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Jules Feiffer Quotes

«Artists can color the sky red because they know it's blue. Those of us who aren't artists must color things the way they really are or people might think we're stupid.»
«I used to think I was poor. Then they told me I wasn't poor, I was needy. Then they told me it was self-defeating to think of myself as needy. I was deprived. (Oh not deprived but rather underprivileged.) Then they told me that underprivileged was overused. I was disadvantaged. I still don't have a dime. But I have a great vocabulary.»
«Getting out of bed in the morning is an act of false confidence»
Author: Jules Feiffer | About: Confidence, Trust
«Jesus died to forgive our sins. Dare we make his martyrdom meaningless by not committing them?»
Author: Jules Feiffer | About: Catholicism | Keywords: committing, martyrdom
«At sixteen I was stupid, confused and indecisive. At twenty-five I was wise, self-confident, prepossessing and assertive. At forty-five I am stupid, confused, insecure and indecisive. Who would have supposed that maturity is only a short break in adolescence?»
«I grew up to have my father's looks- my father's speech patterns-my father's posture- my father's opinions and my mother's contempt for my father»
«Maturity is only a short break in adolescence.»
Author: Jules Feiffer | About: Maturity | Keywords: adolescence, break in
«Good swiping is an art in itself»
Author: Jules Feiffer | Keywords: swipe, swiped, swipes, swiping
«At 16 I was stupid, confused, . . . and indecisive. At 21 I was wise, self-confident, . . . and assertive. At 45 I'm stupid, confused, . . . and indecisive. [Is] maturity only a short break in adolescence?»
Author: Jules Feiffer
«The big mistake that men make is that when they turn thirteen or fourteen and all of a sudden they've reached puberty, they believe that they like women. Actually, you're just horny. It doesn't mean you like women any more at twenty-one than you did at ten.»
Author: Jules Feiffer