Harold Innis book Empire and Communications
2007 edition, p. 31.
Empire and Communications (1950)
Context: Graham Wallas has reminded us that writing as compared with speaking involves an impression at the second remove and reading an impression at the third remove. The voice of a second-rate person is more impressive than the published opinion of superior ability.
“We want better reasons for having children than not knowing how to prevent them.”
Dora Russell book Hypatia
Hypatia (1925), Ch. 4
Context: We want better reasons for having children than not knowing how to prevent them. Nor should we represent motherhood as something so common and easy that everyone can go through it without harm or suffering and rear her children competently and well.
Source: Demon Princes (1964-1981), The Book of Dreams (1981), Chapter 14 (p. 347)
“The creative community has a lot more ideas than the executive community feels comfortable with.”
Josh Pate (1970) Screenwriter, director and producer
Source: Surfacing with Josh Pate https://web.archive.org/web/20080409004815/http://www.mania.com:80/surfacing-josh-pate_article_49815.html (October 10, 2005)
“We’ve tested more than every other country in the world even put together.”
Donald J. Trump (1946) 45th President of the United States of America
Quoted by * 2020-04-21
Trump just said the US has done more coronavirus testing than the rest of the world. Not even close.
Aaron Rupar
Vox
https://www.vox.com/2020/4/21/21230400/trump-coronavirus-briefing-testing-other-countries-combined
Note: At that time, the US had done just above 4 million tests, while worldwide more than 20 million tests had been done.
2020s, 2020, April
“I have done more for the Boers than my fellow countrymen will ever know”
Wilhelmina of the Netherlands (1880–1962) Queen of the Netherlands 1898 - 1948
Paul Sloane (1950) British author and puzzle designer
Quoted in "Paul Sloane Talks about Strategies for Creating Effective Innovation Processes" https://innovationmanagement.se/imtool-articles/paul-sloane-talks-about-strategies-for-creating-effective-innovation-processes/, InnovationManagement.se (2 May 2019)
“Exercise helps build the muscle of a child’s brain even more effectively than studying.”
Warren Farrell (1943) author, spokesperson, expert witness, political candidate
Source: The Boy Crisis (2018), pp. 94
“I myself had rather excel others in excellency of learning than in greatness of power.”
Plutarch book Parallel Lives
Alexander, sec. 7
Parallel Lives
“To go wrong in one's own way is better than to go right in someone else's.”
Fyodor Dostoyevsky book Crime and Punishment
Source: Crime and Punishment (Zločin a trest)
“It's even better than everyone said. It just might be Marvel's best movie yet.”
Jim Starlin (1949) Comic creator
As quoted in "Guardians Of The Galaxy Is Marvel’s Best Movie Yet" by Gregory Wakeman in YAHOO movies (23 July 2014) https://uk.movies.yahoo.com/guardians-galaxy-marvel-best-movie-yet-030700879.html <br class="br">Context: Just came from the premiere of Guardians of the Galaxy. With all the hype I expected to be a bit disappointed. It just couldn't be as good as everyone was predicting. And they were wrong. It's even better than everyone said. It just might be Marvel's best movie yet.
“A skillful Artist in shapes and appearances does no more than necessary to create His effect.”
Robert A. Heinlein Job: A Comedy of Justice
Job: A Comedy of Justice (1984)
Context: Time is never a problem on the God level. Or space. Whatever needed to deceive you was provided. But no more than that. That is the conservative principle in art at the God level. While I can't do it, not being at that level, I have seen a lot of it done. A skillful Artist in shapes and appearances does no more than necessary to create His effect.
“Nobody has done greater service to the Aryan Brahmins of India than Max Muller.”
V. T. Rajshekar (1932) Indian conspiracy theorist
Brahminism. (2015) Gyan Publishing House
