“A good example is more irritating than a bad one.”
John McAfee (1945) American computer programmer and businessman
From a presentation in Munich, Jan 1991, in response to an audience question on why his competitors complained about his business practices.
“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)
“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
“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)
“I've pissed higher than the tallest building in Utah.”
Maddox (1978) American internet writer
The Best Page in the Universe
“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. <br class="br">2001
“A bruise to the ego hurts more than a break to the bone.”
Steve Maraboli (1975)
Source: Life, the Truth, and Being Free (2010), p. 60
“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)
“There is in human nature generally more of the fool than of the wise.”
Francis Bacon book Essays
Of Boldness
Essays (1625)
“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)
“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.
“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
“This day says nothing different to me than to you.”
Neamat Imam book The Black Coat
The Black Coat (2013)
“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
“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
“For a woman, there is nothing more erotic than being understood.”
Molly Haskell (1939) American film critic
“i've forgotten more than you'll ever know”
Bob Dylan (1941) American singer-songwriter, musician, author, and artist
