Light (1919), Ch. XXII - Light
As quoted in Dictionary of Quotable Definitions (1970) by Eugene Brussell
“the only perfect people are dead people, because their the only ones who can't make mistakes!”
Source: Liar's Game
Variant: If you're in trouble or hurt or need–go to poor people. They're the only ones that'll help–the only ones.
Source: The Grapes of Wrath
“People are so lazy, they want everything to be simple, but nothing is simple. Nothing.”
Source: The Coyote Kings of the Space-Age Bachelor Pad (2004), Chapter 31 “Saturday Morning Mission” (p. 173)
“One's past is what one is. It is the only way by which people should be judged.”
“One can forget everything, everything, only not oneself, one's own being.”
Alles, alles kann einer vergessen, nur nicht sich selbst, sein eigenes Wesen.
Parerga and Paralipomena (1851), Aphorisms on the Wisdom of Life
“There are only two kinds of languages: the ones people complain about and the ones nobody uses.”
Bjarne Stroustrup's FAQ: Did you really say that?, 2007-11-15 http://www.stroustrup.com/bs_faq.html#really-say-that,
Source: The C++ Programming Language
