1,615 Quotes by Charles Bukowski

In a capitalistic society the losers slaved for the winners and you have to have more losers than winners.

soon I'll finish this 5th of Puerto Rican rum. in the morning I'll vomit and shower, drive back in, have a sandwich by 1 p.m., be back in my room by 2, stretched on the bed, waiting for the phone to ring, not answering, my holiday is an evasion, mt reasoning is not.

Animals never worry about Heaven or Hell. Neither do I. Maybe that's why we get along.

We are here to laugh at the odds and live our lives so well that Death will tremble to take us.

I could never accept life as it was, I could never gobble down all its poisons bu there were parts, tenuous magic parts open for the asking.

To do a dull thing with style-now that's what I call art.

I only want sweet peace and kindliness when I awaken -- but there's always some finger pointing, telling me some terrible deed I committed during the night. It seems I make a lot of mistakes and it seems that I am not allowed any.

I went to the bathroom and threw some water on my face, combed my hair. If I could only comb that face, I thought, but I can't.

don't be ashamed of anything; I guess God meant it all like locks on doors.