“My son looks more like George Harrison than I do.”
George Harrison (1943–2001) British musician, former member of the Beatles
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“An intellectual is a person who has discovered something more interesting than sex.”
Aldous Huxley (1894–1963) English writer
As quoted without citation in Discovering Evolutionary Ecology: Bringing Together Ecology And Evolution (2006) by Peter J. Mayhew, p. 24
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“A man is never more truthful than when he acknowledges himself a liar.”
Mark Twain (1835–1910) American author and humorist
Mark Twain and I by Opie Read
“What heaven can be more real than to retain the spirit-world of childhood?”
Beatrix Potter (1866–1943) English children's writer and illustrator
“Alanna didn't approve of lying, but in a pinch a lie was sometimes better than the truth.”
Tamora Pierce book Alanna: The First Adventure
Source: Alanna: The First Adventure
“Why is it a surprise to find that people other than ourselves are able to tell lies?”
Alice Munro (1931) Canadian novelist
“Better to write for yourself and have no public, than to write for the public and have no self.”
Cyril Connolly (1903–1974) British author
The New Statesman (1933-02-25)
“Everyone makes mistakes, even if some are worse than others. Accidents happen.”
Nicholas Sparks book The Best of Me
Source: The Best of Me
“Make sure you're always giving, way more than you're taking”
Reba McEntire (1955) American country music artist and actress
“Someone has said that it requires less mental effort to condemn than to think.”
Emma Goldman (1868–1940) anarchist known for her political activism, writing, and speeches
Anarchism: What It Really Stands For (1910) http://dwardmac.pitzer.edu/Anarchist_archives/goldman/aando/anarchism.html <br class="br">Context: Someone has said that it requires less mental effort to condemn than to think. The widespread mental indolence, so prevalent in society, proves this to be only too true. Rather than to go to the bottom of any given idea, to examine into it's origing and meaning, most people will either condem it alltogether, or rely on some superficial or perjudicial definition of non-essentials
“…In the end we are all just searching for truth, that which is greater than ourselves.”
Dan Brown book Angels & Demons
Source: Angels & Demons
“Surely a pretty woman never looks prettier than when making tea.”
Mary Elizabeth Braddon book Lady Audley's Secret
Source: Lady Audley's Secret
“I would rather be a swineherd, understood by the swine, than a poet misunderstood by men.”
Sören Kierkegaard (1813–1855) Danish philosopher and theologian, founder of Existentialism
“A book is less important for what it says than for what it makes you think.”
Louis L'Amour (1908–1988) Novelist, short story writer
Source: Education of a Wandering Man
“The fate of animals is of far greater importance to me than the fear of appearing ridiculous.”
Emile Zola (1840–1902) French writer (1840-1902)
“I'd rather have roses on my table than diamonds on my neck.”
Emma Goldman (1868–1940) anarchist known for her political activism, writing, and speeches