Robert Rauschenberg (1925–2008) American artist
Source: 1960's, The Bride and the Bachelors, (1962), p. 3
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“Intellectuals never sound more foolish than when posing as the last civilised man.”
Christopher Hitchens (1949–2011) British American author and journalist
"The Egg-Head's Egger-On" (2000).
2000s, 2000, Unacknowledged Legislation: Writers in the Public Sphere (2000)
“Your children's losing battle with time seems even sadder than your own.”
John Updike book Rabbit at Rest
Rabbit at Rest (1990)
“It is easier to seem worthy of positions one does not have than of those one does.”
François de La Rochefoucauld book Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims
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)”
Trevor Noah (1984) South African comedian
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. <br class="br">The Daily Show
“What better job is there for a 17-year-old girl than being in a pop group?”
Susan Ann Sulley (1963) British pop singer
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.”
Gustave Flaubert book Sentimental Education
Rien n'est humiliant comme de voir les sots réussir dans les entreprises où l'on échoue.
Pt. 1, Ch. 5
Sentimental Education (1869)
Solomon (-990–-931 BC) king of Israel and the son of David
[Proverbs, 19:13, KJV] (KJV)
Variant translation:
“A parish where life is precarious pays more poor-rates than its neighbors.”
Robert Chambers (publisher, born 1802) (1802–1871) Scottish publisher and writer
Source: Sanitary Economy (1850), p. 12
“No man shall be more exacting of me or my conduct than I am of myself.”
Karl G. Maeser (1828–1901) prominent Utah educator and a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
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)
Wendell Berry (1934) author
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.”
Musa al-Kadhim (745–799) Seventh of the Twelve Imams and regarded by Sunnis as a renowned scholar
Ibn Shu’ba al-Harrani, Tuhaf al-'Uqul, p. 419.
Regarding Knowledge & Wisdom, Religious
“The oldest and best known evil was ever more supportable than one that was new and untried.”
Michel De Montaigne book Essays
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.”
Chris Rock (1965) American comedian, actor, screenwriter, television producer, film producer, and director
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.”
Craig Groeschel (1967) American priest
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”
Simon Hill (1967) Australian television presenter
31st of November, 2008, Premier League coverage Foxsports
Quotes from His time at Foxsports
Eric Trist (1909–1993) British scientist
Source: The evolution of socio-technical systems, (1981), p. 9
“First-rate science fiction was, and remains, more interesting than second-rate art.”
Clive James (1939–2019) Australian author, critic, broadcaster, poet, translator and memoirist
Ibid.
Essays and reviews, From the Land of Shadows (1982)