“Fear kills more dreams than failure ever will.”
Jay Samit (1961) American businessman
Future Proofing You (2021)
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“Most people are more afraid of the unknown than death.”
Jay Samit (1961) American businessman
Future Proofing You (2021)
“Cowardice is a far better survival trait than heroism.”
Jim C. Hines (1974) American writer
Source: The Goblin Quest Series, Goblin War (2008), Chapter 13 (p. 254)
“Morality after the fact is worse than no morality at all.”
Robert Silverberg book The Book of Skulls
Source: The Book of Skulls (1972), Chapter 7 (p. 25)
“An unsatisfactory agreement is less harmful than a successful lawsuit.”
Mateo Alemán book Guzmán de Alfarache
Pt. II, Lib. II, Ch. II.
Guzmán de Alfarache (1599-1604)
“Evil is not something superhuman, - it's something less than human.”
Agatha Christie (1890–1976) English mystery and detective writer
“A baby is lots more fun than differential equations.”
Robert A. Heinlein book Podkayne of Mars
Source: Podkayne of Mars (1963), Chapter 10 (p. 127)
“This one's shattered worse than third-rate rice!”
Luiz Carlos Alborghetti (1945–2009) Italian-Brazilian radio commenter, showman and political figure
Original: (pt) Esse aí tá mais quebrado que arroz de terceira!
Source: [9 December 2009, Morre Luiz Carlos Alborghetti, dono do bordão 'bandido bom é bandido morto', https://extra.globo.com/tv-e-lazer/morre-luiz-carlos-alborghetti-dono-do-bordao-bandido-bom-bandido-morto-209786.html, Portuguese, Extra, Editora Globo S/A, 31 March 2019]
quote when police captured a criminal who was lynched by the local population
“There is nothing more corrosive to a democracy than the idea that there is no truth.”
Adam Schiff (1960) American politician
Open Letter to the Committee Hearing Re: FBI Director James Comey and National Security Agency Director Mike Rogers
“Nothing breaks more quickly than corroded steel.”
Tanith Lee book Quest for the White Witch
Book One, Part III “The Crimson Palace”, Chapter 6 (p. 155)
Quest for the White Witch (1978)
“you try and find than waiting,
you are a hero”
Josephs Quartzy (1999) Tanzanian actor
Source: Sweetest song I know
“There is no better place than in the arms of the one you love.”
Prevale (1983) Italian DJ and producer
Original: Non c'è posto migliore che tra le braccia di chi ami.
Source: prevale.net
“Gratitude is more of a compliment to yourself than someone else.”
Raheel Farooq Pakistani writer
Kalam (2018)
“Life is fair. Everyone gets more than they deserve.”
Ron English (1959) American artist
Ron English's Fauxlosophy: Volume 2 (2022)
“Everyone matters more than you except to yourself.”
Ron English (1959) American artist
Ron English's Fauxlosophy: Volume 2 (2022)
“Stupidity is a more dangerous enemy of the good than malice.”
Dietrich Bonhoeffer (1906–1945) German Lutheran pastor, theologian, dissident anti-Nazi
The Bonhoeffer Reader https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Bonhoeffer_Reader/CNZgAwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PA766, p. 766 <br class="br">Letters and Papers from Prison (1967; 1997), On Stupidity
