Source: Batman: The Killing Joke
“I didn’t have any choice... What choice did I have? He’s the president.”
Colin Powell (1937) Former U.S. Secretary of State and retired four-star general
Source: Quoted in Colin Powell Was a Nice Man Who Helped Destroy Iraq, Peter Maass, https://theintercept.com/2021/10/18/colin-powell-dead-iraq/ The Intercept, (October 18, 2021)
China Miéville book The Dusty Hat
The Dusty Hat (p. 211)
Short Fiction, Three Moments of an Explosion (2015)
“A Case I Won – But I Would Prefer To Have Lost.”
Fali Sam Nariman (1929) Indian politician
Criticizing his own win, Nariman said “I don’t see what is so special about the first five judges of the Supreme Court. They are only the first five in seniority of appointment – not necessarily in superiority of wisdom or competence. I see no reason why all the judges in the highest court should not be consulted when a proposal is made for appointment of a high court judge (or an eminent advocate) to be a judge of the Supreme Court. I would suggest that the closed-circuit network of five judges should be disbanded.
When he appeared in the Second Judges Case in the the Supreme Court Nariman which he won.
Fali S. Nariman, ‘Before Memory Fades: An Autobiography
John S. Hall (1960) Poet, author, singer, lawyer
Then I will remind myself that I cannot.
March 16
Quotes from Daily Negations (2007)
“Personally, I have always preferred inspiration to information.”
Man Ray (1890–1976) American artist and photographer
As quoted in Photographers on Photography : A Critical Anthology (1966) by Nathan Lyons, p. 80 <!-- "Man Ray Photographs 1920-1934" MAN RAY, Modern Photography, November 1957, p. 85. THE AGE OF LIGHT 1934 Preface to Man Ray Photographs 1920-1934, Paris, Hartford, James T. Soby ??? -->
Context: Of course, there will always be those who look only at technique, who ask "how", while others of a more curious nature will ask "why". Personally, I have always preferred inspiration to information.
Zlatan Ibrahimović (1981) Swedish association football player
When asked about playing in the United States http://www.espn.in/football/soccer-transfers/story/2880702/zlatan-ibrahimovic-has-made-choice-amid-manchester-united-talk <br class="br">Attributed
Raymond Smullyan (1919–2017) American mathematician
Is God a Taoist? (1977) http://www.mit.edu/people/dpolicar/writing/prose/text/godTaoist.html
“As a general rule, I preferred not to have my soul reaped.”
Rick Riordan book The Last Olympian
Source: The Last Olympian
