Recommended quotes
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“I'm a drinker with writing problems.”
Source: Esoteric Christianity, Or The Lesser Mysteries http://books.google.co.in/books?id=6Uk0AHHn-cgC&pg=PT8, p. 8
“In a man to man fight, the winner is he who has one more round within himself.”
Den Kampf Mann gegen Mann gewinnt bei gleichwertigen Gegnern, wer eine Patrone mehr im Lauf hat.
Source: Infanterie greift an (1937), p. 62.
“What we need is not truths that serve us but a truth we may serve.”
Source: Degrees of Knowledge (1932, Notre Dame Translation), p. 4.
Source: Letters to Russell, Keynes and Moore
“Stick to your own grammar, my lord, for it is much better.”
Richard on being corrected by the Bishop of Coventry; The Plantagenets - Harvey
Source: Shock Value: A Tasteful Book About Bad Taste
Manuscript note, quoted at The Eric Hoffer Award official site http://www.hofferaward.com/
“Wee, sleekit, cowrin, tim'rous beastie,
O, what a panic's in thy breastie!”
To a Mouse, st. 1 (1785)
Context: Wee, sleekit, cow'rin, tim'rous beastie,
O, what a panic's in thy breastie!
Thou need na start awa sae hasty,
Wi' bickering brattle!
“The world's big and I want to have a good look at it before it gets dark.”
attributed to Muir by Linnie Marsh Wolfe, Son of the Wilderness: The Life of John Muir (1945), page 331
1910s
“And into the forest I go, to lose my mind and find my soul.”
Once again, this is far from Muir's style of writing. The quote does not come up in any search of John Muir's Journals or his published texts on the John Muir Exhibit website. It is most commonly put on t-shirts - never in any scholarly source.
Misattributed
“There are two sides to every story and the truth usually lies somewhere in the middle.”
Source: https://www.pinterest.com/pin/10696117836382928/
“Communication is an essential factor in any type of relationship; friend, romantic, or business.”
https://www.pinterest.com/pin/communication-is-an-essential-factor-in-any-type-of-relationship-friend-romantic-or-business-paul-j-alessi-q--10696117851703955/?mt=login
Source: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1568493/bio?ref_=nm_dyk_qt_sm#quotes
“But when I know that the glass is already broken, every minute with it is precious.”
