"Cromwell and Noble".
Imaginary Conversations (1824-1829)
“Men are like steel — when they lose their temper, they lose their worth.”
Chuck Norris (1940) American martial artist and actor
Though often attributed to Norris, this seems to have appeared as an anonymous proverb at least as early as 1961, in an edition of The Physical Educator
Misattributed
Cesare Pavese (1908–1950) Italian poet, novelist, literary critic, and translator
This Business of Living (1935-1950)
“To a man with a hammer, everything looks like a nail.”
Mark Twain (1835–1910) American author and humorist
“When you don't have a hammer, you don't want anything to look like a nail.”
Robert Kagan book Of Paradise and Power
Alternate version: If you don't have a hammer, you don't want anything to look like a nail.
Of Paradise and Power, p. 26
According to Kagan, this is a variation of the proverb "When you have a hammer, all problems start to look like nails." (p. 25 of the same book)
Paul Smith (musician) (1979) English rock singer
About plans for the third album. <br class="br"> MTV http://www.mtv.co.uk/artists/maximo-park/news/40306-maximo-park-interview
“Why is it that when we lose something big, we begin to lose everything else along with it?”
Donna Freitas (1972) American non-fiction writer and writer
Source: The Survival Kit
Dolly Parton (1946) American singer-songwriter and actress
As quoted in "Dolly Parton: Gee, She’s So Nice" https://www.rogerebert.com/interviews/dolly-parton-gee-shes-really-nice (7 December 1980), by Roger Ebert, Roger Ebert <br class="br">1980s
