“Everyone on earth has a treasure that awaits him.”
Paulo Coelho book The Alchemist
Source: The Alchemist
“Everyone on earth has a treasure that awaits him.”
Paulo Coelho book The Alchemist
Source: The Alchemist
“Last week the candle factory burned down. Everyone just stood around and sang, 'Happy Birthday.”
Steven Wright (1955) American actor and author
“To travel is to discover that everyone is wrong about other countries.”
Aldous Huxley (1894–1963) English writer
Jesting Pilate: The Diary of a Journey, (1926)
Source: https://archive.org/details/jestingpilatedia0000huxl/page/214/mode/2up?q=To+travel+is+to+discover+that+everyone+is+wrong Part II: Malaya
“Poetry is eternal graffiti written in the heart of everyone.”
Lawrence Ferlinghetti (1919) American artist, writer and activist
Source: Americus, Book I
Mark Haddon book The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
Source: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
“Plato said, be kind to everyone you meet for we are all fighting difficult battles.”
Sherrilyn Kenyon (1965) Novelist
Source: Styxx
Roger Waters (1943) English songwriter, bassist, and lyricist of Pink Floyd
LIVE 8, Hyde Park, London, July 2005
Music
Derrick Jensen book A Language Older Than Words
A Language Older Than Words (2000)
Paul Gauguin (1848–1903) French Post-Impressionist artist
Quote c. 1902, in Racontars d'un Rapin, Paul Gauguin; as quoted in 'Introduction' of Camille Pissarro - Letters to His Son Lucien, ed. John Rewald, with assistance of Lucien Pissarro – (translated from the unpublished French letters by Lionel Abel); Pantheon Books Inc. New York, second edition, 1943, p. 15
After Paul Cezanne it was Gauguin who came to ask advice and painted landscape at the side of the much elder Pissarro. The traces of this apprenticeship as an impressionist were soon to disappear from Gauguin's works, but shortly before he died, he wrote these sentences about his former teacher
1890s - 1910s
“a politician is an arse upon
which everyone has sat except a man”
E.E. Cummings book 1 × 1
Source: 1 x 1 (1944), X
“There is enough wealth in the world to satisfy everyone's needs, …”
Mahatma Gandhi (1869–1948) pre-eminent leader of Indian nationalism during British-ruled India
This quote is actually credited to an American pastor of Swiss origin Frank Buchman, founder of the Moral Rearmament movement. Misquotes that Bapu is forced to wear http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-10-03/ahmedabad/30238203_1_bapu-tushar-gandhi-gandhiji. <br class="br">Misattributed
Salma Hayek (1966) Mexican-American actress and producer
For these women, no contract equals no validation — and, thus, no reason for existing.
O interview (2003)
Philip E. Tetlock (1954) American political science writer
Paul Monk, Australian Financial Review, cited in: Philip E. Tetlock. Expert Political Judgment: How Good Is It? How Can We Know?, 2015. Back cover.
About
Ben Croshaw (1983) English video game journalist
http://www.geek.com/interview-zero-punctuations-yahtzee/
Other Articles
Michael Badnarik (1954) American software engineer
This paternalistic attitude that "the government knows best" and that you are merely a helpless child is insulting and reprehensible. Hitler used the same attitude to persuade the Germans to subjugate themselves to the "Fatherland."
Source: Good to be King (2004)
Karl Pilkington (1972) English television personality, social commentator, actor, author and former radio producer
Podcast Series 2 Episode 1
On Biology
Tina Fey (1970) American comedian, writer, producer and actress
http://snltranscripts.jt.org/01/01supdate.phtml
“Still, you must know that the fear of death is irrational; death comes to everyone.”
Robert J. Sawyer book Calculating God
Source: Calculating God (2000), Chapter 25 (p. 235)
“Being misunderstood by someone is vexation. Being misunderstood by everyone is tragedy.”
