Ragnor Fell and Magnus Bane in 1791, p. 9.
The Bane Chronicles, What Really Happened in Peru (2013)
“You simply don't get to be wise, mature, etc., unless you've been a raving cannibal for thirty years or so.”
Last update June 3, 2021.
History
Help us to complete the source, original and additional information
Do you have more details about the quote "You simply don't get to be wise, mature, etc., unless you've been a raving cannibal for thirty years or so." by Doris Lessing?
Doris Lessing 94
British novelist, poet, playwright, librettist, biographer … 1919–2013Related quotes
“I don't care how much you eat, Ender, self-cannibalism won't get you out of this school.”
Orson Scott Card
(1951) American science fiction novelist
Kirsten Gillibrand
(1966) United States Senator from New York
At the press conference where New York Governor David Paterson announced Gillibrand's appointment to the senate
[N.Y. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, Pickert, Kate, Time, Inc., Time, 2009-01-23, 2011-01-28, http://www.time.com/time/politics/article/0,8599,1873589,00.html]
“Trayvon Martin could have been me thirty five years ago.”
Barack Obama
(1961) 44th President of the United States of America
Remarks regarding the shooting of Trayvon Martin and Trial of George Zimmerman (2013). Source: Barack Obama: "Remarks on the Verdict in State of Florida v. George Zimmerman," July 19, 2013. Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project. http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=103873&st=&st1= For the background of this quote see this source.
2013
Context: Trayvon Martin could have been me thirty five years ago. And when you think about why, in the African-American community at least, there is lot of pain about what happened. I think it is important to recognize that the African-American community is looking at the issue through a set of experiences and a history, that doesn’t go away. There are very few African-American men in this country who haven’t had the experience of being followed when they are shopping at a department store. That includes me. There are very few African-American men in this country who haven’t had the experience of walking across the street and hearing the locks click on the doors of cars. That happens to me at least before I was a senator. There are very few African-Americans who haven’t had the experience of getting on an elevator and a woman clutching her purse nervously and holding her breath until she had a chance to get off.
Source: The Perks of Being a Wallflower
George Bernard Shaw
(1856–1950) Irish playwright
Interview "Who I Am, and What I Think", in Frank Harris's periodical The Candid Friend (May 1901), reprinted in Sixteen Self Sketches, 1949, p. 53; quoted in Desmond King-Hele, Shelley: His Thought and Work, 1984, p. 42 https://books.google.it/books?id=V5KvCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA42
1900s
H.L. Mencken
(1880–1956) American journalist and writer
13
1940s–present, Minority Report : H.L. Mencken's Notebooks (1956)