“The emotions come closer than anything else to the vividness of inner data.”
Jane Roberts (1929–1984) American Writer
Session 24, Page 188
The Early Sessions: Sessions 1-42, 1997, The Early Sessions: Book 1
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“An anarchist is anyone who believes in less government than you do.”
Robert LeFevre (1911–1986) American libertarian businessman
As quoted in "What Is Anarchy?" By Butler Shaffer, Lewrockwell.com (Jan. 13, 2004)
John Carroll (1944) Australian professor and author
Menschliches 2.1.89
Source: Break-Out from the Crystal Palace (1974), p. 80, note
“Some laws are not written, but are more decisive than any written law.”
Quædam iura non scripta, sed omnibus scriptis certiora sunt.
Marcus Annaeus Seneca (-54–39 BC) Roman scholar
Book I, Chapter I; slightly modified translation from Norman T. Pratt Seneca's Drama (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1983) p. 140
Controversiae
“Blacks are six times more likely than whites to be victims of homicides.”
Warren Farrell book The Myth of Male Power
Source: The Myth of Male Power (1993), Part II: The Glass Cellars of the disposable sex, p. 214.
“There are conditions worse than being unable to see, and that is imagining one sees.”
L. Ron Hubbard (1911–1986) American science fiction author, philosopher, cult leader, and the founder of the Church of Scientology
Lecture, Scientology and Effective Knowledge (15 July 1957).
“Surely it is much more generous to forgive and remember, than to forgive and forget.”
Maria Edgeworth (1768–1849) Irish writer
"An Essay on the Noble Science of Self-Justification"; Tales and Novels, vol. 1, p. 213.
“I'm sure Kermit will stay young a lot longer than I will.”
Jim Henson (1936–1990) American puppeteer
Interview with Associated Press (1986)
“There are few things more exciting to me, in short, than a psychological reason.”
Henry James (1843–1916) American novelist, short story author, and literary critic
The Art of Fiction http://public.wsu.edu/~campbelld/amlit/artfiction.html (1884)
“Chinese mercantilism is not free trade, but it is far better than American militarism.”
Ilana Mercer South African writer
“Just In From Mainstream: Barack Is As Thick As A Brick”, http://www.ilanamercer.com/phprunner/public_article_list_view.php?editid1=667 WorldNetDaily.com, August 24, 2012. <br class="br">2010s, 2012
“The politician has no more use for pride than Falstaff had for honour.”
Bernard Crick (1929–2008) British political theorist and democratic socialist
Source: In Defence Of Politics (Second Edition) – 1981, Chapter 7, In Praise Of Politics, p. 159.
“Nothing is more certain than death and nothing uncertain but its hour.”
Barbara W. Tuchman book A Distant Mirror
Enguerrand VII de Coucy, quoted on p. 570
A Distant Mirror (1978)
“57: It is easier to change the specification to fit the program than vice versa.”
Alan Perlis Epigrams on Programming
Epigrams on Programming, 1982
“Nor ought a genius less than his that writ
Attempt translation.”
John Denham (1615–1669) English poet and courtier
To Sir Richard Fanshaw, Upon his Translation of Pastor Fido, line 9.
“How you think matters more than what you think.”
Philip E. Tetlock (1954) American political science writer
Philip Tetlock, quoted in: Stewart Brand (2010). Whole Earth Discipline. p. 124
“In this world, "who is saying", is more important than "what is being said"!”
P. L. Deshpande (1919–2000) Marathi writer, humourist, actor, dramatist
Alternate translation: In this world, who you are is more important than what you are saying.
From his various literature
Source: Asa mi Asami
“France showed as a nation less strength than Churchill showed as a man.”
Mark Riebling (1963) American writer
Churchill’s Finest Hour (2009)
“One year of life is worth more than twenty years of hibernation.”
Anthony de Mello (1931–1987) Indian writer
Source: One Minute Nonsense (1992), p. 73
“I'm armed with more than complete steel,—
The justice of my quarrel.”
Christopher Marlowe (1564–1593) English dramatist, poet and translator
Lust's Dominion (c. 1600), Act iii. scene 4. Compare: "Thrice is he armed that hath his quarrel just, And he but naked, though locked up in steel, Whose conscience with injustice is corrupted", William Shakespeare, Henry VI, Act iii. scene 2.
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