“Listen, son—most women are damn fools and children. But they’ve got more range than we’ve got. The brave ones are braver, the good ones are better—and the vile ones are viler.”
Source: The Puppet Masters (1951), Chapter 11 (p. 65)
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“There's only one rule that I know of, babies — "God damn it, you've got to be kind."”
Kurt Vonnegut book God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater
God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater (1965)
Context: Hello, babies. Welcome to Earth. It's hot in the summer and cold in the winter. It's round and wet and crowded. At the outside, babies, you've got about a hundred years here. There's only one rule that I know of, babies — "God damn it, you've got to be kind."
“One part brave, three parts fool!”
Christopher Paolini book Eragon
Variant: Thats the spirit-one part brave, three parts fool.
Source: Eragon
“Good souls have born better sons,
Better souls born worse ones.”
St. Vincent (musician) (1982) American singer-songwriter
"The Strangers"
Actor (2009)
Context: Good souls have born better sons,
Better souls born worse ones.
Paint the black hole blacker...
Rachel Riley (1986) television presenter
Interview, The Observer, 12 Oct 2014 http://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2014/oct/12/rachel-riley-countdown-stop-saying-girls-arent-good-at-maths
Ray Bradbury book Something Wicked This Way Comes
Source: Something Wicked This Way Comes (1962), Chapter 28
“The friendship of one wise man is better than the friendship of a host of fools.”
Democritus Ancient Greek philosopher, pupil of Leucippus, founder of the atomic theory
Source Book in Ancient Philosophy (1907), The Golden Sayings of Democritus
Avram Davidson book Masters of the Maze
Source: Masters of the Maze (1965), Chapter 1 (p. 16)