“Once a man gets a reputation as a liar, he might as well be struck dumb, for people do not listen to the wind.”
“He was reading. I was struck dumb with amazement.”
“What, I should only trust good people? Man, good people get bought and sold every day. Might as well trust somebody evil once in a while, it makes no more or less sense.”
“. . . Orpheus struck dumb with hindsight.”
“It's a wise person, I guess, who knows he's dumb, and an honest person who knows he's a liar. And it's a dumb person, I guess, whose convinced he's wise...-Bob Slocum ”
“Do I know what people say? Sure. I shrug it off. what else can you do? Stop people from talking? You might as well try to stop the wind from blowing.”