“I would rather be confused for 10 minutes than bored for 5 seconds.”
Russell T. Davies (1963) Screenwriter, former executive producer of Doctor Who
Twitter Post https://twitter.com/krystalball, (21 June 2019)
“I would rather be confused for 10 minutes than bored for 5 seconds.”
Russell T. Davies (1963) Screenwriter, former executive producer of Doctor Who
Alan Greenspan (1926) 13th Chairman of the Federal Reserve in the United States
Speech to the Commercial Finance Association on October 26, 2006, as reported by the Associated Press ( "Finally, Greenspan can speak his mind" http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15428994/ns/business-us_business/t/finally-greenspan-can-speak-his-mind/). <br class="br">2000s
Steven M. Greer (1955) American ufologist
Greer describing his UFO encounter in July of 1992 in southern England.
Undated
Source: [A. Bahls, Roy, Researcher's Close Encounters Convince Him Of Extraterrestrials, The Virginian-Pilot, March 22, 1995, http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=VP&p_theme=vp&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EAFF84CB5EACDC1&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM, 2007-05-12, http://nbgoku23.googlepages.com/RESEARCHERSCLOSEENCOUNTERSCONVINCEHI.htm, 2007-05-12]
Matka Tereza (1910–1997) Roman Catholic saint of Albanian origin
Quoted in: Honor Books, W. B. Freeman (2004), God's Little Devotional Book for Girls, p. 205
2000s
Diane Chamberlain (1950) American writer
Source: The Silent Sister
Kyril Bonfiglioli (1928–1985) British art dealer
Source: All the Tea in China (1978), Ch. 1.
“How many people ask you to come share their life?”
Janet Fitch book White Oleander
Source: White Oleander
Stendhal book The Red and the Black
Le dîner fut médiocre et la conversation impatientante C'est la table d'un mauvais livre, pensait Julien. Tous les plus grands sujets des pensées des hommes y sont fièrement abordés. Ecoute-t-on trois minutes, on se demande ce qui l'emporte de l'emphase du parleur ou de son abominable ignorance.
Vol. II, ch. XXVII
Le Rouge et le Noir (The Red and the Black) (1830)