Nicholas Samstag Quotes:

Judas sold his soul for thirty pieces of silver; Faust sold his for some extra years of youth; Marilyn Monroe deserted Jesus Christ for Arthur Miller.

source: - Nicholas Samstag (1962). “The Uses of Ineptitude; Or: How Not to Want to Do Better”, Astor-Honor Incorporated

Topics: Jesus, Years, Soul, Deserted, Faust

Our sainted aunts prate of living for others while our rich uncles call us mollycoddles for not fighting for what we want. Murder is a patriotic act if you commit it in a uniform; it is the blackest sin if you kill someone while wearing a gray flannel suit.

source: - Nicholas Samstag (1962). “The Uses of Ineptitude; Or: How Not to Want to Do Better”, Astor-Honor Incorporated

Topics: Uncles, Military, Patriotic, Flannels

The wonder is not that so many people have sick or battered souls, but that they think they have souls at all.

Topics: Thinking, Sick, People