“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)
From the song "Such a Little Thing Makes Such a Big Difference"
From songs
“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)
“Is the harmony that keeps the daily harmony between two people alive.”
Prevale (1983) Italian DJ and producer
Original: (it) È la sintonia a tenere in vita la quotidiana armonia tra due persone.
Source: prevale.net
“The others are even more likely to obey their god.
Which is?
It dangles between their legs.”
Orson Scott Card (1951) American science fiction novelist
Homecoming saga, The Ships Of Earth (1994)
“Cannot keep you out my brain”
Fetty Wap (1991) American rapper and singer from New Jersey
"My Way" (feat. Monty)
“His voice is hurrying, to keep up with his brain.”
John Updike book Rabbit Remembered
Rabbit Remembered (2000)
Daniel Abraham (1969) speculative fiction writer from the United States
Source: Abaddon's Gate (2013), Chapter 32 (p. 338)
“You rely too much on brain. The brain is the most overrated organ.”
Woody Allen (1935) American screenwriter, director, actor, comedian, author, playwright, and musician
Walt Kelly (1913–1973) American cartoonist
The Honolulu Advertiser (20 June 1959) https://www.newspapers.com/image/259239643/?terms=Pogo, cited in "Pogo on intelligent life in the universe" by Garson O'Toole, in Archive of the American Dialect Society listserver (16 February 2017) http://listserv.linguistlist.org/pipermail/ads-l/2017-February/146520.html, and in 'Pogo Comic on Extraterrestrials: Either Way, It’s a Mighty Soberin’ Thought", The Quote Investigator (18 February 2017) http://quoteinvestigator.com/2017/02/18/space/. This has often been paraphrased as: "Thar’s only two possibilities: Thar is life out there in the universe which is smarter than we are, or we’re the most intelligent life in the universe. Either way, it’s a mighty sobering thought." <br class="br">Pogo comic strip (1948 - 1975), Porky Pine