“who pays any attention
to the syntax of things
will never wholly kiss you”
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E.E. Cummings 208
American poet 1894–1962Related quotes
Found anonymously in newspaper columns from the early 1920s http://quoteinvestigator.com/2015/12/31/kiss. Originally presented in dialogue format https://www.newspapers.com/clip/5219841/safety_first/: "Dorcas—”Do you ever allow a man to kiss you when you’re out motoring with him? Philippa—"Never, if a man can drive safely while kissing me he’s not giving the kiss the attention it deserves."
It does not seem to have been attributed to Einstein until the 1990s (e.g. here https://groups.google.com/forum/message/raw?msg=alt.freemasonry/YILn0A-U_WM/f1Grm2akU-4J).
Misattributed
Bengt de Törne Sibelius: A Close-Up (London: Faber and Faber25 october
“Don't pay any attention to what they write about you. Just measure it in inches.”
“Tell me to what you pay attention and I will tell you who you are.”
Source: Man and Crisis (1962), p. 94.
“The trouble with theorists is, they never pay attention to the experiments!”
as quoted by [Richard Feynman, "Surely you're joking, Mr. Feynman!": adventures of a curious character, W. W. Norton, 1985, 0393316041, 253]
Attributed
15 September 2011 https://twitter.com/gtdguy/status/114341777418354689
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“Surrounded only by people who pay attention to you, the rest deserves no consideration.”
Original: (it) Circondati solo di persone che ti prestano attenzione, il resto non merita considerazione.
Source: prevale.net
