Quotes About Insight

Nevertheless we understood each other on all levels of madness...

Work from pithy middle eye out, swimming in language sea.

because in one sense the drinker learns wisdom, in the words of Goethe or Blake or whichever it was The pathway to wisdom lies through excess

A man cannot impart the true feeling of things to others unless he himself has experienced what he is trying to tell of.

We understood each other on other levels of madness.

for you are an observer, you know, you observe things, that's why you live.

I see as much as doors'll allow, open or shut

in one sense the drinker learns wisdom, in the words of Goethe or Blake or whichever it was The pathway to wisdom lies through excess (p. 113)

Soon I'll find the right words, they'll be very simple.

Ah, holy hole!

Don't be a sucker all your life, dummy up, ya dope.

Nonetheless we understood each other on other levels of madness...

The tree looks like a dog, Barking at heaven

As though all the world were a bad joke and she was the only one around who knew the punchline.

And at the instant he knew, he ceased to know.

limited minds can recognize limitations only in others.

Every book was a peep-hole into the realm of knowledge. His hunger fed upon what he read, and increased.

He was quick and alert in the things of life, but only in the things, and not in their significances.

limited minds can recognize limitations only in others. 

And then, in splendor and glory, came the great idea. He would write. He would be one of the eyes through which the world saw, one of the ears through which it heard, one of the hearts through which it felt.

I read bits and pieces of 'Twilight' as we were making it.

My favorite movies are the ones that are different the second time, or where you're constantly discovering new things. It's not just genre movies, either, and it's not just about twists. I saw 'Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy' four times in the theater before I realized it's a love story. I love that.

Facebook and Twitter have a ton of information they're trying to make sense of.

I don't know if I've learned anything about people, but I've learned about Twitter.