“Thinking is difficult, that’s why most people judge.”
C.G. Jung (1875–1961) Swiss psychiatrist and psychotherapist who founded analytical psychology
Martin Svoboda
@quick, member from April 4, 2011
“The dearest ones of time, the strongest friends of the soul – BOOKS.”
Emily Dickinson (1830–1886) American poet
The quote is mistakenly attributed to the author
“I shall not waste my days in trying to prolong them. I shall use my time.”
Ian Fleming book You Only Live Twice
Source: You Only Live Twice (1964), Ch. 21 : Orbit. Fleming is quoting Jack London directly.
Jack London (1876–1916) American author, journalist, and social activist
Variant: "I shall not waste my days in trying to prolong them. I shall use my time." also mentioned as Jack London quote in Ian Fleming book You Only Live Twice (1964), Ch. 21 : Orbit
Source: San Francisco Bulletin in 1916. Also included as an introduction to a compilation of Jack London short stories in 1956.
“I walk slowly, but I never walk backward.”
Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865) 16th President of the United States
Likely spurious quote, UNVERIFIED ATTRIBUTE - Quoted in The Lexington Observer & Reporter (16 June 1864)
1860s
Variant: I am a slow walker, but I never walk back.
“A lie is more comfortable than doubt, more useful than love, more lasting than truth.”
Gabriel García Márquez (1927–2014) Colombian writer
[The Autumn of the Patriarch, 2006 [1976], HarperCollins, 978-0-06-088286-0, 254] translated from El Ontoño del Patriarica (1975) by Gregory Rabassa
“A true friend is the one who holds your hand and touches your heart”
Gabriel García Márquez (1927–2014) Colombian writer
Variant: Friend is the person that holds your hand and touches your heart!
“The only regret I will have in dying is if it is not for love.”
Gabriel García Márquez book Love in the Time of Cholera
Source: Love in the Time of Cholera
„Stačí, abych si byl jist, že ty a já v tuto chvíli existujeme.“
Gabriel García Márquez (1927–2014) kolumbijský spisovatel, nositel Nobelovy ceny za literaturu
„Žádný lék nevyléčí to, co nemůže vyléčit štěstí.“
Gabriel García Márquez (1927–2014) kolumbijský spisovatel, nositel Nobelovy ceny za literaturu
„Nikdo si nezaslouží tvé slzy, a ten kdo by si je zasloužil, by tě nikdy nerozplakal.“
Gabriel García Márquez (1927–2014) kolumbijský spisovatel, nositel Nobelovy ceny za literaturu
„Skutečný přítel je ten, co vás drží za ruku a dotýká se vašeho srdce.“
Gabriel García Márquez (1927–2014) kolumbijský spisovatel, nositel Nobelovy ceny za literaturu
“Freedom for the wolves has often meant death to the sheep.”
Isaiah Berlin (1909–1997) Russo-British Jewish social and political theorist, philosopher and historian of ideas
„Tragédie žen spočívá v tom, že se každá nakonec podobá své matce.“
Oscar Wilde (1854–1900) dramatik, prozaik a básník