Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865) 16th President of the United States
1850s, Autobiographical Sketch Written for Jesse W. Fell (1859), p.32
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Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865) 16th President of the United States
1850s, Autobiographical Sketch Written for Jesse W. Fell (1859), p.32
“The earth is not dying, it is being killed, and those who are killing it have names and addresses.”
Utah Phillips (1935–2008) American labor organizer, folk singer, storyteller and poet
Attributed in Naomi Klein's No Logo: No Space, No Choice, No Jobs https://books.google.com/books?id=Yq_WAUXqRAEC&pg=PA325 (2009), p.325, and in Mark Lynas' Seeds of Science: Why We Got It So Wrong On GMOs https://books.google.com/books?id=V10-DwAAQBAJ&pg=PA16 (2018), p. 16. <br class="br">Attributed
“It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather we should thank God that such men lived.”
George S. Patton (1885–1945) United States Army general
Speech at the Copley Plaza Hotel, Boston, Massachusetts (7 June 1945), quoted in Patton : Ordeal and Triumph (1970) by Ladislas Farago
“Cured yesterday of my disease,
I died last night of my physician.”
Matthew Prior (1664–1721) British diplomat, poet
The Remedy Worse than the Disease (1714).
Bill Hicks (1961–1994) American comedian
Rant in E-Minor (1997)
Variant: The whole image is that eternal suffering awaits anyone who questions God's infinite love. That's the message we're brought up with, isn't it? Beleive or die! Thank you, forgiving Lord, for all those options.
“Glad my name came up. Thank audience, mentor, all who made my workplace enjoyable.”
Kamal Haasan (1954) Indian actor
On getting the Padma Bhushan Award, the third highest civilian award of India for his five decades in the film industry, in Glad my name came up', Kamal Hassan on Padma Bhushan (26 January 2014) http://zeenews.india.com/entertainment/celebrity/glad-my-name-came-up-kamal-hassan-on-padma-bhushan_149777.html
Léon Bloy (1846–1917) French writer, poet and essayist
What thinks the one that sticks, that maims, or inflicts to their pure souls more black sorrow than death? (...) The curse of a crowd of children, is a cataclysm, a horror prodigy, a chain of dark mountains in the sky, with a cavalcade of thunder and lightning in their tops. It is the infinite of the cries of all deep, is a not know what highly powerful unforgiving and extinguishing any hope of forgiveness.<br><br>Léon Bloy, Octavio de Faria, portuguese edition, page 101. Léon Bloy, Octavio de Faria, portuguese edition, page 101. https://books.google.com.br/books?id=wI4SAAAAYAAJ&q=%C3%89+o+rebanho+dos+pequenos+de+Deus.+%22Quem+quer+que+receba+em+meu+nome+um+desses+pequenos%22+disse+Jesus&dq=%C3%89+o+rebanho+dos+pequenos+de+Deus.+%22Quem+quer+que+receba+em+meu+nome+um+desses+pequenos%22+disse+Jesus&hl=pt-BR&sa=X&ved=0CBsQ6AEwAGoVChMI0Ovrgrn5yAIVQpGQCh3fFwGB
“You can't please all the people all the time. And yesterday, all those people were at my show.”
Mitch Hedberg (1968–2005) American stand-up comedian
Strategic Grill Locations
Boris Johnson (1964) British politician, historian and journalist
2000s, 2008, First Speech As London Mayor (May 3, 2008)