“There are two means of refuge from the misery of life — music and cats.”
Albert Schweitzer (1875–1965) French-German physician, theologian, musician and philosopher
Variant: There are two means of refuge from the miseries of life: music and cats.
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“Be realistic, demand the impossible!”
Ernesto Che Guevara (1928–1967) Argentine Marxist revolutionary
“I've noticed that everyone who is for abortion has already been born.”
Ronald Reagan (1911–2004) American politician, 40th president of the United States (in office from 1981 to 1989)
Anderson-Reagan Presidential Debate (21 September 1980) http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=29407 <br class="br">1980s <br class="br">Context: With regard to the freedom of the individual for choice with regard to abortion, there's one individual who's not being considered at all. That's the one who is being aborted. And I've noticed that everybody that is for abortion has already been born.
“Scientist believe in things, not in person”
Marie Curie (1867–1934) French-Polish physicist and chemist
“The only thing greater than the power of the mind is the courage of the heart”
John Nash (1928–2015) American mathematician and Nobel Prize laureate
“My heart is broke, but I have some glue, help me inhale and mend it with you.”
Kurt Cobain (1967–1994) American musician and artist
“For every book you buy, you should buy the time to read it.”
Karl Lagerfeld (1933–2019) German fashion designer
“If a man knows more than others, he becomes lonely.”
C.G. Jung (1875–1961) Swiss psychiatrist and psychotherapist who founded analytical psychology
“I looked and looked but I didn't see God.”
Yuri Gagarin (1934–1968) Soviet pilot and cosmonaut, the first human in space
As quoted in To Rise from Earth (1996) by Wayne Lee; some websites quote him as saying "I looked and looked and looked but I didn't see God." on 14 April 1961, a couple days after his historic flight, but the authenticity of such statements have been disputed; Colonel Valentin Petrov stated in 2006 http://www.interfax-religion.ru/orthodoxy/?act=interview&div=73&domain=1 that the cosmonaut never said such words, and that the quote originated from Nikita Khrushchev's speech at the plenum of the Central Committee of the CPSU about the state's anti-religion campaign, saying "Gagarin flew into space, but didn't see any god there." Gagarin himself was a member of the Russian Orthodox Church. <br class="br">As quoted in What's Missing Inside You? (2006) by Paul Schlieker, p. 17 <br class="br">Disputed <br class="br">Variant: No I didn't see God. I looked and looked but I didn't see God.
Nikola Tesla (1856–1943) Serbian American inventor
Quoted in Marconi and Tesla: Pioneers of Radio Communication (2008) by Tim O'Shei, ISBN 159845076X , p. 5
“When we find someone who is brave, fun, intelligent, and loving, we have to thank the universe.”
Maya Angelou (1928–2014) American author and poet
“The future's too bright to dwell on the past. Life moves fast, run faster.”
Frank Iero (1981) American musician
“It's important to remember that we all have magic inside us.”
Joanne K. Rowling (1965) British novelist, author of the Harry Potter series
“Life is short, but the years are long.”
Robert A. Heinlein book Methuselah's Children
Part of the secret "call and response" codewords by which members of the long-lived Howard Families can identify others:
: Life is short.
But the years are long.
Not while the evil days come not.
Methuselah's Children (1958)