
Let the Brothels of Paris, st. 2
1790s, Poems from Blake's Notebook (c. 1791-1792)
Let the Brothels of Paris, st. 2
1790s, Poems from Blake's Notebook (c. 1791-1792)
“If we have the smegging compass, Jeremy, you don't need to look at the farting sun.”
"Let's Play Minecraft: Ep. 236 - Voyage of the Dumb Treaders" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t1MLhR5OzWw. youtube.com. December 2, 2016. Retrieved February 21, 2019.
Social Aims
Sometimes condensed to "What you do speaks so loud that I cannot hear what you say."
1870s, Society and Solitude (1870), Books, Letters and Social Aims http://www.rwe.org/comm/index.php?option=com_content&task=category§ionid=5&id=74&Itemid=149 (1876)
“If the thunder don't get ya then the lightning will.”
“I'm not afraid of Spassky. The world knows I'm the best. You don't need a match to prove it.”
Interview by William Lombardy, 1972 http://www.bobby-fischer.net/Bobby_Fischer_Articles7.html
1970s
“The brief silence that follows is as tender as a
rainstorm of daisies.”
Source: La Mécanique du cœur
“A Few Notes on the Culture” (p. 169)
Short fiction, The State of the Art (1991)
“Every once in a while, people need to be in the presence of things that are really far away.”