Quotes 6

I don't have to go to Detroit to know it smells!

Dr. Gregory House, House MD

— Do you like animals?
— A lot.
— And people?
— Not so much, especially if they are strangers.

The Taming of the Scoundrel

The world is beautiful but people make it ugly.

Yiddish proverb

Odors have a power of persuasion stronger than that of words, appearances, emotions, or will.

Patrick Süskind, Perfume: The Story of a Murderer

I always thought it would be better, to be a fake somebody... than a real nobody..

Tom Ripley, The Talented Mr. Ripley

Great intellects are skeptical.

Friedrich Nietzsche