“If you are first you are first. If you are second, you are nothing.”
Pelé (1940–2022) Brazilian association football player
Martin Svoboda
Verified author @quick, member from April 4, 2011
“The only normal people are the ones you don't know very well.”
Alfred Adler (1870–1937) Medical Doctor, Psychologist, Psychiatrist, Psychotherapist, Personality Theorist
“If you want to make the world a better place
Take a look at yourself, and then make a change.”
Michael Jackson (1958–2009) American singer, songwriter and dancer
Source: Song Man in the Mirror
Context: I'm starting with the man in the mirror
I'm asking him to change his ways
And no message could have been any clearer
If you want to make the world a better place
Take a look at yourself, and then make a change
“We have Paleolithic emotions, medieval institutions, and god-like technology.”
Edward O. Wilson (1929) American biologist
Source: debate at the Harvard Museum of Natural History, Cambridge, Mass., 9 September 2009
“Communism doesn't work because people like to own stuff.”
Frank Zappa (1940–1993) American musician, songwriter, composer, and record and film producer
Zen Masters : The Wisdom of Frank Zappa (2003)
We consider the quote as suspicious, we have no evidence supporting authorship
Johnny Depp (1963) American actor, film producer, and musician
Also attributed to Chester Bennington (singer of Linkin Park)
“What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make.”
Jane Goodall (1934) British primatologist, ethologist, and anthropologist
“Never tell the truth to people who are not worthy of it.”
Mark Twain (1835–1910) American author and humorist
“Courage is a love affair with the unknown.”
Rajneesh (1931–1990) Godman and leader of the Rajneesh movement
“You will not be good teachers if you focus only on what you do and not upon who you are.”
Rudolf Steiner (1861–1925) Austrian esotericist
“Most of the evil in this world is done by people with good intentions.”
T.S. Eliot (1888–1965) 20th century English author
“The dearest ones of time, the strongest friends of the soul – BOOKS.”
Emily Dickinson (1830–1886) American poet
“The voice of the intellect is a soft one, but it does not rest until it has gained a hearing.”
Sigmund Freud (1856–1939) Austrian neurologist known as the founding father of psychoanalysis
1920s, The Future of an Illusion (1927)
Context: The voice of the intellect is a soft one, but it does not rest until it has gained a hearing. Ultimately, after endlessly repeated rebuffs, it succeeds. This is one of the few points in which it may be optimistic about the future of mankind, but in itself it signifies not a little.
“A woman should soften but not weaken a man.”
Sigmund Freud (1856–1939) Austrian neurologist known as the founding father of psychoanalysis
“Where does a thought go when it's forgotten?”
Sigmund Freud (1856–1939) Austrian neurologist known as the founding father of psychoanalysis
Mark Twain (1835–1910) American author and humorist
No known source in Twain's works. <br class="br">The earliest known source is a Usenet post from November 2000 https://groups.google.com/forum/message/raw?msg=israel.francophones/j_b0peHVcJw/YN5cG6Pdk6QJ. <br class="br">Disputed