“A conclusion is the place where you got tired thinking.”
Martin H. Fischer (1879–1962) American university teacher (1879-1962)
As quoted in Encore : A Continuing Anthology (March 1945) edited by Smith Dent, "Fischerisms" p. 309
Source: Awakened
“A conclusion is the place where you got tired thinking.”
Martin H. Fischer (1879–1962) American university teacher (1879-1962)
As quoted in Encore : A Continuing Anthology (March 1945) edited by Smith Dent, "Fischerisms" p. 309
“A conclusion is simply the place where you got tired of thinking.”
Dan Chaon book Stay Awake
Source: Stay Awake
“The only tired I was, was tired of giving in.”
Rosa Parks (1913–2005) African-American civil rights activist
Rosa Parks: My Story, p. 116, Rosa Parks and James Haskins (1992)
Context: People always said that I didn't give up my seat because I was tired, but that isn't true. I was not tired physically, or no more tired than I usually was at the end of a working day. I was not old, although some people have an image of me as being old then. I was forty-two. No, the only tired I was, was tired of giving in.
Narendra Modi (1950) Prime Minister of India
2014, "Read full interview of Narendra Modi to Rajat Sharma", 2014
Context: I had started the campaign from 15th September. So now it’s 6–7 months since I started the campaign. I am a laborer and my childhood was very tough and physically I am used to all this. I also do my [y]oga and [p]ranayam. But the important point is that I believe you never get tired by doing work. You get tired when you don’t work. When you clean your house, you don’t get tired, it gives you satisfaction.
Patrick Rothfuss book The Name of the Wind
Source: The Name of the Wind (2007), Chapter 61, “Jackass, Jackass” (p. 454)
Harriet Tubman (1820–1913) African-American abolitionist and humanitarian
"Harriet Tubman never said this — it comes from one of the scores of juvenile Harriet Tubman fictionalized biographies." — Kate Larson, Harriet Tubman biographer.
Disputed
“Trouble seems to follow me around, waiting to club me with a tire iron.”
Patricia Briggs book River Marked
Source: River Marked
Julia Gillard (1961) Australian politician and lawyer, 27th Prime Minister of Australia
Gillard lists the events which followed her loss to Rudd in the June 2013 Labor Party leadership spill
The Killing Season, Episode three: The Long Shadow (2010–13)