Charles Bukowski Quotes

Things fall apart and happen out of stupidity and carelessness.

There's no glamour in stupid mistakes.

I've been a bad, bad girl - I've been careless with a delicate man.

A fool can throw a stone in a pond that 100 wise men can not get out.

Self-will in the man who does not reckon wisely is by itself the weakest of all things.

I'm very accident-prone. The problem is I sort of just do things. I'm impulsive, and sometimes I don't think.

A loud noise at one end and no sense of responsibility at the other.

A loud noise at one end and no sense of responsibility at the other.

I never ever take into consideration the consequences of my actions until it's too late.

Foolishness is indeed the sister of wickedness.

Some accidents there are in life that a little folly is necessary to help us out of.

When one kicks over a tea table and smashes everything but the sugar bowl, one may as well pick that up and drop it on the bricks, don't you think?

… a degeneracy of representation in the great council of America .… Many members of it are no doubt men in every respect, fit for the trust, but this cannot be said of it as a body. Folly, caprice a want of foresight, comprehension and dignity, characterize the general tenor of their actions…. Their conduct with respect to the army especially is feeble indecisive and improvident

He is a fool whose sheep runs away twice.

Unfortunately, some of our greatest tribulations are the result of our own foolishness and weakness and occur because of our own carelessness or transgression.

Some people will go for the quick joke and not pay attention to the consequences.

You could take Vicodin, step out of the house, onto a freeway, have a truck hit you, and you'd say "My Bad!".

We will not take care. We do not give a damn.

If there is a wrong way to do something, then someone will do it.

At a minimum, true dereliction, negligence and irresponsibility; at worst, lying, incompetence and corruption.

The tragic truth is that this falls somewhere between screw-up and cover-up.

From each according to his stability, caution and diligence, to each according to his instability, carelessness and lethargy

Two captains will sink the ship.

Human error is usually the result of impatience.

I used to throw stuff out of the window and trash hotel rooms - and superglue all the drawers shut and superglue the toilet seat down and superglue the phone to the nightstand - and all kinds of stuff. I had a chain saw for a while. I didn't really use it but once or twice.