Quotes

Georg Christoph Lichtenberg photo

“A handful of soldiers is always better than a mouthful of arguments.”

Georg Christoph Lichtenberg (1742–1799) German scientist, satirist

E 19
Aphorisms (1765-1799), Notebook E (1775 - 1776)

Alfred Adler photo

“Man knows much more than he understands.”

Alfred Adler (1870–1937) Medical Doctor, Psychologist, Psychiatrist, Psychotherapist, Personality Theorist

As quoted in A Primer of Adlerian Psychology: The Analytic-Behavioural-Cognitive Psychology of Alfred Adler (1999) by Harold H. Mosak and Michael P. Maniacci

Bernardo Dovizi photo

“It is better to speak the truth, and lose, than to win by lying.”

Bernardo Dovizi (1470–1520) Italian cardinal and playwright

Act I, scene II. — (Polinico).
Translation reported in Harbottle's Dictionary of quotations French and Italian (1904), p. 298.
La Calandria (c. 1507)

Maddox photo

“I've pissed higher than the tallest building in Utah.”

Maddox (1978) American internet writer

The Best Page in the Universe

Ann Coulter photo

“A cruise missile is more important than Head Start.”

Ann Coulter (1961) author, political commentator

Remarks during an address (November 2001), rebroadcast by C-SPAN in January 2002, quoted in "Amy Goodman vs. Ann Coulter" in High Timber Times (29 September 2009) http://www.hightimbertimes.com/content/amy-goodman-vs-ann-coulter.
2001

“A bruise to the ego hurts more than a break to the bone.”

Source: Life, the Truth, and Being Free (2010), p. 60

Thomas Fuller (writer) photo

“4858. There are more old Drunkards, than old Physicians.”

Thomas Fuller (writer) (1654–1734) British physician, preacher, and intellectual

Compare Poor Richard's Almanack (1736) : There's more old Drunkards than old Doctors.
Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)

Thomas Fuller (writer) photo

“5430. We are more mindful of Injuries than Benefits.”

Thomas Fuller (writer) (1654–1734) British physician, preacher, and intellectual

Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)

Edward Bulwer-Lytton photo

“A good heart is better than all the heads in the world.”

Edward Bulwer-Lytton (1803–1873) English novelist, poet, playwright, and politician

The Disowned (1828), Chapter xxxiii.

Bill O'Reilly photo

“This is the worst stuff on the Internet. There isn't anything worse than this.”

Bill O'Reilly (1949) American political commentator, television host and writer

2007-08-01
The O'Reilly Factor
Fox News
Television
http://www.billoreilly.com/show?action=viewTVShowByDate&date=20070801#5
on Daily Kos

Neamat Imam photo

“This day says nothing different to me than to you.”

The Black Coat (2013)

Surya Bonaly photo

“I'd rather skate naked than wear fur.”

Surya Bonaly (1973) French figure skater

Banner held for PETA, as she skated in Asnieres, near Paris (31 January 2007); as quoted in " 今天我最炫 Skate Naked 裸體滑冰 http://www.appledaily.com.tw/appledaily/article/international/20070202/3227612/", in the Apple Daily (2 February 2007).

“… recognizing that there is more heartbreak in continuous disappointment than a void…”

Emily Giffin (1972) American writer

Source: Heart of the Matter

Mitch Albom photo

“Going back to something is harder than you think.”

Source: For One More Day

Friedrich Nietzsche photo

“A bad conscience is easier to cope with than a bad reputation.”

Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900) German philosopher, poet, composer, cultural critic, and classical philologist

Source: The Gay Science

Andy Warhol photo
Bob Dylan photo

“i've forgotten more than you'll ever know”

Bob Dylan (1941) American singer-songwriter, musician, author, and artist
Winston S. Churchill photo