“One must stand stiller than still.”
James Jeans (1877–1946) British mathematician and astronomer
Regarding reverse time travel Through Space and Time
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“Rock is much more malleable than ideas.”
Kim Stanley Robinson book The Years of Rice and Salt
Book 6: "Widow Kang", Ch. 3
The Years of Rice and Salt (2002)
“It is easier to get into something than to get out of it.”
Donald Rumsfeld (1932) U.S. Secretary of Defense
Rumsfeld's Rules" January 12, 1974 http://library.villanova.edu/vbl/bweb/rumsfeldsrules.pdf <br class="br">1970s
“There is nothing more beautiful than a beautiful woman.”
Gianni Agnelli (1921–2003) Italian businessman
Agnelli: The Rules of the Game, Vanity Fair (1991)
“In America nothing dies easier than tradition.”
Russell Baker (1925–2019) writer and satirst from the United States
"A Little Bones Trouble," The New York Times (1991-05-14)
“It was more than sad, the eternal unteachability of youth.”
Michael Shea book Nifft the Lean
Part 3, Chapter 16 (p. 208)
Nifft the Lean (1982)
“There's so much more to get than wronged.”
Brandon Boyd (1976) American rock singer, writer and visual artist
Lyrics, Light Grenades (2006)
“It is easier to contend with evil at the first than at the last.”
Leonardo Da Vinci (1452–1519) Italian Renaissance polymath
The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci (1883), XIX Philosophical Maxims. Morals. Polemics and Speculations.
Variant: It is easier to resist at the beginning than at the end.
“There is nothing more requisite in business than dispatch.”
Joseph Addison (1672–1719) politician, writer and playwright
Act V, sc. 1.
The Drummer (1716)
“Better to shun the bait than struggle in the snare.”
William Blake (1757–1827) English Romantic poet and artist
“Not-writing is a good deal worse than writing.”
Flannery O’Connor (1925–1964) American novelist, short story writer
Source: The Habit of Being: Letters of Flannery O'Connor
“No love is greater than that of a father for His son.”
Dan Brown book Angels & Demons
Source: Angels & Demons
“So much better to travel than to arrive.”
Margaret Atwood book The Blind Assassin
Source: The Blind Assassin
“It's better to burn out than to fade away.”
Kurt Cobain (1967–1994) American musician and artist
Quoted by Cobain in his suicide note, this is from the song My My, Hey Hey (Out of the Blue) by Neil Young, from his album Rust Never Sleeps (1979)
Misattributed
Variant: It's better to burn out than fade away.
“Few things are more deceptive than memories.”
Carlos Ruiz Zafón book The Shadow of the Wind
Source: The Shadow of the Wind
