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“Don’t get testy with me, sir. I am Augustine of Hippo Regius, discoverer of concupiscence. Between my legs hangs the axis on which will turn the brave new world of Christian antieroticism.”
James K. Morrow (born 1947) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I poured Franklin another cup of coffee and he looked at me, his big eyes pleading. The deadheads always look like that when we reach this point. They think that Mars is like Alaska in the ’70s, or Antarctica in 2000; a frontier for brave, determined men. But Mars isn’t a frontier. It’s a dead end.”
Robert Sheckley (1928–2005) said by 2005 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“That’s the difference between the old Scientology and the new: the brave new Scientology is all these beautiful buildings and real estate and no people.”
Mark Rathbun (born 1957) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“From Iran's different faiths, ethnic groups and social sectors, from the left to the right of the political spectrum, from my brave countrymen and women struggling for human dignity and freedom, this is the message I carry to you: As you face our oppressors, do not turn your back to us. We are your best friends in the struggle against a common enemy, the enemy of peace on earth.”
Reza Pahlavi (born 1960) first seen 2007 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Statement by Reza Pahlavi of Iran - Democracy & Security Conference, Prague, Czech Republic, Jun. 5, 2007.
“Economists are neither distinctively good nor bad, no more or less virtuous or brave or generous or faithful than the sum of mankind, and certainly no more modest.”
George Stigler (1911–1991) first seen 1988 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Memoirs of an Unregulated Economist (1988), Prologue: Are Economists Good People?
“I hail the seasons as they go, I woo the sunshine, brave the wind, I scan the lily and the rose, I nod to every nodding tree, I follow every stream that flows, And wait beside the steadfast sea.”
Elizabeth Drew Stoddard (1823–1902) first seen 1895 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Poet's Secret", line 3, in Poems (Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin & Co., 1895), p. 1. Kindle ebook ASIN B0084BS0QSASIN
“I do not mind if my cottage is rather small So long as there's room enough for bed and mat. Often and often the neighbours come to see me And with brave words discuss the things of old. Rare writings we read together and praise: Doubtful meanings we examine together and settle.”
Tao Yuanming (365–427) said by 427 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“My good fellows we shall soon have sport--there are but five of them...we'll have something more to do--there are ten of them...we shall now, my brave fellows, have enough of it, for we are nearly equally manned.”
Moses Van Campen (1757–1849) said by 1849 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Without a hint of shyness, and standing totally in the nude except for a large silver top hat, he took out his "brush" and began sketching portraits of those brave enough to be his subjects.”
Pricasso (born 1949) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The great, the vile, the coward, and the brave, Are food alike for worms, companions in the grave. The prince and parasite together lye, No fortune can exalt, but Death will climb as high.”
George Granville, 1st Baron Lansdowne (1666–1735) said by 1735 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Despereaux did not know it, but he would need, very soon, to be brave himself.”
Kate DiCamillo (born 1964) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Awake! Arise! Go and learn from the wise! Become brave karma-yogis of the Lord!”
Haidakhan Babaji (2000–1984) first seen 1983 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: 20 April 1983.
“I want a world of brave and courageous people. Indeed, those who work hard and are agnostics are more acceptable, for a time, than lazy spiritual hypocrites.”
Haidakhan Babaji (2000–1984) said by 1984 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The key to implementation is people. In a war, even you have a good fighting strategy, history tells us that having soldiers who are brave enough, with skills in shooting and fighting, is what makes the difference.”
Liu Chuanzhi (born 1944) first seen 2009 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Lenovo Group’s Liu Chuanzhi on ‘Building a Healthy Company’ in Knowledge @ Wharton (8 July 2009)
“I wonder what would happen if you Say what you want to say And let the words fall out Honestly, I want to see you be brave”
Sara Bareilles (born 1979) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Maybe I was brave, I don't know. At the time I was just doing the job, I didn't have time for other thoughts.”
Johnson Beharry (born 1979) first seen 2005 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: After being awarded the Victoria Cross (27 April 2005)
“I'm not a brave man. My self-image is of a very small and weak person. In point of fact, I'm almost six feet, and solidly built. But I was a late bloomer. I spent those formative early high-school years as a pudgy little science whimp. I'm still scared of big men with deep voices.”
Rudy Rucker (born 1946) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Rama rules as King in Ayodhya. He is born in the Solar race and a descendant of the Sun; he is brave and gentle and firm in fight. By Rama's command his adorable Queen Sita is being brought here into the forest on a chariot, and though she suspects nothing yet, here she will be left abandoned. Unless you comfort her she will drown herself in Ganga and kill as well her unborn sons by Rama.”
