Source: Succubus Dreams
“What you want, my lad, and what you're going to get are two very
different things.”
Source: Right Ho, Jeeves
Aphorism (1937), p. 38
Attributed in posthumous publications, Albert Einstein: The Human Side (1979)
Context: Body and soul are not two different things, but only two different ways of perceiving the same thing. Similarly, physics and psychology are only different attempts to link our experiences together by way of systematic thought.
“Tough toenails, tiger. What you want and what you get are usually two entirely different things.”
Source: Three Weeks With My Brother
Let's Be Frank (1957)
Context: It was extraordinary to be in two places at once, doing two different things — extraordinary, but not confusing. He merely had two bodies which were as integrated as his two hands had been.
“What is right and what is practicable are two different things.”
As quoted in Presidential Leadership : Rating the Best and the Worst in the White House (2004) edited by James Taranto and Leonard Leo.
“If you want things to be different, perhaps the answer is to become different yourself.”
“Knowing and feeling are two different things, and feeling is what counts.”
Source: Hector and the Search for Happiness
