Stronger than pain quotes (page 382) | Quotes of famous people

“Discipline in itself is not a corrupt concept, only discipline that is imposed rather than self-calculated.”

Jack Vance Demon Princes

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)

“Reaching your destination is more important than the direction and speed at which you travel.”

Gandolfo – (RJ Intindola)

1975

“Bad ideologies such as racism or sexism persist due to ignorance far more than malice.”

Mark Manson book Everything Is Fucked

“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

“Whoever believes they are better than others and imposes their beliefs on others; they are against freedom and justice.”

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (1956) 6th President of the Islamic Republic of Iran

Twitter 3 Jul 2017
2017

“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

“The big problem is that innovating is not sufficient. You have to innovate faster than your competitors.”

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)

“Those who understand the way it is, rather than the way they wish it were, are on the path to freedom.”

Noah Levine (1971) American Buddhist teacher

Against the Stream (2007)

“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
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.