Marty Rubin Quotes

I like dogs that bark a little. The silent ones scare me.

Optimists think badly, but live well.

The only valid rule for a work of art is that it be true to itself.

Art is the product of an imperfect world. In an ideal world, art would not exist.

Thinking always deceives us when it becomes a substitute for action.

The hammer never complains of the noise.

Nothing is more seductive than nothing.

I don't travel to learn about the world. I travel for the joy of traveling.

All laughter is subversive, even the laughter of children.

Whatever we may be or seem to others, to ourselves we are always just ourselves

The spiritual life to me has always meant just one thing: emotion. Emotion is the poetry of life.

Every line is the perfect length if you don't measure it.

Every summer, like the roses, childhood returns.

The head follows the feet. We act first and find reasons later.

We expect miracles from love but love has only itself to give.

One learns by doing, not by learning to do.

Trust opens the door that pain had sealed shut.

Something or someone is always waving goodbye.

My wants are so simple I don't even know what they are.

If the cherry trees had to wait for understanding they'd never blossom.