Valmiki (active around 201 BC) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“AMERICA IS FALLING AT THE MOMENT YET I DO NOT SEE ANYONE IN OFFICE *AHEM* THAT IS BRAVE ENOUGH TO SAVE THE AMERICAN PEOPLE LIKE HITLER WAS WILLING TO SAVE THE GERMAN PEOPLE!”
Tila Tequila (born 1981) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I rejoice to hear of the defeat of that vile traitor, Major Rogers, and his party of Tories, though I am exceeding sorry to hear it cost us so brave an officer as Major Greene.”
Nathanael Greene (1742–1786) said by 1786 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I think Kathaos fears no divine forces.” “Then he’s a brave man.” “Oh, men make their own gods,” Yannul remarked. “I have a god with a fat belly, and a house full of expensive women to attend his every need, and I call him Yannul the Lan in Five Years from This.”
Tanith Lee (1947–2015) said by 2015 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Rewa was brave. At least, she was thick-witted enough to be able to ignore personal danger to a great extent.”
Tanith Lee (1947–2015) said by 2015 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Well, sir. Perhaps a few hours will show who are the brave.”
Johann de Kalb (1721–1780) first seen 1780 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: In August 1780, as quoted in "Death of Baron De Kalb" (1849), by Benjamin Franklin Ells, The Western Miscellany, Volume 1, p. 234.
“Even 'Jurassic Park III' tried to jump on the avian-dino bandwagon by making a brave attempt to adorn Velociraptor with a feathery hair-piece. (The result looked like a roadrunner's toupee- don't blame the effects-artists; it's notoriously difficult to render feathers in computer graphics animation, so we'll have to wait for 'JP IV' for a more thoroughly rendered avian pelage.)”
Robert T. Bakker (born 1945) first seen 2004 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Dinosaurs Acting Like Birds, and Vice Versa – An Homage to the Reverend Edward Hitchcock, First Director of the Massachusetts Geological Survey” in Feathered Dragons. Currie, P.; Koppelhus, E.; Shugar, M.; Wright J. eds…
“This book is dedicated to the people of America--strong, outspoken, intense in their convictions, sometimes wrong-headed but always generous and brave, with a passion for justice no nation has ever matched.”
Paul Johnson (1928–2023) said by 2023 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“So I certainly don’t regard myself as brave. I just see myself—if I want to indulge a little immodesty—as rather more honest and outspoken than some other people I know.”
Tony Judt (1948–2010) said by 2010 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Such a flag would be a suitable emblem of our young confederacy, and sustained by the brave hearts and strong arms of the south, it would soon take rank among the proudest ensigns of the nations, and be hailed by the civilized world as THE WHITE MAN'S FLAG.”
William Tappan Thompson (1812–1882) first seen 1863 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Savannah Morning News (28 April 1863); As quoted in Our Flag: Origin and Progress of the Flag of the United States of America (1872), by George Henry Preble, Albany: Joel Munsell, pp. 417–418
“I do not feel brave. I am not the center of this symphony. No one even cares if I am here. Where is the immortal majesty the poets promised me? Where is the stern will my ancestors preached to their children? It was just an illusion conjured by fools who never left their libraries, or by agents of necessity. This is the Noble Lie.”
Pierce Brown (born 1988) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Fear, guilt, despair, and moon-struck frenzy rush On voluntary death: the wise and brave, When the fierce storms of fortune round 'em roar, Combat the billows with redoubled force: Then, if they perish ere the port is gained, They sink with decent pride; and from the deep Honour retrieves them, bright as rising stars.”
Elijah Fenton (1683–1730) said by 1730 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Life had taught her to be brave, to be patient, to love, to forgive.”
Lucy Maud Montgomery (1874–1942) said by 1942 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Fury our Judgement charms, And we conceive it brave to dye in Arms.”
John Ogilby (1600–1676) said by 1676 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Democratization of commerce is based on everyone having the right to exercise their roles as micro consumers, micro producers, micro entrepreneurs, micro investors, and micro innovators. Access to information removes the first impediment to building this brave, new world. Information asymmetry has always been at the heart of poverty.”
C. K. Prahalad (1941–2010) said by 2010 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Scared is what you're feeling," says Ma, "but brave is what you're doing.”
Emma Donoghue (born 1969) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“We are ashamed to seem evasive in the presence of a straightforward man, cowardly in the presence of a brave one, gross in the eyes of a refined one, and so on. We always imagine, and in imagining share, the judgments of the other mind. A man will boast to one person of an action — say some sharp transaction in trade-^which he would be ashamed to own to another.”
Charles Cooley (1864–1929) first seen 1922 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: p. 184-5 (1922)
“Now that the wind is tamed and broken, And day gleams over the lea, Row, row, for the one you love Was out on the raging sea: Row, row, row, Sturdy and brave o’er the treacherous wave, Hope like a beacon before, Row, sailor, row Out to the sea from the shore!”
