“I never failed to convince an audience that the best thing they could do was to go away.”
Crotchet Castle, chapter XVIII.
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Source: You Get So Alone at Times That it Just Makes Sense
It's no use raising a shout (1929), first published in book form in Poems (1930)
"Who's afraid of People Power", Philippine Graphic, 31 January 2005, p. 28, ISSN 119-206X.
2005
Letter to Larry Callen (30 October 1957), p. 71
1990s, The Proud Highway : The Fear and Loathing Letters Volume I (1997)
Context: They say that "he who flies highest, falls farthest" — and who am I to argue? But we can't forget that "he who doesn't flap his wings, never flies at all". And with that, I'll stop trying to convince myself that I can't fail; how dull the whole thing would be if that were true.
“I have promised the Tunisian people that the French army will go, If I fail, I will be swept away.”
[TUNISIA: The Accused, TIME, Monday, Feb. 24, 1958, 2, http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,862990-2,00.html, September 6, 2011]
It taught me that I don't need Hollywood or a job to make me happy.
As quoted at Teenpeople.com (May 2002)
“In the places I go there are things that I see
That I never could spell if I stopped with the Z.”
On Beyond Zebra! (1955)
Context: In the places I go there are things that I see
That I never could spell if I stopped with the Z.
I'm telling you this 'cause you're one of my friends.
My alphabet starts where your alphabet ends!
“I was taught to fight, taught to win;
I never thought I could fail.”
Don't Give Up, Duet written by Gabriel, sung with Kate Bush
Song lyrics, So (1986)
Context: In this proud land we grew up strong;
We were wanted all along.
I was taught to fight, taught to win;
I never thought I could fail.No fight left or so it seems;
I am a man whose dreams have all deserted.
I've changed my face, I've changed my name,
But no one wants you when you lose.