“They keep calling me a dwarf, but I'm taller than Sarkozy and Putin.”
Silvio Berlusconi (1936) Italian politician
As quoted in "Did I say This? in The Observer (20 April 2008)
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“No one is more conventional than a woman who is falling out of love.”
Françoise Sagan book Dans un mois, dans un an
Dans un mois, dans un an (1957, Those Without Shadows, translated 1957)
“I just thought it was better to be Pete Best than Linda McCartney”
Justine Frischmann (1969) English musician
On her departure from Suede <br class="br">Elastica Limits interview, March 10th 2002 by Andrew Smith, The Guardian http://observer.guardian.co.uk/life/story/0,6903,664759,00.html
“The new gets old much faster than the old gets older.”
James Richardson (1950) American poet
#348
Vectors: Aphorisms and Ten Second Essays (2001)
Octave Mirbeau (1848–1917) French journalist, art critic, travel writer, pamphleteer, novelist, and playwright
“Between too early and too late, there is never more than a moment.”
Franz Werfel book Jacobowsky und der Oberst
Zwischen zu früh und zu spät, liegt immer nur ein Augenblick.
Jacobowsky und der Oberst : Komödie einer Tragödie in drei Akten (1945), p. 52
“I have always been more interested in experiment, than in accomplishment.”
Orson Welles (1915–1985) American actor, director, writer and producer
“Better to wear worn shoes than to polish the boots of shop owner.”
Elfriede Jelinek book The Piano Teacher
P 30
The Piano Teacher (1988)
“It is dangerous to attach probability zero to anything other than a logical impossibility.”
Dennis Lindley (1923–2013) British statistician
5. The Rules of Probability. p. 64.
Understanding Uncertainty (2006)
“The beautiful are shyer than the ugly, for they move in a world that does not ask for beauty.”
Ned Rorem (1923–2022) American composer
[Who's Who in Contemporary Gay & Lesbian History: From World War II to the Present Day, ISBN 041522974X, 2001, Aldrich, Robert and Wotherspoon, Gary (eds)]
“The gruel that children’s little hands have stirred
Is sweeter than nectar.”
Thiruvalluvar book Tirukkuṛaḷ
Verse VII.2
Tirukkural
“You are better at small talk than I am. That is not always a compliment.”
John Scalzi book Lock In
Source: Lock In (2014), Chapter 22 (p. 296)
“Better wicked Lucifer for a master, thought I, than a pious Tyrant!”
Michael Moorcock book The City in the Autumn Stars
Source: The City in the Autumn Stars (1986), Chapter 13 (p. 361)
“Men prefer to believe that they are degenerated angels, rather than elevated apes.”
William Winwood Reade (1838–1875) British historian
Source: The Martyrdom of Man (1872), Chapter III, "Liberty"
“There is more to a science fiction story than the science it contains. There is also the story.”
Isaac Asimov (1920–1992) American writer and professor of biochemistry at Boston University, known for his works of science fiction …
Robot Dreams (1986), introduction
General sources
“I would rather lose the election than lose my identity.”
Rodrigo Duterte (1945) Filipino politician and the 16th President of the Philippines
In an interview with Jazeera http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2016/04/rodrigo-duterte-dirty-harry-philippine-politics-160410072246097.html (April 2016)
“It's so much easier to pray for a bore than to go and see one.”
Clive Staples Lewis book Letters to Malcolm: Chiefly on Prayer
Letters to Malcolm: Chiefly on Prayer (1963)
“Silence is most powerful. Speech is always less powerful than silence.”
Ramana Maharshi (1879–1950) Indian religious leader
Abide as the Self
“One experienced minute sometimes teaches us more than a lifetime.”
Wladyslaw Sikorski (1881–1943) Polish military and political leader
in Szkoła Podstawowa im. gen. Władysława Sikorskiego w Kostrzycy. Witaj na stronie głównej http://www.kostrzyca.edu.pl/, World of Tanks: 4TP Polish Squad http://worldoftanks.eu/community/clans/500004184--4TP-/ and Cytatybaza: Władysław Sikorski http://cytatybaza.pl/autorzy/wladyslaw-sikorski.html <br class="br">Original: Jedna przeżyta chwila czasami uczy nas więcej, aniżeli całe życie.
“It is easier to live through someone else than to become complete yourself.”
Betty Friedan book The Feminine Mystique
Source: The Feminine Mystique (1963), Ch. 14 "A New Life Plan for Women".