentment. None of them had ever been in jail, or worked hard with their hands, or even gotten a traffic ticket. Skimmed-milk jollies, the whole bunch.
~ Charles Bukowski
ah, christ, what a CREW: more poetry, always more POETRY
~ Charles Bukowski
L'umanità mi sta sul cazzo da sempre - ecco il mio motto.
~ Charles Bukowski
after you've pulled off the tablecloth with the full plates of food and broken the windows and rung the bells of idiots and have spoken true and terrible words and have chased the mob through the doorway- then comes the great and peaceful moment: sitting alone and pouring that quiet drink. the world is better without them. only the plants and the animals are true comrades. I drink to them and with them. they wait as I fill their glasses.
~ Charles Bukowski
I dislike cute cat poems but I've written one anyhow.
~ Charles Bukowski
I was glad I wasn't in love, that I wasn't happy with the world. I like being at odds with everything.
~ Charles Bukowski
There's no point in writing my kind of stuff, when they're printing that kind of stuff. So I gave up and started drinking.
~ Charles Bukowski
I'm just an alcoholic who became a writer so that I would be able to stay in bed until noon.
~ Charles Bukowski
too much acceptance destroys. so listen, my fine fellows and ladies, I am going to ignore your late applause, I intend to still play it loose, commit my errors, enrage the entrenched and piss upon your guardians, angels and / or devils. I intend to do what I have to do, what I have always done. it's been too much fun to falter now.  you will not escape my iron grip and I will escape yours.
~ Charles Bukowski
I am satisfied with my aggressive nature as I tickle death under the armpits.
~ Charles Bukowski
It felt good not to be part of that sort of thing. I was glad I wasn't in love, that I wasn't happy with the world. I like being at odds with everything. People in love often become edgy, dangerous. They lose their sense of perspective.
~ Charles Bukowski
You are a bum, he told me, and you'll always be a bum! and I thought, if being a bum is to be the opposite of what this son-of-a-bitch is, then that's what I'm going to be. and it's too bad he's been dead so long for now he can't see how beautifully I've succeeded at that.
~ Charles Bukowski
pitäkää te pojat neitsyenne antakaa minulle kuumia korkeakorkoisia vanhoja naisia joiden perseet unohtivat vanheta
~ Charles Bukowski
Some people never go crazy. What truly horrible lives they must lead. My ambition is handicapped by laziness.
~ Charles Bukowski
some people never go crazy. what truly horrible lives they must live.
~ Charles Bukowski
Oyleyse okur,catlak Jimmy`i bir an icin birakip Arthur`a gecelim -ki hic sorun degil- yazma tarzimi kastediyorum burada : sa[a sola sicarim ve siz de hic zorlanmadan benimle gelirsiniz. Hic onemi yoktur,gorursunuz.
~ Charles Bukowski
Tabi,Hank ne zaman istersen bende sicabilirsin.
~ Charles Bukowski
Devrimin disaridan iceriye dogru degil,iceriden disariya dogru gerceklesmesi gerektigini anlattim ona, asil sorun burada. Bu tiplerin ayaklanma baslar baslamaz yaptiklari ilk sey gidip bir renkli televizyon yagmalamak. Dusmani yari-zeka yapan ayni zehri kendileri icin de istiyorlar.
~ Charles Bukowski
Mi ricordo che un giorno ricevetti una lettera furibonda da un tale il quale sosteneva che non avevo diritto di dire che Shakespeare non mi piace. Troppi giovani mi avrebbero creduto senza nemmeno darsi la pena di leggere Shakespeare. Non avevo diritto di affermare una cosa simile. E così via. Non gli ho mai risposto. Lo faccio adesso. Fottiti amico. E non mi piace nemmeno Tolstoj.
~ Charles Bukowski
I got drunker and stayed drunker than a shit skunk in Purgatory.
~ Charles Bukowski
Firsat bulup ona bir insanin polis uniformasini uzerine gecirdigi andan itibaren mevcut duzenin maasli bekcisi oldugunu anlatamazsin.Polisin isi degisimi engellemektir. Gidisattan hosnutsaniz butun polisler iyidir,degilseniz kotudur.
~ Charles Bukowski