“Only those who never step, never stumble.”
Richard Paul Evans (1962) American writer
Source: Lost December
The Story of Hien and the Chief Examiner
Kai Lung's Golden Hours (1922)
“Only those who never step, never stumble.”
Richard Paul Evans (1962) American writer
Source: Lost December
“And what is the most important leg of a three-legged stool? The one that is missing, of course.”
Lois McMaster Bujold Vorkosigan Saga
Source: Vorkosigan Saga, Falling Free (1988), Chapter 14 (p. 276)
“One cannot be always laughing at a man without now and then stumbling on something witty.”
Jane Austen book Pride and Prejudice
Source: Pride and Prejudice (1813)
“She never stumbles,
she's got no place to fall.
She's nobody's child,
the law can't touch her at all.”
Bob Dylan (1941) American singer-songwriter, musician, author, and artist
“Does a one-legged duck swim in circles?”
Rhodri Morgan (1939–2017) British politician
"This is the week that...", The Times, 5 December 1998, p. 8.
Reply to Jeremy Paxman on BBC Newsnight when asked whether he still wanted to lead the Labour Party in the National Assembly for Wales.
Morgan was awarded the "Foot in Mouth" award by the Plain English Campaign on 11 December 1998 for this quote.
Ursula K. Le Guin (1929–2018) American writer
Source: Earthsea Books, The Tombs of Atuan (1971), Chapter 10, "The Anger of the Dark"