Albert Einstein (1879–1955) German-born physicist and founder of the theory of relativity
1920s, Viereck interview (1929)
“No man can have a peaceful life who thinks too much about lengthening it.”
Source: Epistulae Morales ad Lucilium (Moral Letters to Lucilius), Letter IV: On the terrors of death, Line 4.
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Seneca the Younger225
Roman Stoic philosopher, statesman, and dramatist -4–65 BCRelated quotes
“A man can never have too much red wine, too many books, or too much ammunition”
Rudyard Kipling (1865–1936) English short-story writer, poet, and novelist
“I still think too much about the mothers
And ask what is man born of woman.”
Czeslaw Milosz (1911–2004) Polish, poet, diplomat, prosaist, writer, and translator
"Preparation," trans. Czesław Miłosz and Robert Hass
Unattainable Earth (1986)
Context: I still think too much about the mothers
And ask what is man born of woman.
He curls himself up and protects his head
While he is kicked by heavy boots; on fire and running,
He burns with bright flame; a bulldozer sweeps him into a clay pit.
Her child. Embracing a teddy bear. Conceived in ecstasy.
Timothy Dalton (1944) British actor of stage, film and television
On playing Bond. [Timothy Dalton Reflects On 007, 2007-02-19, http://www.mi6.co.uk/sections/articles/dalton_hot_fuzz.php3?t=&s=, MI6 - The Home of James Bond, 2007-02-21]
Attributed
“Paranoia's the garlic in life's kitchen, right, you can never have too much.”
Thomas Pynchon book Bleeding Edge
Variant: Paranoia's the garlic in life's kitchen
Source: Bleeding Edge (2013), p. 11