“If I have one more (point) than the opposition, then I’m going to have a better weekend than they will.”
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Source: Planet of the Damned (1962), Chapter 8
“Fantasy is often better than reality. It’s much more inspiring not to go to places than to go.”
The Guardian, http://www.psfk.com/2011/12/karl-lagerfeld-launches-his-first-india-collection-with-an-alice-in-wonderland-style-tea-party.html 12 December 2011
Source: The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath
“Better deserve them, and to go without;
Than have them undeserved”
Stanza 93, lines 5–8 (tr. Richard Fanshawe)
Epic poetry, Os Lusíadas (1572), Canto IX
Context: For these vain honours, this false gold, give price
(Unless he have it in himself) to none,
Better deserve them, and to go without;
Than have them undeserved, without doubt.
As quoted in “Clouter Clemente: Popular Buc; Rifle-Armed Flyhawk Aims At Second Bat Crown”
Baseball-related, <big><big>1960s</big></big>, <big>1964</big>
“Frankly, I could carve a better opposition party out of a banana than the Tories.”
2009-05-14
Question Time
The Guardian
http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2009/may/14/peter-hitchens-interview