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“I had learned that you should always shout louder than your aggressor.”
Source: Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood
“A literary academic can no more pass a bookstore than an alcoholic can pass a bar.”
“Sir, more than kisses, letters mingle souls;
For, thus friends absent speak.”
Verse Letter to Sir Henry Woton, written before April 1598, line 1
Variant: More than kisses, letters mingle souls.
“I'd rather go on hearing your lies, than to go on living without you.”
“There's no place on earth with more dumb girls per square foot than a college in California.”
“The high-minded man must care more for the truth than for what people think.”
“There should be some kind of rule against needing to kill anything more than once.”
Source: Grave Peril
“I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past, — so good night!”
Letter to John Adams (1 August 1816)
1810s
“I would rather hire a man with enthusiasm, than a man who knows everything.”
As quoted in Classic Wisdom for the Professional Life (2010) by Bryan Curtis, p. 75
“Always start out with a larger pot than what you think you need.”
Intro (2012 edition)
1990s, The Innovator's Dilemma (1997)
Source: How Will You Measure Your Life?
“Surround yourself with human beings, my dear James. They are easier to fight for than principles.”
Source: Casino Royale (1953), Ch. 20 : The Nature Of Evil
Context: "Surround yourself with human beings, my dear James. They are easier to fight for than principles."
He laughed. "But don't let me down and become human yourself. We would lose a wonderful machine."
“The rulers of this country have always considered their property more important than our lives.”
Source: Assata: An Autobiography
“Sometimes, the loneliness probably got to be too much and anyone seemed better than no one.”
Source: Through the Zombie Glass
“In the phrase ' human being,' the word 'being' is much more important than the word 'human.”
Source: We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves
“Wisdom is oft-times nearer when we stoop
Than when we soar.”
Source: The Excursion 1814
“There are worse things you can do to people you love than kill them.”
Source: Lullaby