Liu Shahe (1931–2019) Chinese writer and poet
Encarta http://encarta.msn.com/quote_561556245/Understanding_Being_misunderstood_by_someone_is_vexation.html
Geert Wilders (1963) Dutch politician
Speech http://www.pvv.nl/index.php/36-fj-related/geert-wilders/7981-geert-wilders-speech-danish-free-press-society-copenhagen-2-11-2014.html at the 10 years memorial conference for Theo Van Gogh arranged by the Danish Free Press Society (Copenhagen, 2 November 2014); Video: Geert Wilders speaks in the Danish Parliament Building https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TKgpzi0PW0w <br class="br">2010s
“You cannot please everyone. You cannot soothe everyone.”
Robert Jordan (1948–2007) American writer
Moiraine Damodred to Rand al'Thor
(15 October 1994)
Chris Rea (1951) English singer-songwriter
Henry Yates (2015 December 1) " An Interview With The Straight-Talking, No-F**ks-Given Chris Rea http://teamrock.com/feature/2015-12-01/chris-rea-straight-shooter" by TeamRock <br class="br">2015
Mark Satin (1946) American political theorist, author, and newsletter publisher
1. maximize choices for every American (and for the U.S. as a whole) as much as possible;
2. guarantee a fair start in life for every American;
3. maximize every American's human potential as much as possible;
4. be of genuine help to everyone in the developing world.
Source: Radical Middle (2004), Chapter 1, "A Creative and Practical Politics," p. 6.
John Fowles book Daniel Martin
Daniel Martin (1977)
Pat Condell (1949) Stand-up comedian, writer, and Internet personality
"In Jesus' name" (25 April 2007) http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=qZO2u-jDNpQ <br class="br">2007
Molly Ivins (1944–2007) American journalist
October 2000 syndicated column
Warren Farrell (1943) author, spokesperson, expert witness, political candidate
Women Can't Hear What Men Don't Say (2000)
Tucker Carlson (1969) American political commentator
Slate magazine, 17 July 1997
Source: https://slate.com/news-and-politics/1997/07/right-wing-journalism-4.html
Ma Ying-jeou (1950) Taiwanese politician, president of the Republic of China
Ma Ying-jeou (2013) cited in: " Time not right for political talks with China: Ma http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2013/10/26/2003575395" in Taipei Times, 26 October 2013. <br class="br">Statement made in commenting his record-low approval rating and saying that he has no desire to change the cross-strait relations policies, 25 October 2013. <br class="br">Other topics
Aron Ra (1962) Aron Ra is an atheist activist and the host of the Ra-Men Podcast
"4th Foundational Falsehood of Creationism" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=80nhqGfN6t8, Youtube (December 25, 2007) <br class="br">Youtube, Foundational Falsehoods of Creationism
Theodore Kaczynski book Industrial Society and Its Future
"Oversocialization", item 25
Industrial Society and Its Future (1995)
Immanuel Kant (1724–1804) German philosopher
Eighth Thesis
Idea for a Universal History from a Cosmopolitan Point of View (1784)
Julie Newmar (1933) American actress
'Batman' Co-Star Julie Newmar Remembers Adam West: 'He Had It All' http://www.etonline.com/news/219389_batman_star_julie_newmar_remembers_adam_west/ (June 10, 2017)
“Everyone feels benevolent if nothing happens to be annoying him at the moment.”
Clive Staples Lewis book The Problem of Pain
The Problem of Pain (1940)
Albert Jay Nock (1870–1945) American journalist
Source: On Doing the Right Thing and Other Essays (1928), p. 143
Tracey Ullman (1959) English-born actress, comedian, singer, dancer, screenwriter, producer, director, author and businesswoman
Quoted by NPR http://www.npr.org/2016/10/28/499796182/british-comedian-tracey-ullman-brings-celebrity-impersonations-to-hbo in 2016, on what what drives her to do impersonations
Calvin Coolidge (1872–1933) American politician, 30th president of the United States (in office from 1923 to 1929)
1920s, The Genius of America (1924)
“It’s not that I’m so exciting, it’s just that everyone else is so dull.”
