“Morality and expediency coincide more than the cynics allow.”
Roy Hattersley (1932) British Labour Party politician, published author and journalist
The Guardian, 30 September 1988
“Morality and expediency coincide more than the cynics allow.”
Roy Hattersley (1932) British Labour Party politician, published author and journalist
The Guardian, 30 September 1988
Simone Weil (1909–1943) French philosopher, Christian mystic, and social activist
Source: Simone Weil : An Anthology (1986), Chance (1947), p. 277
Ivars Peterson (1948) Canadian mathematician
Source: The Jungles of Randomness: A Mathematical Safari (1997), Chapter 10, “Lifetimes of Chance” (p. 188)
“Where more is meant than meets the ear.”
John Milton (1608–1674) English epic poet
Source: Il Penseroso (1631), Line 120
“There is a good deal more to nothing than meets the eye.”
John D. Barrow (1952–2020) British scientist
Preface
The Book of Nothing (2009)
“The more boys I meet, the more I love my dog.”
Carrie Underwood (1983) American country music singer
From The More Boys I Meet from the album, Carnival Ride (2007). [Misattributed: performer not credited as writer.]
“My instinct shouted “Conspiracy” but my head reasoned “Coincidence.””
Michael Moorcock (1939) English writer, editor, critic
Source: The von Bek family, The City in the Autumn Stars (1986), Chapter 8 (p. 291)