Gregory Scott Paul (1954) U.S. researcher, author, paleontologist, and illustrator
Gregory S. Paul (1988) Predatory Dinosaurs of the World, Simon and Schuster, p. 176
Predatory Dinosaurs of the World
“It is easy to romanticise, say, tigers or lions and cats. We admire their magnificent beauty, strength and agility. But we would regard their notional human counterparts as wanton psychopaths of the worst kind.”
1.10 On the Misguided Romanticisation of Feline Psychopaths https://www.hedweb.com/hedethic/hedon1.htm#feline <br class="br"> The Hedonistic Imperative https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/514875 (1995)
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“In some lost fold of the past, we wanted to be lions and we're no more than castrated cats”
Roberto Bolaño book The Savage Detectives
Source: The Savage Detectives
“Cat: A pygmy lion who loves mice, hates dogs and patronizes human beings.”
Oliver Herford (1863–1935) American writer
The Reader's Digest, Volume 121 (1982), p. 118.
Attributed
“Strength without agility is a mere mass.”
Fernando Pessoa book The Book of Disquiet
Ibid.
The Book of Disquiet
Original: A força sem a destreza é uma simples massa.
Théodore Guérin (1798–1856) Catholic saint and nun from France
To the Right Reverend J. Bouvier, Bishop of Le Mans, Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, 1850-07-10.
Ernest Bevin (1881–1951) British labour leader, politician, and statesman
"Sir W. Churchill on 'a great Englishman'", The Times, 5 November 1953, p. 5
Winston Churchill's remarks on unveiling a bust of Bevin in the Foreign Office.
“It's so easy to laugh, it's so easy to hate, it takes strength to be gentle and kind.”
Morrissey (1959) English singer
from the 1986 song "I Know It's Over"
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John Muir (1838–1914) Scottish-born American naturalist and author
The Yosemite http://www.sierraclub.org/john_muir_exhibit/writings/the_yosemite/ (1912), chapter 15: Hetch Hetchy Valley <br class="br">1910s
Mikhail Bakunin book God and the State
Amoureux et jaloux de la liberté humaine, et la considérant comme la condition absolue de tout ce que nous adorons et respectons dans l'humanité, je retourne la phrase de Voltaire, et je dis : Si Dieu existait réellement, il faudrait le faire disparaître.
Source: God and the State (1871; publ. 1882), Ch. II; Variants or variant translations of this statement have also been attributed to Bakunin:
The first revolt is against the supreme tyranny of theology, of the phantom of God. As long as we have a master in heaven, we will be slaves on earth.
A boss in Heaven is the best excuse for a boss on earth, therefore If God did exist, he would have to be abolished.