Louise Imogen Guiney (1861–1920) said by 1920 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Let's go find Swalwell. It's time to do it. Then we'll see how brave the rest of them are. It's time to do it. It's either Nadler or Swalwell has to die before the election. They need to get the message. Let's go find Swalwell and get this over with. I'm just not putting up with this shit any more.”
Roger Stone (born 1952) first seen 2020 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: From an alleged conversation recorded at a Florida restaurant before the 2020 US elections, as cited in "Roger Stone reportedly said leading Democratic congressman 'has to die'", The Guardian (January 9, 2024) derived f…
“That it does not pay to gamble has been the oft repeated theme of the moralist, and has been demonstrated with much brave show of symbols by mathematicians from Lagrange to De Morgan and onwards.”
Karl Pearson (1857–1936) said by 1936 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“thumb|O.M.G. (Oh! My God) - Letter to [[Winston Churchill|Churchill, 9 Sept 1917]]We want brave men! ANY BLOODY FOOL CAN OBEY ORDERS!”
John Fisher, 1st Baron Fisher (1841–1920) first seen 1915 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Letter to Admiral Beatty, dated 3 February 1915.
“There is yet one place of shelter, Where the foeman cannot come, Where the summons never sounded Of the trumpet or the drum. There again we'll meet our children, Who, on Flodden's trampled sod, For their king and for their country Rendered up their souls to God. There shall we find rest and refuge, With our dear departed brave; And the ashes of the city Be our universal grave!”
William Edmondstoune Aytoun (1813–1865) first seen 1848 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Edinburgh after Flodden, stanza XV, from Lays of The Scottish Cavaliers (1848)
“I resolved, as I walked, to be the most dangerous one I could be. And in my mind, that meant one thing: thought. Think things through; then act. First be patient; then be brave.”
John C. Wright (born 1961) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Laughter and gibes and scorn they brave for her: their pounds, their silver, and their pence they give; their time, their talent and their youth for her that she may live.”
Helen Cruickshank (1886–1975) first seen 1954 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Lines for the Scottish Watch", st. 1, in Sea Buckthorn (1954)
“A brave man is one who admits his fear. Only a fool believes himself invincible.”
Robert Asprin (1946–2008) said by 2008 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“While not a panacea, candidly recognizing the absence of any good logical arguments for God’s existence, giving up on divine allies and advocates as well as taskmasters and tormentors, and prizing a humane, reasonable, and brave outlook just might help move this world a bit closer to a heaven on earth.”
John Allen Paulos (born 1945) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“One man stands as free men stand As if his soul might be Brave, unbroken; see his hand Nailed to an oaken tree.”
Elinor Wylie (1885–1928) said by 1928 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Those feats of deep cunning and brave flair—we’re all allotted a few of them, and we get no more, no matter what our longing is. And you know, you’re lucky if you even recognize when you’re having your best moments. Half the time your soul is looking the other way when they come. And you never grow wise enough to know what they were until you have passed the hope of having more.”
Michael Shea (1946–2014) said by 2014 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Many of us were taught not to tattle. It was a culture of silencing and that was normalized. I urge all of us to not only support survivors and bystanders, who are brave enough to tell their truth, but to promote restorative justice. May we also please protect and employ them. May we teach our children that speaking out without the fear of retribution, is our culture’s new North Star.”
Laura Dern (born 1967) first seen 2018 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: As quoted on the broadcast of the 75th Golden Globe Awards, NBC (7 January 2018)
“It is characteristic of Bedu to do things by extremes, to be either wildly generous or unbelievably mean, very patient or almost hysterically excitable, to be incredibly brave or to panic for no apparent reason. Ascetic by nature, they derive satisfaction from the bare simplicity of their lives and scorn the amenities which others would judge essential.”
Wilfred Thesiger (1910–2003) said by 2003 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Women are indebted today for their emancipation from a position of hopeless degradation, not to their religion nor to Jehovah, but to the justice and honor of the men who have defied his commands. That she does not crouch today where St. Paul tried to bind her, she owes to the men who are grand and brave enough to ignore St. Paul, and rise superior to his God.”
Helen H. Gardener (1853–1925) said by 1925 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Helen Gardner : ‘Men, Women and Gods’, p. 30, as quoted in K. M. Talreja, Holy Vedas and Holy Bible: A Comparative Study, New Delhi: Rashtriya Chetana Sangathan, 2000
“Flog me if you wish,” she said, though her trembling hands belied her brave words. “It will not change the fact that you were wrong, and I was right!”
David D. Levine (born 1961) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Mrs. Clapp was some distance away, Jeremiah’s trophy laid across one knee, stroking the cat’s head and telling him what a brave, smart boy he was. Jeremiah accepted this praise complacently, with a feline’s estimate of his own worth.”
Andre Norton (1912–2005) said by 2005 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source