“Life has become immeasurably better since I have been forced to stop taking it seriously.”
Hunter S. Thompson (1937–2005) American journalist and author
Rush Limbaugh, as quoted in Old Age Is Always 15 Years Older Than I Am (2001) by Randy Voorhees
Misattributed
“Life has become immeasurably better since I have been forced to stop taking it seriously.”
Hunter S. Thompson (1937–2005) American journalist and author
Sanju Samson (1994) Indian cricketer
Source: Samson after hitting a century on 2017 Indian Premier League about his unsuccessful domestic season. Sanju Samson says bad times taught him a lot https://m.economictimes.com/news/sports/sanju-samson-says-bad-times-taught-him-a-lot/amp_articleshow/58144832.cms
“Learning the truth has become my life's love.”
Dan Brown book The Da Vinci Code
Source: The Da Vinci Code
Jimmy Carter (1924) American politician, 39th president of the United States (in office from 1977 to 1981)
“I couldn't possibly have become a member of this institute if I hadn't founded it myself.”
Jonas Salk (1914–1995) Inventor of polio vaccine
On the Salk Institute for Biological Studies and the difficulties he has had with others involved in medical research because of his unorthodox approaches and attitudes, as quoted in a Brief biography at PBS.org http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aso/databank/entries/bmsalk.html
John Lilly (1915–2001) American physician
The Human Biocomputer (1974) <!-- London: Abacus -->
Context: In the province of the mind, what one believes to be true is true or becomes true, within certain limits to be found experientially and experimentally. These limits are further beliefs to be transcended. In the mind, there are no limits... In the province of connected minds, what the network believes to be true, either is true or becomes true within certain limits to be found experientially and experimentally. These limits are further beliefs to be transcended. In the network's mind there are no limits.