“Paper is more patient than man.”
Anne Frank (1929–1945) victim of the Holocaust and author of a diary
Variant: Because paper has more patience than people.
Source: The Diary of a Young Girl
Dandelion Mind (2010)
“Paper is more patient than man.”
Anne Frank (1929–1945) victim of the Holocaust and author of a diary
Variant: Because paper has more patience than people.
Source: The Diary of a Young Girl
Theresa May (1956) Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
Speech to the Conservative Party conference http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2002/oct/07/conservatives2002.conservatives1 (07 October 2002)
“I'd rather cut my arm off than vote for that jerk.”
Mike Murphy (political consultant) (1962) American political consultant
As quoted in "Debriefing Mike Murphy" https://www.weeklystandard.com/matt-labash/debriefing-mike-murphy (18 March 2016), by Matt Labash, The Weekly Standard <br class="br">2010s
“There is a century-old saying, "The dollar votes more times than the man."”
Michael Parenti (1933) American academic
Source: Democracy for the Few (2010 [1974]), sixth edition, Chapter 13, p. 222
David Mellor (1949) former British politician, non-practising barrister, broadcaster, journalist and businessman
Quoted in Brian Cathcart, "Were you still up for Portillo?" (Penguin Books, 1997), pp. 63-4
From a speech following his defeat in the 1997 General Election and directed at Sir James Goldsmith.
James Thurber (1894–1961) American cartoonist, author, journalist, playwright
"An Introduction", The Fireside Book of Dog Stories (Simon and Schuster, 1943); reprinted in Thurber's Dogs (1955)
From other writings
J. L. Austin (1911–1960) English philosopher
Philosophical Papers (1979)
“; Dan Gaffney *:They say that, that you got less votes than he did.”
Christine O'Donnell (1969) American Tea Party politician and former Republican Party candidate
Radio appearances