A wholesome oblivion of one's neighbours is the beginning of wisdom.

Most critical writing is drivel and half of it is dishonest. It is a short cut to oblivion anyway. Thinking in terms of ideas destroys the power to think in terms of emotions and sensations.

Finishing second in the Olympics gets you silver. Finishing second in politics gets you oblivion.

Now I think poetry will save nothing from oblivion but I keep writing about the ordinary because for me it's the home of the extraordinary the only home.

A book is a fragile creature it suffers the wear of time it fears rodents the elements and clumsy hands. so the librarian protects the books not only against mankind but also against nature and devotes his life to this war with the forces of oblivion.

The majority see the obstacles the few see the objectives history records the successes of the latter while oblivion is the reward of the former.

We're not planning for the future. If we continue to spend ourselves into oblivion we are going to destroy this nation.

But what is all this fear of and opposition to Oblivion? What is the matter with the soft Darkness the Dreamless Sleep?

My faith inasmuch as I have any is more like a kind of Joseph Campbell thing and even that frequently finds itself tested to oblivion in siren waters.

Since fame is an illusion and death is in our future all we have is the next moment before we are swallowed into oblivion.

Ultimately life is disease death and oblivion. It's still better than high school.

Winning a competition in architecture is a ticket to oblivion. It's just an idea. Ninety-nine per cent never get built.

We are living in the machine age. For the first time in history the comedian has been compelled to supply himself with jokes and comedy material to compete with the machine. Whether he knows it or not the comedian is on a treadmill to oblivion.