“Homework is a term that means grown up imposed yet self-afflicting torture.”
James Patterson (1947) American author
Source: School's Out—Forever
Europa, Eurabia and the Last man
“Homework is a term that means grown up imposed yet self-afflicting torture.”
James Patterson (1947) American author
Source: School's Out—Forever
Jonathan Z. Smith (1938–2017) American religion academic
Relating Religion (2004), p. 179.
“It wasn’t a death wish. It was a see-how-close-you-can-get-and-live wish.”
Steve Perry (1947) American writer
Source: The Ramal Extraction (2012), Chapter 12
“What misery to be afraid of death.
What wretchedness, to believe only in what can be proven.”
Mary Oliver (1935–2019) American writer
“What should we gain by a definition, as it can only lead us to other undefined terms?”
Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889–1951) Austrian-British philosopher
Source: 1930s-1951, The Blue Book (c. 1931–1935; published 1965), p. 26
Theresa May (1956) Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
Theresa May: Don't obstruct voters over Brexit https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-38879249 BBC News (6 February 2017) <br class="br">2010s, On Brexit