# Quote — J. P. Donleavy, Ginger Man

> But Jesus, when you don't have any money, the problem is food. When you have money, it's sex. When you have both it's health, you worry about getting rupture or something. If everything is simply jake then you're frightened of death.

- Author: [J. P. Donleavy](https://www.leafyquotes.com/j-p-donleavy.md)
- Book: [Ginger Man](https://www.leafyquotes.com/j-p-donleavy/ginger-man.md)
- Page: 45
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/J._P._Donleavy#The_Ginger_Man_(1955)) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/j-p-donleavy/ginger-man/but-jesus-when

## More from this book

> "What are you going to do in London?"
>
> "Rest from the eyes. Ever notice the eyes along the street. Ever notice them? Looking for something. And in this fine cultured city it's me."

p. 239 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/j-p-donleavy/ginger-man/what-are-you.md)

> "I'm suspicious about people interested in saving other people's souls."

p. 214 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/j-p-donleavy/ginger-man/im-suspicious-about.md)

> "Mr Dangerfield, why don't you believe in hell and things like that?"
>
> "Hell is for poor people."

p. 228 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/j-p-donleavy/ginger-man/mr-dangerfield-why.md)