“Thunder impresses, but it’s lightning does the work.”
Gregory Benford (1941) Science fiction author and astrophysicist
Time’s Rub, p. 253 (Originally published in Asimov’s, April 1985)
In Alien Flesh (1986)
“Thunder is good, thunder is impressive; but it is lightning that does the work.”
Letter to an Unidentified Person (1908)
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American author and humorist 1835–1910Related quotes
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“Let the thunder break on man and beast and bird
And the lightning. It is something to have been.”
G. K. Chesterton (1874–1936) English mystery novelist and Christian apologist
Poems (1917), The Great Minimum
Context: In a time of sceptic moths and cynic rusts,
And fattened lives that of their sweetness tire
In a world of flying loves and fading lusts,
It is something to be sure of a desire.
Lo, blessed are our ears for they have heard;
Yea, blessed are our eyes for they have seen:
Let the thunder break on man and beast and bird
And the lightning. It is something to have been.
Jane Roberts (1929–1984) American Writer
Source: Emir's Education In The Proper Use of Magical Powers (1979), p. 50
