Donna Giovanna, Act IV, scene iii.
“There are three things you do only once in your life: born, die and voting on PT!”
Luiz Carlos Alborghetti (1945–2009) Italian-Brazilian radio commenter, showman and political figure
Original: (pt) Existem três coisas que você só faz uma vez na vida: nascer, morrer e votar no PT!
Philip Pullman His Dark Materials trilogy
Source: His Dark Materials, The Amber Spyglass (2000), Ch. 26 : The Abyss
Context: Your dæmon can only live its full life in the world it was born in. Elsewhere it will eventually sicken and die. We can travel, if there are openings into other worlds, but we can only live in our own. Lord Asriel’s great enterprise will fail in the end for the same reason: we have to build the Republic of Heaven where we are, because for us there is no elsewhere.
“One of the few, the immortal names,
That were not born to die.”
Fitz-Greene Halleck (1790–1867) American writer
Marco Bozzaris.
Paulo Coelho book The Alchemist
This has sometimes been paraphrased: "The simple things are also the most extraordinary things, and only the wise can see them."
Source: The Alchemist (1988), p. 15.
“You were born by his purpose and for his purpose.”
Rick Warren (1954) Christian religious leader
Source: The Purpose Driven Life: What on Earth Am I Here for?
Ernest Flagg (1857–1947) American architect
Source: Small Houses: Their Economic Design and Construction (1922), Ch. II
Will Cuppy (1884–1949) American writer
The Decline and Fall of Practically Everybody (1950), Part VI: Now We're Getting Somewhere, Captain John Smith
