“Don't be too assuming, it doesn't get you anywhere.”
Anne Frank (1929–1945) victim of the Holocaust and author of a diary
Source: The Diary of a Young Girl
“Don't be too assuming, it doesn't get you anywhere.”
Anne Frank (1929–1945) victim of the Holocaust and author of a diary
Source: The Diary of a Young Girl
Alexandre Dumas (1802–1870) French writer and dramatist, father of the homonym writer and dramatist
Source: The Count of Monte Cristo, V1
Harry Truman (1884–1972) American politician, 33rd president of the United States (in office from 1945 to 1953)
Lecture at Columbia University (28 April 1959)
“Anything that doesn't take years of your life and drive you to suicide hardly seems worth doing.”
Cormac McCarthy (1933) American novelist, playwright, and screenwriter
The Wall Street Journal, November 20, 2009, "Hollywood's Favorite Cowboy" http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704576204574529703577274572.html by John Jurgensen <!--accessed: November 17, 2009--> <br class="br">Variant: I’m not interested in writing short stories. Anything that doesn’t take years of your life and drive you to suicide hardly seems worth doing. <br class="br">Context: I'm not interested in writing short stories. Anything that doesn't take years of your life and drive you to suicide hardly seems worth doing.
Aron Ra (1962) Aron Ra is an atheist activist and the host of the Ra-Men Podcast
Exclusive Interview with Aron Ra – Public Speaker, Atheist Vlogger, and Activist https://conatusnews.com/interview-aron-ra-past-president-atheist-alliance-america/, Conatus News (May 17, 2017)
Stephen Colbert (1964) American political satirist, writer, comedian, television host, and actor
White House Correspondents' Association Dinner (2006)
John Chrysostom (349–407) important Early Church Father
Epist. i. ad Tim., 12, as cited in Francesco Saverio Nitti, Catholic Socialism (1895), p. 67
Lisa Randall (1962) American theoretical physicist and an expert on particle physics and cosmology
The Discover Interview: Lisa Randall (July 2006)