Arundhati Roy (1961) Indian novelist, essayist
Why America must stop the war now (23 October 2001) http://www.theguardian.com/world/2001/oct/23/afghanistan.terrorism8. <br class="br">Articles
To James T. Fields, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)
Arundhati Roy (1961) Indian novelist, essayist
Why America must stop the war now (23 October 2001) http://www.theguardian.com/world/2001/oct/23/afghanistan.terrorism8. <br class="br">Articles
“He who walks straight rarely falls.”
Leonardo Da Vinci (1452–1519) Italian Renaissance polymath
The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci (1883), XIX Philosophical Maxims. Morals. Polemics and Speculations.
“[H]e who fears to lose will never win.”
David Gemmell book Legend
Source: Drenai series, Legend, Pt 1: Against the Horde, Ch. 17
“It's a rare book that wins the battle against drooping eyelids.”
Tracy Chevalier (1962) American writer
“A man who cannot climb a tree will boast of never having fallen out of one.”
Ludwig Klages (1872–1956) German psychologist and philosopher
Source: Rhythmen und Runen (1944), p. 466
“You never win the silver. You only lose the gold.”
Shahrukh Khan (1965) Indian actor, producer and television personality
From interview with Malavika Sangghvi
Fred Astaire (1899–1987) American dancer, singer, actor, choreographer and television presenter
from Lorenz Hart's title number to On Your Toes.