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Said in the 1900s
“It's a pity we don't whistle at one another, like birds. Words are misleading.”
Halldór Laxness (1902–1998) said by 1998 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“When consumers purchase more goods, plants use more of their capacity, men are hired instead of laid off, investment increases and profits are high.”
John F. Kennedy (1917–1963) said by 1963 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Jingoistic rhetoric and puerile self-congratulatory nationalism.”
Carl Sagan (1934–1996) said by 1996 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“[Chess] is a foolish expedient for making idle people believe they are doing something very clever, when they are only wasting their time.”
George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950) first seen 1905 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Irrational Knot (1905)
“Любовное правило: чем длиннее предисловие, тем короче роман.”
Дон-Аминадо (1888–1957) said by 1957 at the latest wikiquote:ru, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The law of causality, I believe, like much that passes muster among philosophers, is a relic of a bygone age, surviving, like the monarchy, only because it is erroneously supposed to do no harm.”
Bertrand Russell (1872–1970) said by 1970 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“To devote your life to the good of all and to the happiness of all is religion. Whatever you do for your own sake is not religion.”
Swami Vivekananda (1863–1902) said by 1902 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“113. Люди должны быть ко всем людям вежливые, со всеми здороваться, низко кланяться головкой, с душой и сердцем. А потом помочь человеку.”
Иванов, Порфирий Корнеевич (1898–1983) said by 1983 at the latest wikiquote:ru, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“It may be better to be a live jackal than a dead lion, but it is better still to be a live lion. And usually easier.”
Robert A. Heinlein (1907–1988) said by 1988 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“On the infrequent occasions when I have been called upon in a formal place to play the bongo drums, the introducer never seems to find it necessary to mention that I also do theoretical physics.”
Richard Feynman (1918–1988) said by 1988 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The neurotic listens to weather reports about Small Craft Warnings, and he thinks: They're talking about me.”
Mignon McLaughlin (1913–1983) said by 1983 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“28. Through the sounding of the Word and through reflection upon its meaning, the Way is found.This is a very general paraphrase but conveys nevertheless the correct significance of the terms used in the Sanskrit. Only Vivekananda, among the many translators, gives this interpretation, putting it as follows: "The repetition of the OM and meditating upon its meaning (is the Way).”
Alice Bailey (1880–1949) said by 1949 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Every Christian is to become a little Christ. The whole purpose of becoming a Christian is simply nothing else.”
C. S. Lewis (1898–1963) said by 1963 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“...modern poetry is necessarily obscure; if the reader can’t get it, let him eat Browning...”
Randall Jarrell (1914–1965) said by 1965 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“It is both foolish and wicked to teach the average man who is not well off that some wrong or injustice has been done him, and that he should hope for redress elsewhere than in his own industry, honesty and intelligence.”
Theodore Roosevelt (1858–1919) first seen 1897 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: How Not To Better Social Conditions" in Review of Reviews (January 1897), p. 39
“In our thought of Empire to-day there is nothing in the nature of flag-wagging or boasting of painting the map red. No! Only a sense of pride in the race from which we spring—a pride which makes us humble in our own eyes, and resolute to make ourselves as worthy as we may of the heritage and responsibilities which are ours.”
Stanley Baldwin (1867–1947) first seen 1927 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Broadcast from 10 Downing Street, London (24 May 1927), quoted in Our Inheritance (London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1938), p. 60.
“There are degrees of justice, Elijah. When the lesser is incompatible with the greater, the lesser must give way.”
Isaac Asimov (1920–1992) said by 1992 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The skeptic is the least mysterious man in the world, and yet, starting from a certain moment, he no longer belongs to this world.”
Emil Cioran (1911–1995) said by 1995 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Better remain silent, better not even think, if you are not prepared to act.”
Annie Besant (1847–1933) said by 1933 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The slogan "we will not allow another Cuba" hides the possibility of perpetrating aggressions without fear of reprisal, such as the one carried out against the Dominican Republic or before that the massacre in Panama — and the clear warning stating that Yankee troops are ready to intervene anywhere in America where the ruling regime may be altered, thus endangering their interests.”
Che Guevara (1928–1967) said by 1967 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Real thought takes courage more than intelligence.”
Osamu Dazai (1909–1948) said by 1948 at the latest wikiquote, 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
“...a victim of bad medicine, bad air, bad food, farcical education, a despicable popular culture.”
Anthony Burgess (1917–1993) said by 1993 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I do not believe in immortality of the individual, and I consider ethics to be an exclusively human concern with no superhuman authority behind it.”
Albert Einstein (1879–1955) first seen 1953 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Reply to a letter sent to him on 17 July 1953 p. 39