from Trueman Bradley - Aspie Detective.
“In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life — It goes on.”
Robert Frost (1874–1963) American poet
As quoted in The Harper Book of Quotations (1993) edited by Robert I. Fitzhenry, p. 261
General sources
Variant: In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on.
Bernie Sanders (1941) American politician, senator for Vermont
That is the golden rule. Do unto others, what you would have them do to you. That is the golden rule, and it is not very complicated.
2010s, 2015, Liberty University Speech (14 September 2015)
“The entire teaching of Buddhism can be summed up in this way: Nothing is worth holding on to.”
Jack Kornfield (1945) American writer
Source: Living Dharma: Teachings of Twelve Buddhist Masters
“The work of a director can be summed up in two very simple words. Why and How.”
Peter Brook (1925) English theatre and film director and innovator
[Brook, Peter, On Directing, 1999, Faber and Faber ltd, London, England, English, 0-571-19149-5, ix (Foreword)]
“The history of failure in war can almost be summed up in two words: 'Too late.'”
Douglas MacArthur (1880–1964) U.S. Army general of the army, field marshal of the Army of the Philippines
Too late in comprehending the deadly purpose of a potential enemy; too late in realizing the mortal danger; too late in preparedness; too late in uniting all possible forces for resistance, too late in standing with one's friends. Victory in war results from no mysterious alchemy or wizardry but depends entirely upon the concentration of superior force at the critical points of combat.
Statement MacArthur made in 1940, as quoted by James B. Reston in Prelude to Victory (1942), p. 64
1940s
“My approach to the job can be summed up pretty simply — I never viewed politics as my career.”
Angus King (1944) United States Senator from Maine
Governor's Travels : How I Left Politics, Learned to Back Up a Bus, and Found America (2011)
Context: My approach to the job can be summed up pretty simply — I never viewed politics as my career. Important, yes, worthy of intense commitment, of course — but it was not my whole life. … I saw politics as a way to make a contribution and satisfy my penchant for public policy, but not as something I couldn't live without.
“With everything in me screaming No! yet the sum of me sighed Yes.”
James Baldwin book Giovanni's Room
Source: Giovanni's Room
