As quoted in Rumi and Islam: Selections from His Stories, Poems, and Discourses — Annotated and Explained (2004) by Ibrahim Gamard p. 171
“Most people don't like to be hanged.”
Wolfgang Drechsler (1963) Political Philosophy and Innovation Policy scholar
Lectures http://www.neti.ee/cgi-bin/cache?query=wolfgang+drechsler&alates=0&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tudengiportaal.ee%2Fpealeht%2Findex.php%3Fpage=3%26show=4,1,3,2%26out=1
“4948. They agree like Bells; they want nothing but hanging.”
Thomas Fuller (writer) (1654–1734) British physician, preacher, and intellectual
Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)
Hugh Kingsmill (1889–1949) British writer and journalist
"Two Poems, After A. E. Housman", no. 1, line 5
“A generation of the unteachable is hanging upon us like a necklace of corpses.”
George Orwell (1903–1950) English author and journalist
“Look! The moon like a testicle hangs low in the sky. This bodes not well.”
Robin Williams (1951–2014) American actor and stand-up comedian
Performance at the L.A. Improv (1977)
Context: I would like to do Shakespeare's only unknown piece, That's the Way I Lick It... It's a bleak night my Lord. Look! The moon like a testicle hangs low in the sky. This bodes not well.... Anon, post-haste, let's get a larger crowd in here. Free Cocaine! There's no luck. Does anyone have drugs to ease my pain? My Kingdom for a Quaalude! … It is the end! I must go, for I cannot come here, and yet, it has been brief, 'tis over, and the lights do turn bright. <!-- You aren't going to help me are you?
Muhammad (570–632) Arabian religious leader and the founder of Islam
Riyadh-as-Saliheen by Imam Al-Nawawi, volume 1, hadith number 77
Sunni Hadith
Bob Dylan (1941) American singer-songwriter, musician, author, and artist
Song lyrics, Shot of Love (1981), Every Grain Of Sand
Variant: "I am hanging in the balance of a perfect, finished plan" (The Bootleg Series, Vols. 1–3)
Dennis Miller (1953) American stand-up comedian, television host, and actor
8 June 2004
Dennis Miller
“Acting is a bit like cycling. Once you’ve got the hang of it, you just peddle on.”
Madhuri Dixit (1967) Indian actress
Quote, When personality comes first.....
