The first test of ability and intelligence is to find a field of endeavor in which profits are large and risks small.
A cynic is just a man who found out when he was ten that there wasn't any Santa Claus, and he's still upset. - James Gould Cozzens
A cynic is just a man who found out when he was ten that there wasn't any Santa Claus, and he's still upset.
- James Gould Cozzens
In the present, every day is a miracle. - James Gould Cozzens
In the present, every day is a miracle.
When you can, always advise people to do what you see they really want to do. Doing what they want to do, they may succeed; doing what they don't wan… - James Gould Cozzens
When you can, always advise people to do what you see they really want to do. Doing what they want to do, they may succeed; doing what they don't wan…
The innocent supposition, entertained by most people, that even if they are not brilliant, they are not dumb, is correct only in a very relative sens… - James Gould Cozzens
The innocent supposition, entertained by most people, that even if they are not brilliant, they are not dumb, is correct only in a very relative sens…
I meditate and put on a rubber tire with three bottles of beer. Most of the time I just sit picking my nose and thinking. - James Gould Cozzens
I meditate and put on a rubber tire with three bottles of beer. Most of the time I just sit picking my nose and thinking.
There never could be a man so brave that he would not sometime, or in the end, turn part or all coward; or so wise that he was not, from beginning to… - James Gould Cozzens
There never could be a man so brave that he would not sometime, or in the end, turn part or all coward; or so wise that he was not, from beginning to…
Bailey might not have great intelligence or abilities, but his whole aim, thought and study was that of the born leader--to look out for himself; and… - James Gould Cozzens
Bailey might not have great intelligence or abilities, but his whole aim, thought and study was that of the born leader--to look out for himself; and…
Real rebels are rarely anything but second rate outside their rebellion; the drain of time and temper is ruinous to any other accomplishment. - James Gould Cozzens
Real rebels are rarely anything but second rate outside their rebellion; the drain of time and temper is ruinous to any other accomplishment.
I can't read ten pages of Steinbeck without throwing up. - James Gould Cozzens
I can't read ten pages of Steinbeck without throwing up.
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