Martin Svoboda
@quick, member from April 4, 2011
“Only the dead are safe; only the dead have seen the end of war.”
George Santayana (1863–1952) 20th-century Spanish-American philosopher associated with Pragmatism
Attributed to Plato by General Douglas MacArthur, earliest source found is work of George Santayana who doesn't attribute it to anyone. Plato and his dialogues by Bernard SUZANNE, "Frequently Asked Questions about Plato : Did Plato write "Only the dead have seen the end of war"?" http://plato-dialogues.org/faq/faq008.htm
Source: Soliloquies in England and Later Soliloquies (1922), "Tipperary"
Robert Oppenheimer (1904–1967) American theoretical physicist and professor of physics
I suppose we all thought that, one way or another. <br class="br">Interview about the Trinity explosion, first broadcast as part of the television documentary The Decision to Drop the Bomb (1965), produced by Fred Freed, NBC White Paper; the translation is his own. online video at atomicarchive.com http://www.atomicarchive.com/Movies/Movie8.shtml <br class="br">It is possible that Oppenheimer is referring to Bhagavad-Gita xi:32: श्रीभगवानुवाच | कालोऽस्मि लोकक्षयकृत्प्रवृद्धो लोकान्समाहर्तुमिह प्रवृत्त: (śrī-bhagavān uvāca kālo 'smi loka-kṣaya-kṛt pravṛddho lokān samāhartum iha pravṛttaḥ) ("The blessed one [Krishna] said: I am the full-grown [or mighty] world-destroying Time [or Death], now engaged in destroying the worlds").
“I find hope in the darkest of days, and focus in the brightest. I do not judge the universe.”
Tenzin Gyatso (1935) spiritual leader of Tibet
“Human happiness and human satisfaction must ultimately come from within oneself.”
Tenzin Gyatso (1935) spiritual leader of Tibet
The Path to Tranquility: Daily Wisdom (1998) edited by Renuka Singh
Context: Human happiness and human satisfaction must ultimately come from within oneself. It is wrong to expect some final satisfaction to come from money or from a computer.
“The world is whatever you say it is if you know how to say it right.”
Terence McKenna (1946–2000) American ethnobotanist
“All the world is birthday cake, so take a piece but not too much.”
George Harrison book I, Me, Mine
Source: I, Me, Mine
“Try to be a rainbow in someone's cloud.”
Maya Angelou book Letter to My Daughter
Variant: Be a rainbow in somebody else's cloud.
Source: Letter to My Daughter
“What is the opposite of two? A lonely me, a lonely you.”
Richard Wilbur (1921–2017) American poet
"Opposites" (1973)
Source: Opposites, More Opposites, and a Few Differences
“Life is short, but the years are long.”
Robert A. Heinlein book Methuselah's Children
Part of the secret "call and response" codewords by which members of the long-lived Howard Families can identify others:
: Life is short.
But the years are long.
Not while the evil days come not.
Methuselah's Children (1958)
“I'm actually pretty athletic. I have to work out just to look fat.”
Will Ferrell (1967) American actor, writer, and comedian
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6461604
Jared Jordan
Attributed
Johnny Depp (1963) American actor, film producer, and musician
Also attributed to Chester Bennington (singer of Linkin Park)
“When people are finding meaning in things -- beware.”
Edward Gorey (1925–2000) American writer, artist, and illustrator
Source: Ascending Peculiarity: Edward Gorey on Edward Gorey
“Nothing happens, and nothing happens, and then everything happens.”
Fay Weldon (1931) English author, essayist and playwright
Life Force (1992) Source: [Kakutani, Michiko, 1992-02-07, Books of The Times; Fallout From a Multitude of Liaisons, https://www.nytimes.com/1992/02/07/books/books-of-the-times-fallout-from-a-multitude-of-liaisons.html, New York Times, 2020-02-12]