Reese Palley (1922–2015)
https://www.artnet.com June 5, 2015
Rudy Giuliani (1944–2001) American businessperson and politician, former mayor of New York City
when interviewed by Charlie Rose, July 1998 video of the entire interview https://charlierose.com/videos/17662
Michael Marshall Smith (1965) British novelist, screenwriter and short story writer
Source: The Lonely Dead (2004), Ch. 11
Jerry Coyne (1949) American biologist
" Do both science and faith produce truth? http://whyevolutionistrue.wordpress.com/2012/08/11/do-both-science-and-faith-produce-truth/" August 11, 2012
Warren Weaver (1894–1978) American mathematician
Source: Science and Imagination: Selected Papers, 1967, p. 82
Muhammad (570–632) Arabian religious leader and the founder of Islam
Riyadh-as-Saliheen by Imam Al-Nawawi, volume 1, hadith number 1
Sunni Hadith
Debbie Reynolds (1932–2016) American actress, singer, and dancer
Post to Facebook (27 December 2016) https://www.facebook.com/thedebbiereynolds/posts/811585312313920
Frederick Buechner (1926) Poet, novelist, short story writer, theologian
Secrets in the Dark: A Life in Sermons (2006)
Melanie Phillips (1951) British journalist
"The Country That Hates Itself" http://www.melaniephillips.com/the-country-that-hates-itself (June 16, 2006)
Michael E. Gerber (1936) American business writer
Attributed to Michael E. Gerber in: American Farriers' Journal, 1998, p. 61
Alex Jones (1974) American radio host, author, conspiracy theorist and filmmaker
And the New World Order is like "Act like a jellyfish coward and giggle at all reality", and they're like "Yes, yes!" <br class="br"> "Alex Jones: I'm So Trendy Rant!" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UBA-sa97UYg March 2012. <br class="br">2012
Frankie Howerd (1917–1992) British actor
http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A744914
Howerd introducing Mrs Vera Roper, his pianist, who was deaf.
Lucy Aharish (1981) Arab-Israeli journalist
Source: Lucy Aharish's campus speech http://www.onlife.co.il/%D7%A2%D7%91%D7%95%D7%93%D7%94/%D7%9E%D7%A0%D7%94%D7%99%D7%92%D7%95%D7%AA-%D7%94%D7%99%D7%95%D7%9D-%D7%90%D7%AA-%D7%94%D7%9E%D7%97%D7%A8/85312/%D7%9C%D7%95%D7%A1%D7%99-%D7%90%D7%94%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%A9-%D7%9C%D7%90-%D7%91%D7%90%D7%AA%D7%99-%D7%9C%D7%9E%D7%A6%D7%95%D7%90-%D7%97%D7%9F-%D7%91%D7%A2%D7%99%D7%A0%D7%99-%D7%90%D7%A3-%D7%90%D7%97%D7%93 at "מנהיגות היום את המחר". Onlife. 9 November 2014. Retrieved 27 January 2015. Video available.
Andre Dubus (1936–1999) Novelist, short story writer, teacher
The Judge and Other Snakes.
Broken Vessels (1991)
Leo Strauss (1899–1973) Classical philosophy specialist and father of neoconservativism
Source: Natural Right and History (1953), p. 6
James Nicoll (1961) Canadian fiction reviewer
Facebook post (2014) https://www.facebook.com/james.nicoll.927/posts/10152710405547985 <br class="br">2010s
J. G. Ballard (1930–2009) British writer
As quoted in "Age of unreason" by Jeannette Baxter in The Guardian (22 June 2004)
Daniel Webster (1782–1852) Leading American senator and statesman. January 18, 1782 – October 24, 1852. Served as the Secretary of Sta…
Speech at Plymouth, Massachusetts (22 December 1820)
Ida Friederike Görres (1901–1971) Austrian writer and noble
Broken Lights Letters 1951-59.
“Everyone of my generation who preached free love is responsible for AIDS.”
