Tracy's Tiger Quotes

“What’s good coffee taste like?”
“Coffee.”
“What’s the best coffee taste like?”
“Good coffee.”
“What’s the difference between good coffee and the best coffee?”
“Advertising.”
― William Saroyan, Tracy's Tiger

“Vy ale nejste mrtvá, Lauro."
"Ale ano, jdem."
"Lauro!" vykříkl Tracy. "Pro boha živého, Lauro, já vás miluju."
"Promiňte," omlouvala se Laura. "Promiňte, ale myslím, že budu radši mrtvá.”
― William Saroyan, Tracy's Tiger

“You understand psychiatry?" Tracy said. "Psychiatry, no," Dr. Pingitzer said.
"People - little bit. Little, little, little bit. very year, every day - less, less, less. Why? People is difficult. People is people. People is fun, play, imagination, magic. Ah ha. People is pain, people is sick, people is mad, people is hurt, people is hurt people, is kill, is kill self. Where is fun, where is play, where is imagination, where is magic? Psychiatry I hate. People I love. Mad people, beautiful people, hurt people, sick people, broke people, in pieces people, I love, I love. Why? Why is lost from people fun, play, imagination, magic? What for? Ah ha. Money?" He smiled. "I think so. Money. Is love, this money. Is beauty, this money. Is fun, this money. Where is money? I do not know. No more fun. Work, now. Work, Tiger, Tiger.”
― William Saroyan, Tracy's Tiger