
“Peace is only better than war if peace is not hell too. War being hell makes sense.”
The Second Coming (1980)
Upon hearing about the construction of the Berlin Wall, as quoted in "Savage century" in "The Sunday Times (28 May 2006) http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/books/non-fiction/article724547.ece
Attributed
“Peace is only better than war if peace is not hell too. War being hell makes sense.”
The Second Coming (1980)
“Feeling too much is a hell of a lot better than feeling nothing.”
Source: Midnight Bayou
rawilson.com website/blog entry (mid 1990s)
“Health food may be good for the conscience but Oreos taste a hell of a lot better.”
“Ruling hell might be better than being a subject in hell, but not by much.”
Other
“Better to reign in Hell, than to serve in Heaven.”
Variant: Better to reign in Hell than serve in Heaven.
Source: Paradise Lost
“To reign is worth ambition though in Hell:
Better to reign in Hell, than serve in Heaven.”
i.262-263
Paradise Lost (1667)
Dead Man Talking http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2001/apr/22/mcveigh.usa, The Observer (April 22, 2001)
2000s