Leonard Cohen Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“The last refuge of the insomniac is a sense of superiority to the sleeping world.”

“I don't consider myself a pessimist. I think of a pessimist as someone who is waiting for it to rain. And I feel soaked to the skin.”

“When things get really bad, just raise your glass and stamp your feet and do a little jig. That's about all you can do.”

“The older I get, the surer I am that I'm not running the show.”

“We're always experiencing joy or sadness. But there are lots of people who've closed down. And there are times in one's life when one has to close down just to regroup.”

“A woman watches her body uneasily, as though it were an unreliable ally in the battle for love.”

“I am an old scholar, better-looking now than when I was young. That's what sitting on your ass does to your face.”

“Prayer is translation. A man translates himself into a child asking for all there is in a language he has barely mastered.”

“When you stop thinking about yourself all the time, a certain sense of repose overtakes you.”

“I read with some amusement my reputation as a ladies' man. My friends are amused by that, too, because they know my life.”