“Don’t pay attention to those who offer too much.”
Dejan Stojanovic (1959) poet, writer, and businessman
“Benefactors,” p. 110
The Sun Watches the Sun (1999), Sequence: “Is It Possible to Write a Poem”
Quoted in Kevin Shea, "One on One with Serge Savard," http://www.legendsofhockey.net/html/spot_oneononep198603.htm Legends of Hockey.net (2003-12-16) <br class="br">Savard comments on winning very few individual awards, while winning eight Stanley Cups.
“Don’t pay attention to those who offer too much.”
Dejan Stojanovic (1959) poet, writer, and businessman
“Benefactors,” p. 110
The Sun Watches the Sun (1999), Sequence: “Is It Possible to Write a Poem”
Zhang Yufei (1998) Chinese swimmer
"Forced to open! Zhang Yufei: At the beginning of the National Games, I only signed up for 6 items, but the coach secretly added 2 items" in 163.com https://www.163.com/dy/article/GK9TP0F60529ETIH.html (19 September 2021)
“Mr. Darcy began to feel the danger of paying Elizabeth too much attention.”
Jane Austen book Pride and Prejudice
Source: Pride and Prejudice
Aldous Huxley book Brave New World
Variant: One can’t have something for nothing. Happiness has got to be paid for. You’re paying for it, Mr. Watson - paying because you happen to be too much interested in beauty.
Source: Brave New World
George Alec Effinger book When Gravity Fails
Source: When Gravity Fails (1986), Chapter 13 (p. 168).