Barry Hughart Inspirational Quotes (6)

Error can point the way to truth, while empty-headedness can only lead to more empty-headedness or to a career in politics.

'Immortality is only for the gods,' he whispered. 'I wonder how they can stand it.'

Blessed are the idiots, for they are happiest people on earth.

Fable has strong shoulders that carry far more truth than fact can.

Don't be ashamed of reliving your childhood, Ox, because all of us must do it now and then to maintain our sanity.

A fool will study for twenty or thirty years and learn how to do something, but a wise man will study for twenty or thirty minutes and become an expert. In this world, it isn't ability that counts, but authority.