Source: 1960's, The Bride and the Bachelors, (1962), p. 3
“Intellectuals never sound more foolish than when posing as the last civilised man.”
"The Egg-Head's Egger-On" (2000).
2000s, 2000, Unacknowledged Legislation: Writers in the Public Sphere (2000)
“It is easier to seem worthy of positions one does not have than of those one does.”
Il est plus facile de paraître digne des emplois qu'on n'a pas que de ceux que l'on exerce.
Maxim 164.
Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims (1665–1678)
“The credits from the second Godfather are better than Godfather III. (14 April 2016)”
April 14th, 2016 Source: Visible at 01:50 More Reasons to Hate Ted Cruz http://www.cc.com/video-clips/s06t5t/the-daily-show-with-trevor-noah-more-reasons-to-hate-ted-cruz, CC.com, 14 aprile 2016.
The Daily Show
“What better job is there for a 17-year-old girl than being in a pop group?”
When asked if she had considered staying at school and taking a better job in 1980
BBC Radio Tyne Interview with Yve Ngoo, 10 October 2004
“Nothing is more humiliating than to see idiots succeed in enterprises we have failed in.”
Rien n'est humiliant comme de voir les sots réussir dans les entreprises où l'on échoue.
Pt. 1, Ch. 5
Sentimental Education (1869)
[Proverbs, 19:13, KJV] (KJV)
Variant translation:
“A parish where life is precarious pays more poor-rates than its neighbors.”
Source: Sanitary Economy (1850), p. 12
“No man shall be more exacting of me or my conduct than I am of myself.”
Sentence-Sermons from Brigham Young University Quarterly quoted in The Latter-Day Saints' Millenial Star, Vol. 70 https://books.google.com/books?id=eItJAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA452&lpg=PA452&dq=He+that+cheats+another+is+a+knave;+but+he+that+cheats+himself+is+a+fool.&source=bl&ots=WBAQiPjQX6&sig=WLEdKN2_kXPXj8jZALKCp2dguaQ&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjXmNeF_7HMAhUH42MKHdySDgsQ6AEILzAE#v=onepage&q=fool&f=false
"Dead Men’s Dialogue"
Dreamtigers (1960)
Comment at City Arts & Lecture Series, Herbst Theater, San Francisco, CA; 29 October 2012 http://thirtythreadbaremercies.wordpress.com/2012/10/30/the-mad-farmer-lives-a-night-with-wendell-berry/#
“The sleep of a wise man is far better than the worship of an ignorant one during the night.”
Ibn Shu’ba al-Harrani, Tuhaf al-'Uqul, p. 419.
Regarding Knowledge & Wisdom, Religious
Source: A Distant Mirror (1978), p. 173
“The oldest and best known evil was ever more supportable than one that was new and untried.”
Book III, Ch. 9. Of Vanity
Essais (1595), Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)
“Black Santa Claus caused more tears than the Tampa Bay Devil Rays.”
From Everybody Hates Chris second season episode, "Everybody Hates Chris"
Miscellaneous
“The it-rich are those who have chosen to face their fears rather than live with regrets.”
It – How Churches and Leaders Can Get It and Keep It (2008, Zondervan)
“Tonight's viewing has more Box Office appeal than a Baz Luhrmann masterpiece”
31st of November, 2008, Premier League coverage Foxsports
Quotes from His time at Foxsports
Source: The evolution of socio-technical systems, (1981), p. 9
“First-rate science fiction was, and remains, more interesting than second-rate art.”
Ibid.
Essays and reviews, From the Land of Shadows (1982)
