Part One, Ch. I (p. 3) first line; Ford had originally intended the work to be titled The Saddest Story.
The Good Soldier (1915)
“I have heard some horror stories.”
Judith Krug (1940–2009) librarian and freedom of speech proponent
Referring to an incident in which an adult asked a librarian for a filter to be turned off and was told that the request had to go to a committee that would not meet for another two weeks <br class="br">" Goodbye, Orlando? http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA443907.html" by John Berry et al., Library Journal (August 15, 2004)
“We have never heard the devil's side of the story, God wrote all the book.”
Anatole France (1844–1924) French writer
“The most difficult lie I have ever contended with is this: Life is a story about me.”
Donald Miller book Blue Like Jazz: nonreligious thoughts on Christian spirituality
Blue Like Jazz (2003, Nelson Books)
Sandra Fluke (1981) American women's rights activist and lawyer
Fluke, Sandra. (March 13, 2012). "Sandra Fluke: Slurs won't silence women" http://www.cnn.com/2012/03/13/opinion/fluke-contraception/index.html?hpt=hp_t2, CNN, Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. accessed March 13, 2012. <br class="br">Articles
“That story was the only thing I have ever done which cost me absolutely no pains at all.”
John Ronald Reuel Tolkien book Leaf by Niggle
About "Leaf by Niggle", in a letter to Stanley Unwin (18 March 1945)
Context: That story was the only thing I have ever done which cost me absolutely no pains at all. Usually I compose only with great difficulty and endless rewriting. I woke up one day (more than 2 years ago) with that odd thing virtually complete in my head. It took only a few hours to get down, and then copy out.
Steve Martin (1945) American actor, comedian, musician, author, playwright, and producer
Source: Born Standing Up: A Comic's Life
Dwight D. Eisenhower (1890–1969) American general and politician, 34th president of the United States (in office from 1953 to 1961)
From a speech to the National Defense Executive Reserve Conference in Washington, D.C. (November 14, 1957) ; in Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States, Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1957, National Archives and Records Service, Government Printing Office, p. 818 :
1950s
Context: I tell this story to illustrate the truth of the statement I heard long ago in the Army: Plans are worthless, but planning is everything. There is a very great distinction because when you are planning for an emergency you must start with this one thing: the very definition of "emergency" is that it is unexpected, therefore it is not going to happen the way you are planning.
