“If there’s one thing that a study of history has taught us, it is that things can always get worse,” said my friend.
From A Study in Emerald
Fragile Things (2006)
“What good are insights? They only make things worse.”
“Any time seems long when you need to make a decision but can’t.”
Grendel (p. 252)
Short fiction, Neutron Star (1968)
Source: Story: Substance, Structure, Style, and the Principles of Screenwriting
Oui interview (1979)
Context: There’s no reason to assume that my idea of what‘s better would really be better. I resent it when other people try to inflict their ideas of betterness on me. I don’t think they know. And I can’t see any authority on the horizon that’s got any answers that seem worthwhile. Most of the things that are suggested are probably detrimental to your mental health.
Kenneth Boulding (1986) "Proceedings of the 7th Friends Association for Higher Education Conference, Malone College, 1986" p. 4, quoted in Debora Hammond, The Science of Synthesis, Colorado: University of Colorado Press, 2003.
1980s
Source: Yvette Herrell: Nancy Pelosi’s Majority in ‘Shambles,’ Gives GOP ‘Leverage’ https://www.breitbart.com/radio/2020/11/11/yvette-herrell-nancy-pelosis-majority-in-shambles-gives-gop-leverage/ (11 November 2020)
