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Said in the 1900s
“It is not good for a masterpiece to be fully known, at the first try. Future generations must be given time to mature. Otherwise, they change their minds. (February 18, C.E.1901; Vergani, p. 181)”
Jules Renard (1864–1910) said by 1910 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I wouldn't give an astrologer the time of day.”
Isaac Asimov (1920–1992) first seen 1979 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: In Memory Yet Green (Avon Books, 1979), p. 18
“Convinced of their destiny to rule, they convinced themselves that the end justified the means.”
Robert A. Heinlein (1907–1988) said by 1988 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“You will have to brace yourselves for this — not because it is difficult to understand, but because it is absolutely ridiculous: All we do is draw little arrows on a piece of paper — that's all!”
Richard Feynman (1918–1988) said by 1988 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“And any man who may be asked in this century what he did to make his life worth while, I think can respond with a good deal of pride and satisfaction: "I served in the United States Navy.”
John F. Kennedy (1917–1963) first seen 1963 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Remarks at the U.S. Naval Academy (1 August 1963), Public Papers of the Presidents 321, p. 620
“We don't know what Germany really intends. We do know and have long known that France is pacific, and is not a potential enemy. We cannot say that about Germany.”
Stanley Baldwin (1867–1947) first seen 1931 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Conversation with Thomas Jones (28 April 1934), quoted in Thomas Jones, A Diary with Letters. 1931-1950 (1954), p. 129
“I believe that independent India can only discharge her duty towards a groaning world by adopting a simple but ennobled life by developing her thousands of cottages and living at peace with the world. High thinking is inconsistent with complicated material life based on high speed imposed on us by Mammon worship. All the graces of life are possible only when we learn the art of living nobly.”
Mahatma Gandhi (1869–1948) first seen 1946 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Harijan, (9 January 1946), p. 285
“Why? Surely they can find other men.”
Bertrand Russell (1872–1970) said by 1970 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Russell's reply when asked "if it wasn't unkind of him to love and leave so many women"; as quoted in My Father – Bertrand Russell (1975) by Katharine Tait, p. 106
“With TV, came the icon, the inclusive image, the inclusive political posture or stance. (p. 191)”
Marshall McLuhan (1911–1980) said by 1980 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The essential gaudiness of poetry.”
Wallace Stevens (1879–1955) said by 1955 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“'Who are you? Nobody. Who is Porridge? .'”
C. S. Lewis (1898–1963) said by 1963 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“[Speaking of Chinese president Sun Yat-sen] ...combined Benjamin Franklin and George Washington of China.”
Calvin Coolidge (1872–1933) said by 1933 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“We are talking about an artist; and for the enjoyment of the artist the mask must be to some extent moulded on the face. What he makes outside him must correspond to something inside him; he can only make his effects out of some of the materials of his soul.”
G. K. Chesterton (1874–1936) said by 1936 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Poverty must not be a bar to learning, and learning must offer an escape from poverty.”
Lyndon B. Johnson (1908–1973) first seen 1964 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Great Society (May 22, 1964). Archived from the original on January 10, 2021.
“Schicksalsschläge lassen sich ertragen - sie kommen von außen, sind zufällig. Aber durch eigene Schuld leiden - darin liegt der Schmerz des Lebens." - Lady Windermeres Fächer, 1. Akt, Lord Windermere”
Oscar Wilde (1854–1900) said by 1900 at the latest wikiquote:de, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“But waiting for a messiah is a long business and you get many fake ones.”
Ernest Hemingway (1899–1961) said by 1961 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Las certidumbres sólo se alcanzan con los pies.”
Antonio Porchia (1885–1968) said by 1968 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I love talking about nothing, father. It is the only thing I know anything about.”
Oscar Wilde (1854–1900) said by 1900 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I am for force, because in force I see strength, and in strength the eternal mother of rights, and in rights the root of life itself.”
Adolf Hitler (1889–1945) first seen 1869 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Speech (11 March 1933), quoted in Martin Gilbert, Sir Horace Rumbold: Portrait of a Diplomat, 1869–1941 (1973), p. 171 and The Times (22 March 1933), p. 15
“It is anything but easy trying to speak of a person one knows so little about but who is nevertheless so close to me.”
Halldór Laxness (1902–1998) said by 1998 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The whole idea of what happens when you read a book, I find absolutely stunning. Here's some product of a tree, little black squiggles on it, you open it up, and inside your head is the voice of someone speaking, who may have been dead 3000 years, and there he is talking directly to you, what a magical thing that is.”
Carl Sagan (1934–1996) first seen 1977 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Carl Sagan on The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson (full interview, May 20th, 1977)
“Men are influenced by big loud empty words, styes which swell the eyelids and impede vision of the truth.”
Anthony Burgess (1917–1993) said by 1993 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Se, depois de eu morrer, quiserem escrever a minha biografia, Não há nada mais simples. Tem só duas datas—a da minha nascença e a da minha morte. Entre uma e outra coisa todos os dias são meus.”
Fernando Pessoa (1888–1935) first seen 1915 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Alberto Caeiro (heteronym), "Se, depois de eu morrer" (8 November 1915), trans. Jonathan Griffin.
“The candle aimed its spear of light at heaven, like an artist who consumes himself to become divine.”
John Steinbeck (1902–1968) said by 1968 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source