“There are no shortcuts to any place worth going”
Helen Keller (1880–1968) American author and political activist
As quoted in Conquering an Enemy Called Average (1996) by John L. Mason
“There are no shortcuts to any place worth going”
Helen Keller (1880–1968) American author and political activist
“If you're going to define a shortcut, then make it the base [ sic] darn shortcut you can.”
Larry Wall (1954) American computer programmer and author, creator of Perl
[199709241628.JAA08908@wall.org, 1997]
Usenet postings, 1997
“Any life worth living is going to have risks”
Richelle Mead book The Indigo Spell
Source: The Indigo Spell
“Anyone who wants to tackle corruption must be willing to go all the way. There are no shortcuts.”
Oby Ezekwesili (1963) Nigerian accountant, politician, human rights activist, convener of bring back our girls (Chibok girls) and pres…
Source: https://voices.transparency.org/10-quotes-about-corruption-and-transparency-vol-2-802020c68574 Talks on Corruption and Transparency International.
“It is a really important place to not go, if we can not go there in any way, shape or form.”
Michael Mullen (1946) U.S. Navy admiral and 17th Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
On attacking Iran, Washington, D.C., July 2009. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/8139655.stm
“Worth dying for. Worth killing for. Worth going to hell for. Amen.”
Frank Miller book The Hard Goodbye
Source: The Hard Goodbye
“Worth seeing? yes; but not worth going to see.”
Samuel Johnson (1709–1784) English writer
October 12, 1779 <br class="br">On the Giant's Causeway. A similar opinion was expressed by the English traveller Richard Twiss in 1775 in A Tour of Ireland http://books.google.ie/books?id=ujpIAAAAMAAJ, p. 157 <br class="br">Life of Samuel Johnson (1791), Vol III
John Frusciante (1970) American guitarist, singer, songwriter and record producer
On "The Heart is a Drum Machine" Documentary
“The world is a fine place, and worth fighting for.”
Ernest Hemingway book For Whom the Bell Tolls
Variant: The world is a fine place and worth fighting for and I hate very much to leave it.
Source: For Whom the Bell Tolls