The 42nd Parallel
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"The 42nd Parallel" Quotes

By John Dos Passos

fiction | 356 pages | Published in 2000

ISBN_10: 0618056815
ISBN_13: 9780618056811

Quotes

The great thing in this world is not so much where you stand, as in what direction you are moving.

John Dos Passos

Every man is an adventurer. He is born trying to open his eyes and ears and touch things with his hands.

John Dos Passos

The past isn't dead; it isn't even past.

John Dos Passos

Money's a disease, but it's the only one that can be cured by throwing more of it at it.

John Dos Passos

The world is a fine place and worth fighting for.

John Dos Passos

The only way to live in this world is to stumble around blindly in it.

John Dos Passos

You can't fatten the pig on market day.

John Dos Passos

The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent are full of doubt.

John Dos Passos

There are no heroes; there are only heroic days.

John Dos Passos

They didn't know what they wanted, but they knew they wanted it now.

John Dos Passos