“Elementary particles are terribly boring, which is one reason why we're so interested in them.”
Steven Weinberg (1933) American theoretical physicist
"Elementary particles and the laws of Physics" in The 1986 Dirac Memorial Lectures (1987)
“The interesting thing is why we're so desperate for this anesthetic against loneliness.”
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“People cannot win against their loneliness because loneliness is this world’s worst kind of pain.”
Masashi Kishimoto (1974) Japanese manga artist
“And I just want to tell you this — we're in favor of a lot of things and we're against mighty few.”
Lyndon B. Johnson (1908–1973) American politician, 36th president of the United States (in office from 1963 to 1969)
Campaign statement (1964), as quoted in The Making of the President, 1964 (1966) by T. H. White, p. 413.
1960s
“It is completely unimportant. That is why it is so interesting.”
Agatha Christie book The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
Source: The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
“Why should it be my loneliness,
Why should it be my song,
Why should it be my dream
deferred
overlong?”
Langston Hughes (1902–1967) American writer and social activist
"Tell Me"
Montage of a Dream Deferred (1951)
George S. Patton (1885–1945) United States Army general
Source: George S. Patton's speech to the Third Army https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_S._Patton%27s_speech_to_the_Third_Army
Context: I don't want any messages saying 'I'm holding my position.' We're not holding a goddamned thing. We're advancing constantly and we're not interested in holding anything except the enemy's balls. We're going to hold him by his balls and we're going to kick him in the ass; twist his balls and kick the living shit out of him all the time. Our plan of operation is to advance and keep on advancing. We're going to go through the enemy like shit through a tinhorn.