# Quote — John Kennedy Toole, A Confederacy of Dunces

> You can always tell employees of the government by the total vacancy which occupies the space where most other people have faces.

- Author: [John Kennedy Toole](https://www.leafyquotes.com/john-kennedy-toole.md)
- Book: [A Confederacy of Dunces](https://www.leafyquotes.com/john-kennedy-toole/a-confederacy-of-dunces.md)
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- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/john-kennedy-toole/a-confederacy-of-dunces/you-can-always-tell

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> "I do believe that I shall have another of these savories."

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> "The human desire for food and sex is relatively equal. If there are armed rapes, why should there not be armed hot dog thefts?"

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> "Miss Trixie considers luncheon meat a rather toothsome delicacy."

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