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Famous Irving Layton Quotes
“It amazes me that organs that piss Can give human beings such perfect bliss.”
“Whom the gods do not intend to destroy, they first make mad with poetry.”
“An aphorism should be like a burr: sting, ... and leave a little soreness.”
“To this pass Christianity has come There is no God, and Jesus is his son.”
“Conscience: self-esteem with a halo.”
“Idealist: a cynic in the making.”
“Time flames like a paraffin stove / and what burns are the minutes I live.”
“I have stopped being a misanthrope.”
“By walking, I found out where I was going.”
“My neighbor doesn't want to be loved as much as he wants to be envied.”
“God is indeed dead. He died of self-horror when He saw the creature He had made in His own image.”
“A Canadian is someone who keeps asking the question, 'What is a Canadian?”