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“In my field, Wikipedia is more reliable than the text-books.”

Harold Kroto (1939–2016) British chemist

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“There are more important things in life than winning or losing a game.”

Lionel Messi (1987) Argentine association football player

“It's better to be hated for what you are, than to be loved for what you're not…”

Kurt Cobain (1967–1994) American musician and artist

“Leaving the EU is harder than a lot of people thought it was going to be.”

Amber Rudd (1963) British politician (born 1963)

Source: Brexit: Tusk says UK MEPs could sit for 'months or longer' https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-47946256 BBC News (16 April 2019)

“I would rather be beaten in Right than succeed in Wrong.”

James A. Garfield (1831–1881) American politician, 20th President of the United States (in office in 1881)

Source: Maxims of James Abram Garfield (1880), compiled by William Ralston Balch, p. 1

“It’s always better to tell a half-truth than a half-lie.”

Ben Aaronovitch book Moon Over Soho

Source: Moon Over Soho (2011), Chapter 13, “Autumn Leaves” (p. 277)

“How much more grievous are the consequences of anger than the causes of it.”

Marcus Aurelius book Meditations

Source: Meditations (Promluvy k sobě)

“What is the object of defense? To preserve. To preserve is easier than to acquire.”

Carl von Clausewitz book On War

Source: On War (1832), Book 6, Chapter 1.

“It is better to be unhappy and know the worst, than to be happy in a fool's paradise.”

Fyodor Dostoyevsky book The Idiot

Source: The Idiot (Idiot)

“A current generation smartphone is more powerful than a 1991 supercomputer.”

Charles Stross The Laundry Files

Source: The Laundry Files, The Labyrinth Index (2018), Chapter 1, “God Save the King” (p. 37)

“Identity is much less a thing people "inherit" than it used to be.”

Barry Schwartz book The Paradox of Choice: Why More Is Less

The Paradox of Choice (2004)

“The matter of heart is more personal than accepting the opinions of others.”

Mwanandeke Kindembo (1996) Congolese author

“There is no greater mistake than to try to leap an abyss in two jumps.”

David Lloyd George (1863–1945) Former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

[Lloyd George, David, David Lloyd George, War Memoirs, New, 1, 1938, Odhams Press Limited, London, 445, XXIV: Disintegration of the Liberal Party]
War Memoirs

“There was a little less pressure to be fit on 'The Avengers' than 'Captain America.'”

Chris Evans (actor) (1981) American actor

I had just finished 'Captain America,' so I was already built. Plus, 'Captain America' has that one scene dramatic scene where my transformation is revealed. 'The Avengers' has not one shirtless scene.