“You will never know what the meaning of Jazz is if ask what it means.”

“Clarity is of no importance because nobody listens and nobody knows what you mean no matter what you mean, nor how clearly you mean what you mean. But if you have vitality enough of knowing enough of what you mean, somebody and sometime and sometimes a great many will have to realize that you know what you mean and so they will agree that you mean what you know, what you know you mean, which is as near as anybody can come to understanding any one.”

“To act, you must know pain. You must know what it means to be in love, what it means to be rejected.”

“Do you know what it means to be loved by Death?… Do you know what it means to have Death know your name?”

“Sometimes it's not enough to know what things mean, sometimes you have to know what things don't mean.”

“The government means industry, if you know what I mean.”

“Power, wealth and immortality--they don't bring happiness. You will never know what the word means.”

“If you have never known the power of God's love, then maybe it is because you have never asked to know it - I mean really asked, expecting an answer.”

“What does that mean know me, know me, nobody ever knows anybody else, ever! You will never know me.”

“Girls are so queer you never know what they mean. They say no when they mean yes, and drive a man out of his wits just for the fun of it.”