Camille Paglia (1947) American writer
Source: Sex, Art and American Culture : New Essays (1992), Junk Bonds and Corporate Raiders : Academe in the Hour of the Wolf, p. 216
Harold Rosenberg (1906–1978) American writer and art critic
Source: Art & Other Serious Matters, (1985), p. 196, "Saul Steinberg"
Keira Knightley (1985) British actress
On her role as Elizabeth Bennet in the 2005 film Pride and Prejudice, in Allure magazine (October 2007)
PewDiePie (1989) Swedish YouTuber and video game commentator
25 July 2018
2018, ONLY REAL GAMERS CAN WATCH THIS
James Joyce (1882–1941) Irish novelist and poet
"The Mirage of the Fisherman of Aran: England's Safety Valve in Case of War," Piccolo della Sera (Trieste, 5 September 1912), printed in James Joyce: Occasional, Critical and Political Writing (2002) edited by Kevin Barry [Oxford University Press, <small> ISBN 0-192-83353-7</small>], p. 203
Yanni (1954) Greek pianist, keyboardist, composer, and music producer
Yanni in Words. Miramax Books. Co-author David Rensin
Michael Savage (1942) U.S. radio talk show host, Commentator, and Author
A dance of death in the West http://www.wnd.com/2015/11/a-dance-of-death-in-the-west/, excerpt from Government Zero. <br class="br">Government Zero: No Borders, No Language, No Culture (2015)
Bernie Sanders (1941) American politician, senator for Vermont
Twitter (11 August 2016) https://twitter.com/SenSanders/status/763746712334852096, quoted in * 2016-08-11 Sanders joins Democrats criticizing DEA for marijuana decision David Weigel Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2016/08/11/sanders-joins-democrats-criticizing-dea-for-marijuana-decision/ <br class="br">2010s, 2016
Adam Steltzner (1963) American aerospace engineer
Marc Kaufman. Mars Up Close: Inside the Curiosity Mission https://books.google.com/books/about/Mars_Up_Close.html?id=o6XaCwAAQBAJ&hl=en. National Geographic page 15. ISBN 978-1-4262-1278-9.
“A caffeinated Jenna is bad for everyone.”
Christopher Golden (1967) American writer
Page 148
Body of Evidence
Frank Klepacki (1974) American musician, video game music composer and sound director
Gameplay magazine
Ron Paul (1935) American politician and physician
Interview by Mac McKoy on KWQW, December 17, 2007 http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=x3lxo9WIR6w <br class="br">2000s, 2006-2009
Norodom Sihanouk (1922–2012) Cambodian King
Said during his exile in Peking, as quoted by Oriana Fallaci (June 1973), Intervista con la Storia (sixth edition, 2011). page 103.
Interviews
Alanis Morissette (1974) Canadian-American singer-songwriter
Eight Easy Steps"
So-Called Chaos (2004)
Karl Pilkington (1972) English television personality, social commentator, actor, author and former radio producer
Podcast Series 2 Episode 6
On Nature
Billie Piper (1982) English singer, dancer and actress
On her role in the 21st century revival of Doctor Who, as quoted in "'I've heard that before!': Chris Evans cracks ex-wife jokes with Billie Piper as she appears on his show with new husband Laurence Fox" in The Daily Mail Reporter (22 November 2013) http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2511885/Chris-Evans-cracks-ex-wife-jokes-Billie-Piper-appears-new-husband-Laurence-Fox.html
Gaby Moreno (1981) singer
“Conoce las razones que llevaron a Gaby Moreno a elegir ser vegana,” video interview with PETA Latino (2 March 2017) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3mht2XV8dgQ.
Donald J. Trump (1946) 45th President of the United States of America
2010s, 2016, August, Speech at rally in Wilmington, North Carolina (August 9, 2016)
François de La Rochefoucauld (1613–1680) French author of maxims and memoirs
Reflections on Various Subjects (1665–1678), VII. On Air and Manner
Jerry Coyne (1949) American biologist
" Where does morality come from? A demonstration with monkeys http://whyevolutionistrue.wordpress.com/2012/08/07/where-does-morality-come-from-a-demonstration-with-monkeys/" August 7, 2012
Karl Pilkington (1972) English television personality, social commentator, actor, author and former radio producer
Podcast Series 1 Episode 5
On Life