Quotes

Robin Hobb photo

“The past is no further away than the last breath you took.”

Source: Fool's Errand

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Thomas Jefferson photo

“Pride costs us more than hunger, thirst, and cold.”

Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826) 3rd President of the United States of America
Michel De Montaigne photo

“Why do people respect the package rather than the man?”

Michel De Montaigne (1533–1592) (1533-1592) French-Occitan author, humanistic philosopher, statesman

Source: The Complete Essays

Victor Hugo photo
Marjane Satrapi photo

“Nothing's worse than saying goodbye. It's a little like dying.”

Marjane Satrapi (1969) Artist

Variant: Saying goodbye is a little like dying.
Source: Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood

Ben Bova photo

“Red tape has killed more people than bullets…”

Ben Bova (1932) American science fiction and science writer

Source: Millennium

Rex Stout photo

“We are all vainer of our luck than of our merits.”

Source: The Rubber Band

Chuck Palahniuk photo

“There's nothing sadder in this world than to awake Christmas morning and not be a child.”

Erma Bombeck (1927–1996) When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent le…
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André Gide photo

“It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are not.”

André Gide (1869–1951) French novelist and essayist

Frequently misattributed to Marilyn Monroe or Kurt Cobain.
Source: https://books.google.com/books?id=xUtdDnEhkMMC&pg=PT12&lpg=PT12#v=onepage&q&f=false
Source: Autumn Leaves, Philosophical eLibrary, 2012, (Feuillets d'automne, 1941, trans. Jeanine Parisier Plottel)

Maya Angelou photo

“We are more alike, my friends, than we are unalike.”

Maya Angelou (1928–2014) American author and poet

Variant: The human heart... tells us that we are more alike than we are unalike.
Source: The Complete Collected Poems

Terry Goodkind photo

“I'd rather look a fool than be right and fail to act.”

Source: Soul of the Fire

“A stupid ruler is much more of a problem than an insane one.”

Patricia Briggs (1965) American writer

Source: Dragon Blood