Source: Cross My Heart and Hope to Spy
Song lyrics, Hounds of Love (1985), The Ninth Wave
“You are so special. I'm so proud of you.”
Oprah Winfrey Surprise Spectacular
“Did you hear that? I didn't hear anything. Put that question another way.”
Sports Illustrated (August 23, 1982).
“So this was how you died, in whispers that you did not hear.”
Source: The Complete Short Stories
“I'd much rather hear you say, "I've come awake," than hear you say, "I'm sorry."”
"A Changed Person", p. 96
Awareness (1992)
Context: It's only when you become love — in other words, when you have dropped your illusions and attachments — that you will "know." As you identify less and less with the "me," you will be more at ease with everybody and with everything. Do you know why? Because you are no longer afraid of being hurt or not liked. You no longer desire to impress anyone. Can you imagine the relief when you don't have to impress anybody anymore? Oh, what a relief. Happiness at last! You no longer feel the need or the compulsion to explain things anymore. It's all right. What is there to be explained? And you don't feel the need or compulsion to apologize anymore. I'd much rather hear you say, "I've come awake," than hear you say, "I'm sorry." I'd much rather hear you say to me, "I've come awake since we last met; what I did to you won't happen again," than to hear you say, "I'm so sorry for what I did to you."
On Saturday Night Live, More Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer
Prior to the 2002 Winter Olympics
Price, S.L. (2002) "Launch of Apolo" http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/si_online/news/2002/02/13/launch_of_apolo/ Sports Illustrated. (accessed May 24, 2007)
“I did not hear what you said, but I absolutely disagree with you.”
Attributed to Augustus De Morgan in: August Stern (1994). The Quantum Brain: Theory and Implications. North-Holland/Elsevier. p. 7
