“You are like all cruel men, sentimental; you are like all sentimental men; squeamish.”
Brian W. Aldiss (1925–2017) British science fiction author
“Poor Little Warrior!” p. 80
Short fiction, Who Can Replace a Man? (1965)
“Like all harsh, cold men, he was easily tipped over into sentiment.”
— Ian Fleming, book Casino Royale
Source: Casino Royale
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“Tip the world over on its side and everything loose will land in Los Angeles.”
Frank Lloyd Wright (1867–1959) American architect (1867-1959)
(2021 rev. ed.), this quote was attributed to Wright in Art Spiegelman and Bob Schneider, Whole Grains: Book of Quotations (1973), but a similar quote was credited to Will Rogers in The Washington Post on May 17, 1964: "Tilt this country on end and everything loose will slide into Los Angeles."
Source: https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_New_Yale_Book_of_Quotations/FtU4EAAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PA906&printsec=frontcover New Yale Book of Quotations
Paul Keating (1944) Australian politician, 24th Prime Minister of Australia
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Malcolm Gladwell (1963) journalist and science writer
Source: The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference