Source: A Dictionary of Thoughts, 1891, p. 253.
Jean Mayer (1920–1993) French-American scientist, university administrator
"Introductory Remarks on Vegetarianism", in Vegetarianism and the Jewish Tradition by Louis A. Berman (KTAV Publishing House, 1982), p. xx https://books.google.it/books?id=AIvnwmu5DlUC&pg=PR20.
Tami Hoag (1959) American writer
Source: Dark Horse
“We're being led by an idiot with a crayon.”
Eoin Colfer (1965) Irish author of children's books
Variant: We're being lead by an idiot with a crayon.
Source: The Arctic Incident
Alex Salmond (1954) Scottish National Party politician and former First Minister of Scotland
Speech (13 November 2007), quoted in The Guardian, ' Scotland in 2017 - independent and flush with oil, says Salmond http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2007/nov/14/scotland.devolution1' (14 November 2007).
“I am not the one trying to speed things up. We are being driven.”
Helmut Kohl (1930–2017) former chancellor of West Germany (1982-1990) and then the united Germany (1990-1998)
On November 9, 1989, the Berlin Wall fell. The idea of German reunification, often discussed but considered unrealistic, once again became a subject of heated debate. Reunification now appeared inevitable, but scarcely anyone ventured to prophesy how soon it would come. German chancellor Helmut Kohl remarked those words when was accused of pushing unification plans too fast.
Awake! magazine, 12 - 22 - 1991; in its article The Dream of European Unity.
“People are often being reactive instead of being proactive in reducing dangerous threats.”
Newton Lee American computer scientist
The Transhumanism Handbook, 2019
Pierre Teilhard De Chardin book The Phenomenon of Man
The Phenomenon of Man (1955)
Context: If there were no internal propensity to unite, even at a prodigiously rudimentary level — indeed in the molecule itself — it would be physically impossible for love to appear higher up, with us, in hominized form.... Driven by the forces of love, the fragments of the world seek each other so that the world may come into being.
“Would you be upset if you found out your dog was just a robot and it was being driven by a lizard?”
Gavin Free (1988) English filmmaker
"RT Podcast: Ep. 240" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0FJfRkg2dfQ. youtube.com. October 22, 2013. Retrieved May 20, 2022.
“Faith never knows where it is being led, but it loves and knows the One who is leading.”
Oswald Chambers (1874–1917) British missionary
