Quotes by Chuck Palahniuk

“If people thought you were dying, they gave you their full attention.”

“Its all the mirror, mirror on the wall because beauty is power the same way money is power the same way a gun is power.”

“Everybody here thinks the whole story is about them.. Definitely that goes for everybody in the world.”

“First your parents, they give you your life, but then they try to give you their life”

“In the real world, Im a recall coordinator in a shirt and tie, sitting in the dark with a mouthful of blood and changing the overheads and slides as my boss tells Microsoft how he choose a particular shade of cornflower blue for an icon.”

“The perfume, all those dead whales in the cuts of her hands, it stings.”

“Nothing is static. Even the Mona Lisa is falling apart. Since fight club, I can wiggle half the teeth in my jaw. Maybe self-improvement isnt the answer.Tyler never knew his father.Maybe self-destruction was the answer.”

“The gyms you go to are crowded with guys trying to look like men, as being a man means looking the way a sculptor or an art director says.Like Tyler says, even a souffle looks pumped.”

“Then youre trapped in your lovely nest, and the things that you used to own, now they own you.”

“According to my boss, there are fewer and fewer gentlemen in business and more thugs.”

“You take the population of vehicles in the field (A) and multiply it by the probable rate of failure (B), then multiply the result by the average out-of-court settlement (C).A times B times C equals X. This is what it will cost if we dont initiate a recall.If X is greater than the cost of a recall, we recall all the cars and no one gets hurt.If X is less than the cost of a recall, then we dont recall.”

“Whatever you do, dont do it”

“Every woman is just a different kind of problem.”

“Having nothing to lose is the new wealth.”

“The only thing I know is everything you love will die. The first time you meet that someone special, you can count on them one day being dead and in the ground.”

“You gain power by pretending to be weak. By contrast, you make people feel strong. You save people by letting them save you. All you have to do is be fragile and grateful. So stay the underdog. People really need somebody they feel superior to. So stay downtrodden. People need somebody they can send a check at Christmas. So stay poor. Charity isnt the right word, but its the first word that comes to mind”

“Weather today is an increasing trend toward denial.”

“Art never comes from happiness.”

“I’d like to live a life based on doing good stuff instead of just not doing bad stuff.”

“After you find out all the things that can go wrong, your life becomes less about living and more about waiting.”