Quotes by Horton, Doug

"The harder you fall, the higher you bounce."

Horton, Doug on adversity
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"Growing old is not growing up."

Horton, Doug on age and aging
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"Desperation is like stealing from the Mafia: you stand a good chance of attracting the wrong attention."

Horton, Doug on desperation
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"Change occurs in direct proportion to dissatisfaction, but dissatisfaction never changes."

Horton, Doug on action
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"Drive slow and enjoy the scenery -- drive fast and join the scenery."

Horton, Doug on drivers and driving   

"First rule of Economics 101: our desires are insatiable. Second rule: we can stomach only three Big Macs at a time."

Horton, Doug on economy and economics   

"If it looks like shit, smells like shit, mail it to your enemy... he'll know what to do with it."

Horton, Doug on enemies   

"Action cures fear, inaction creates terror."

Horton, Doug on fear   

"Remember only the good, the bad will never forget you."

Horton, Doug on evil   

"There is no bad in good."

Horton, Doug on evil   

"To hit bottom is to fall from grace."

Horton, Doug on grace   

"To buy happiness is to sell soul."

Horton, Doug on happiness   

"It's not a question of happiness, it's a requirement. Consider the alternative."

Horton, Doug on happiness   

"Happiness in the present is only shattered by comparison with the past."

Horton, Doug on happiness   

"As the fly bangs against the window attempting freedom while the door stands open, so we bang against death ignoring heaven."

Horton, Doug on heaven   

"If the destination is heaven, why do we scramble to be first in line for hell?"

Horton, Doug on heaven
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"The key to heaven's gate cannot be duplicated."

Horton, Doug on heaven   

"Be your own hero, it's cheaper than a movie ticket."

Horton, Doug on heroes and heroism   

"Good ideas are a dime a dozen, bad ones are free."

Horton, Doug on ideas   

"Love is seeing without eyes, hearing without ears; hatred is nothing."

Horton, Doug on love   

"If you love something let it go free. If it doesn't come back, you never had it. If it comes back, love it forever."

Horton, Doug on love
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"Love is a given, hatred is acquired."

Horton, Doug on love
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"Materialism is the only form of distraction from true bliss."

Horton, Doug on materialism   

"Search for meaning, eat, sleep. Search for meaning, eat, sleep. Die, search for meaning, search for meaning, search for meaning."

Horton, Doug on life   

"We may not always get what we want, but surely we will get what we deserve."

Horton, Doug on merit
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"Money is good, love is wealth."

Horton, Doug on money   

"Perfection is perfectly simple; fouling things up requires true skill."

Horton, Doug on perfection   

"Why ask why? If it's raining it just is."

Horton, Doug on questions   

"While seeking revenge, dig two graves -- one for yourself."

Horton, Doug on revenge
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"Born a saint, die a sinner -- born a sinner, die a saint."

Horton, Doug on saints   

"Being sorry is the highest act of selfishness, seeing value only after discarding it."

Horton, Doug on selfishness
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"The art of simplicity is a puzzle of complexity."

Horton, Doug on simplicity   

"Smile, it's free therapy."

Horton, Doug on smile
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"Smile, it's better than a poke in the eye."

Horton, Doug on smile   

"Beauty is variable, ugliness is constant."

Horton, Doug on beauty
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"We are all serving a life sentence, and good behavior is our only hope for a pardon."

Horton, Doug on behavior   

"Born to be wild -- live to outgrow it."

Horton, Doug on birth
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"Boring people are a reflection of boring people."

Horton, Doug on bores and boredom   

"When all is lost, ask the I.R.S. -- they'll find something."

Horton, Doug on taxes and taxation   

"Thoughts are the gun, words are the bullets, deeds are the target, the bulls-eye is heaven."

Horton, Doug on thoughts and thinking