John Dos Passos Quote

If there is a special hell for writers, it would inevitably be to contemplate their own works.

We cry because we cannot love, because nothing interests us, we believe in nothing, we live for nothing, because we are free; free like boats lost at sea.

John Dos Passos

People do not choose their careers, but are engulfed by them.

John Dos Passos

Losing old friends due to a buildup of small faults is one of the most painful events.

John Dos Passos

The creation of a worldview is the work of a generation more than that of a single person, but each one of us, for better or for worse, adds their own brick.

John Dos Passos

I don't have enough faith in human nature to be an anarchist.

John Dos Passos

The only one who benefits from capitalism is the con artist, and they become a millionaire in no time.

John Dos Passos

The only element that can replace dependence on the past is dependence on the future.

John Dos Passos

Our entire system of government is based on the idea that no man is good enough to be trusted with more than limited power over his fellow men.

John Dos Passos

You can take the man out of his country, but you can't take the country out of the man's heart.

John Dos Passos

We work to eat to get the strength to work to eat to get the strength to work to eat to get the strength to work to eat to get the strength to work.

John Dos Passos