“Most people would rather be certain they're miserable, than risk being happy.”
Robert Anthony (1982) professional wrestler
“Most people would rather be certain they're miserable, than risk being happy.”
Robert Anthony (1982) professional wrestler
Serge Savard (1946) Canadian ice hockey player
Quoted in Kevin Shea, "One on One with Serge Savard," http://www.legendsofhockey.net/html/spot_oneononep198603.htm Legends of Hockey.net (2003-12-16) <br class="br">Savard comments on winning very few individual awards, while winning eight Stanley Cups.
Dennis Lindley (1923–2013) British statistician
6. Bayes Rule. p. 81.
Understanding Uncertainty (2006)
Ad Reinhardt (1913–1967) American painter
Quote of Ad Reinhardt in: Abstract Expressionist Painting in America, W.C, Seitz, Cambridge Massachusetts, 1983, p. 107
after 1967 - posthumous
“To me it is always the people rather than the places that matter.”
Wilfred Thesiger (1910–2003) British explorer
Source: Desert, Marsh and Mountain (1979), p. 122.
Orson Scott Card book Pastwatch: The Redemption of Christopher Columbus
Source: Pastwatch: The Redemption of Christopher Columbus (1996)
David Orrell (1962) Canadian mathematician
Source: The Other Side Of The Coin (2008), Chapter 2, Odd Versus Even, p. 75