“Words must surely be counted among the most powerful drugs man ever invented.”
Leo Rosten (1908–1997) American writer
“I am, by calling, a dealer in words; and words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind.”
Speech, quoted in The Times (February 15, 1923).
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Variant: Words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind.
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Louis Pasteur (1822–1895) French chemist and microbiologist
Εν Θεος - A God within.
Variant translation: "The Greeks have given us one of the most beautiful words of our language, the word "enthusiasm" Εν Θεος .— a God within. The grandeur of the acts of men are measured by the inspiration from which they spring. Happy is he who bears a God within." (As quoted in Spiritual Literacy : Reading the Sacred in Everyday Life (1998) by Frederic Brussat and Mary Ann Brussat)
Original: Les Grecs avaient compris la mystérieuse puissance de ce dessous de choses. Ce sont eux qui nous ont légué un des plus beaux mots de notre langue, le mot enthousiasme. —Εν Θεος. — Un Dieu intérieur.
Discours de réception de Louis Pasteur (1882)
William Gibson (1948) American-Canadian speculative fiction novelist and founder of the cyberpunk subgenre
It doesn't happen.
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Jeff Sessions (1946) Former United States Attorney General
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“Wouldn't you rather your kid be a drug dealer than a drug addict?”
John Waters (1946) American filmmaker, actor, comedian and writer
From 6/28/2010 Colbert Report