“Anyone who considers protocol unimportant has never dealt with a cat.”
The Cat Who Walks Through Walls (1985)
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Robert A. Heinlein557
American science fiction author 1907–1988Related quotes
Mikhail Bulgakov book The Master and Margarita
Book Two in 'The Extraction of the Master', P/V
The Master and Margarita (1967)
“Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new.”
Albert Einstein (1879–1955) German-born physicist and founder of the theory of relativity
Variant: A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new.
“Never enter a business deal with anyone who has less than yourself.”
Anton LaVey book The Devil's Notebook
The Devil's Notebook (1992)
“If anyone can be considered the greatest writer who ever lived, it is Shakespeare.”
Isaac Asimov book Asimov's Chronology of the World
Asimov's Chronology of the World (1991), p. 226
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George Salmon (1819–1904) mathematician and Anglican theologian
The Infallibility of the Church (London: John Murray, 1888; 4th ed. 1914), p. 111 https://archive.org/stream/a607385500salmuoft#page/n143/mode/2up.
“Anyone who believes you can't change history has never tried to write his memoirs.”
David Ben-Gurion (1886–1973) Israeli politician, Zionist leader, prime minister of Israel
Attributed to Ben-Gurion in A Call to Action : The Handbook to Unite and Ignite America's Betrayed and Imperiled Public (2004) by A. T. Theodore, p. 6, but earlier published as a saying of unknown authorship in Uncommon Sense : The World's Fullest Compendium of Wisdom (1987) by Joseph Telushkin, p. 204
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“Never, ever go near power. Don't become friends with anyone who has real power. It's dangerous.”
Stanley Kubrick (1928–1999) American film director, screenwriter, producer, cinematographer and editor
Quoted in "After Stanley Kubrick" (18 August 2010), an interview of his wife Christiane Kubrick in The Guardian