“Perhaps I was expecting too much.”
Larry Niven book The Mote in God's Eye
“Perhaps. We’re all waiting as fast as we can.”
Source: The Mote in God's Eye (1974), Chapter 13 “Look Around You” (p. 107)
“Perhaps I was too optimistic; perhaps I expected too much. I suppose I should have realized that few members of the oppressor race can understand the deep groans and passionate yearnings of the oppressed race, and still fewer have the vision to see that injustice must be rooted out by strong, persistent and determined action.”
1960s, (1963)
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““Perhaps I was expecting too much.”
“Perhaps. We’re all waiting as fast as we can.””
Larry Niven book The Mote in God's Eye
Source: The Mote in God's Eye (1974), Chapter 13 “Look Around You” (p. 107)
William Morris (1834–1896) author, designer, and craftsman
Signs of Change (1888), How We Live And How We Might Live
Context: Fear and Hope — those are the names of the two great passions which rule the race of man, and with which revolutionists have to deal; to give hope to the many oppressed and fear to the few oppressors, that is our business; if we do the first and give hope to the many, the few must be frightened by their hope; otherwise we do not want to frighten them; it is not revenge we want for poor people, but happiness; indeed, what revenge can be taken for all the thousands of years of the sufferings of the poor?
Stephen Hawking (1942–2018) British theoretical physicist, cosmologist, and author
"Colonies in space may be only hope, says Hawking" by Roger Highfield in Daily Telegraph (16 October 2001).
Benjamin Franklin (1706–1790) American author, printer, political theorist, politician, postmaster, scientist, inventor, civic activist, …
Part II, p. 76
Written in Passy (1784), Ch. VI
The Autobiography (1818)
Mahathir bin Mohamad (1925) Prime Minister of Malaysia
December 2005, on his successor Abdullah Ahmad Badawi's Parliamentary majority of 92%. http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2005/12/11/nation/12838957&sec=nation
Carroll Quigley (1910–1977) American historian
Source: The Evolution of Civilizations (1961) (Second Edition 1979), Chapter 1, Scientific Method and the Social Sciences, p. 40
Lizzie Deignan (1988) English track and road racing cyclist
"Lizzie Deignan: 10 ways to become a better cyclist this summer" https://www.telegraph.co.uk/health-fitness/body/lizzie-deignan-10-ways-become-better-cyclist-summer/, The Telegraph (30 June 2017).
“(Still an atheist at the time) For Heaven's sake…sorry, perhaps I should have said something else.”
Antony Flew (1923–2010) British analytic and evidentialist philosopher
Craig Vs Flew, University of Wisconsin, 1st January 1998 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NixhL0CoH2s
