Quotes About Clarity

There had been a slaughter of all my other interests, and upon the strange white open scene of the future only one thing remained.

All art deals with the absurd and aims at the simple. Good art speaks truth, indeed is truth, perhaps the only truth.

But you are metaphysical, Otto. You ought to think about her in more simple terms.

There's a kind of reality, a kind of truth.

There is no light where I am. If any comes it is not enlightenment but lightning.

There are false suns, easier to gaze upon and far more comforting than the true one.

Yes, and I'm ready to wade through blood for him, but there is no blood, only a false sickly slime — I can't live in fogs and falsehoods, I must live in the open, I must find my way out, I must find someone else, and I have found someone else.

I have never been more sane, coldly sane, self-interestedly sane. I am a woman.

Franca, darling, let's be simple. And move quietly in the dark.

I want to have things clear,' I said. 'You're offering me a sinecure.' 'I'm not sure what that is,' said Madge, 'but I expect it's that.' 'A sinecure is when you get money for doing nothing,' I said. 'But isn't that exactly what you've always wanted?' said Madge.

Are you asking me or telling me?

Nae cunt kens

Awareness is seventy percent of the solution.

His eyes wir crystal clear and treacherous, untainted by conscience or compassion.

Being mad is even pleasant. But only a madman understands that.

It pays to be obvious, especially if you have a reputation for subtlety.

THERE IS AS YET INSUFFICIENT DATA FOR A MEANINGFUL ANSWER.

The most hopelessly stupid man is he who is not aware he is wise.

I made up my mind long ago to follow one cardinal rule in all my writing—to be clear. I have given up all thought of writing poetically or symbolically or experimentally, or in any of the other modes that might (if I were good enough) get me a Pulitzer prize. I would write merely clearly and in this way establish a warm relationship between myself and my readers, and the professional critics—Well, they can do whatever they wish.

People say 'It's as plain as the noise on your face.' But how much of the nose on your face can you see, unless someone hold a mirror up to you?

When everything impossible had been eliminated and what remains is supernatural, then someone is lying.

Your phraseology is obscure, but I think I understand.

Voy gülümsedi. Ä°ÅŸte bu fena. Ne zaman birisi belirli bir alanda tam bilgi sahibi olmad???n? belirterek konuya girse, arkas?ndan o konuda çok aç?k bir biçimde fikrini belirtecek demektir.

But people who are capable of thinking clearly are in a minority, of course.