The Mission Song (2006)
“If you'll believe in me, I'll believe in you. Is that a bargain?”
Source: Soldiers Live (2000), Chapter 5, “An Abode of Ravens: Headquarters” (p. 382)
Source: No Country for Old Men (2005)
Context: I aint got all that many regrets. I could imagine lots of things that you might think would make a man happier. I think by the time you're grown you're as happy as you're goin to be. You'll have good times and bad times, but in the end you'll be about as happy as you was before. Or as unhappy. I've knowed people that just never did get the hang of it.
“Secrets in manufactures are capable of being longer kept than secrets in trade.”
Source: (1776), Book I, Chapter VII, p. 72.
“Life is not fair. Get used to it… Be nice to nerds. Chances are you'll end up working for one.”
Though widely attributed to Gates on the internet, this list of life suggestions is actually based on one from Charles J. Sykes. More information at Snopes.com http://www.snopes.com/language/document/liferule.htm
Misattributed
On tweaking the one-man one-vote system after losing 2 seats to non-PAP Candidates, The Straits Times, 24 December 1984 http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article.aspx?articleid=straitstimes19841224-1.2.2
1980s
“…the side that feels the lesser urge for peace will naturally get the better bargain.”
On War (1832), Book 1
