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“Since ancient times, philosophers have maintained that to strive too hard for one's own happiness is self-defeating.”
Peter Singer (born 1946) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I'm bidding you a long farewell, My Mary—kind and true! But I'll not forget you, darling, In the land I'm going to. They say there's bread and work for all, And the sun shines always there; But I'll not forget old Ireland, Were it fifty times as fair.”
Helen Blackwood, Baroness Dufferin and Claneboye (1807–1867) said by 1867 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The Internet is the more democratic media them last times. And for being anarchical, it's open to all manifestations, artistic also.”
Kátya Chamma (born 1961) first seen 2007 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Source: Interview at Recanto das Letras, 2007.
“Local police were separated for me for a moment when activists began to disturb the relay. I was attacked three times. The most terrible moment was when three or four men came to rob the torch, but I couldn't give up. As a torchbearer, that's my duty.”
Jin Jing (born 1981) first seen 2008 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Jin: Protecting the torch is my duty The Official Website of the 2008 Summer Olympics Torch Relay, 2008-04-10
“She had long ago stopped counting how many times the 0.38 g of Mars had helped them through crucial moments. It had proved the only useful aspect of the planet.”
Gregory Benford (born 1941) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Only ambition is fired by the coincidences of success and easy accomplishment but nothing is quite as splendidly uplifting to the heart as the defeat of a human being who battles against the invincible superiority of fate. This is always the most grandiose of all tragedies, one sometimes created by a dramatist but created thousands of times by life.”
Stefan Zweig (1881–1942) said by 1942 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Stellar Moments in Human History [Sternstunden der Menschheit] (1953), p. 280, as translated by Marion Sonnenfeld
“In times of exceptional stress, nature will often give people's behavior so tragical a complexion that neither a picture nor a verbal description is competent to represent its titanic energy.”
Stefan Zweig (1881–1942) said by 1942 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“We have a genuine admiration and affection for President Truman, not only because of his leadership in these troubled times of the world, but in a more intimate sense, because of his constant, fair-minded, generous attitude in helping Puerto Rico to help itself.”
Luis Muñoz Marín (1898–1980) said by 1980 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I once saw some magician bloke turn a carton of orange juice into orange juice, beer, milk, coke and ginger ale. That makes him five times better than Jesus or something. (Why it Would Kick Arse to be Jesus)”
Ben Croshaw (born 1983) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Up until our own times men had only received two sorts of teaching in what concerns the relations between politics and morality. One was Plato’s and it said: “Morality decides politics”; and the other was Machiavelli’s, and it said “Politics have nothing to do with morality.” Today we receive a third. M. Maurras teaches: “Politics decide morality.”
Julien Benda (1867–1956) said by 1956 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“You talk to yourself 50,000 times a day. What's 300 emails? #SmallBizChat”
David Allen (born 1945) first seen 2010 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: 3 June 2010
“Many times I hear the phrase "the dance of life." It is an expression that touches me deeply, for the instrument through which the dance speaks is also the instrument through which life is lived — the human body.”
Martha Graham (1894–1991) said by 1991 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Dancing appears glamorous, easy, delightful. But the path to paradise of the achievement is not easier than any other. There is fatigue so great that the body cries, even in its sleep. There are times of complete frustration, there are daily small deaths. Then I need all the comfort that practice has stored in my memory, a tenacity of faith.”
Martha Graham (1894–1991) said by 1991 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Actually I've thanked you a lot of times so now I'm thanking you again.”
Joseph Gordon-Levitt (born 1981) first seen 2012 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Regularity, 2012-04-25, #68
“While all these are disturbed and divided by the multifarious objects to which their thoughts must be applied, the Philosopher pursues, in solitary silence and in unbroken concentration of mind, his single and undeviating course towards the Good, the Beautiful, and the True; and that is his daily labour, to which others can only resort at times for rest and refreshment after toil.”
Johann Gottlieb Fichte (1762–1814) said by 1814 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“When you strike a blow, do not let your mind dally on it, not concerning yourself with whether or not it is a telling blow; you should strike again and again, over and over, even four or five times. The thing is not to let your opponent even raise his head.”
Yagyū Munenori (1571–1646) said by 1646 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Many times the poorest White person is the most racist because he is afraid that he might lose something, or discover something he does not have.”
Huey P. Newton (1942–1989) first seen 1970 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Women's Liberation and Gay Liberation Movements (April 15, 1970)
“Well, a lot of times we are looking for a sign that tells us we're godly. We want to preach, or be a missionary or whatever, all to help ourselves believe that God is using us. We look everywhere but to God to make us feel godly. We try to convince others we are godly so that we can convince ourselves we are godly. The bottom line is that godliness is about relationship, not about image”
Don Miller (author) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I mean that to be in a relationship with God is to be loved purely and furiously. And a person who thinks himself unlovable cannot be in a relationship with God because he can't accept who God is; a Being that is love. We learn that we are lovable or unlovable from other people," Paul says. "That is why God tells us so many times to love each other.”
Don Miller (author) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“At all times and under all circumstances, overcome evil with good. Know thyself, and God will supply the wisdom and the occasion for a victory over evil. Clad in the panoply of Love, human hatred cannot reach you.”
Mary Baker Eddy (1821–1910) said by 1910 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Women from earliest times have been used as conveniences of communication with unseen, inaccessible powers, but always in the sense that such exposing of self to dangerous mysteries, such destruction of the understanding as was required to become the slave of unseen powers, did not matter because the communicant was only a woman, in herself an undetermined cipher – a nothing.”
Laura Riding (1901–1991) said by 1991 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Idea of God" from Essays from Epilogue (Manchester: Carcanet, 2001)
“Divorce is always good news. I know that sounds weird, but it’s true because no good marriage has ever ended in divorce … That would be sad. If two people were married and they were really and they just had a great thing and then they got divorced, that would be really sad. But that has happened zero times.”
Louis C.K. (born 1967) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I want to address the stories told to The New York Times by five women named Abby, Rebecca, Dana, Julia who felt able to name themselves and one who did not.”
Louis C.K. (born 1967) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Maybe the times we had, they weren't that bad”
Tomas Kalnoky (born 1980) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I'm not Chinese. I thrive in interesting times.”
Charles de Lint (born 1951) first seen 2005 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Someplace to be Flying (2005), p. 130
“Mr. Buckles has a vivid recollection of historic times, and one way for me to honor the service of those who wear the uniform in the past and those who wear it today is to herald you, sir, and to thank you very much for your patriotism and your love for America.”
Frank Buckles (1901–2011) first seen 2008 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: CNN March 8, 2008.
“I'd like to be remembered as a guy who tried — tried to be part of his times, tried to help people communicate with one another, tried to find some decency in his own life, tried to extend himself as a human being. Someone who isn't complacent, who doesn't cop out.”
Paul Newman (1925–2008) first seen 1971 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Quoted in The Films of Paul Newman (1971) by Lawrence J. Quirk (Citadel Press), ), p. 36
“Oh, the twenties and the thirties were not otherwise designed Than other times when blind men into ditches led the blind, When the rich mouse ate the cheese and the poor mouse got the rind, And man, the self-destroyer, was not lucid in his mind.”
William Plomer (1903–1973) first seen 1939 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Father and Son: 1939", line 73
“I do not believe it is the function of the judiciary to step in and change the law because the times have changed. I do well understand the difference between legislating and judging. As a judge, it is not my function to develop public policy.”
Sandra Day O'Connor (1930–2023) first seen 1981 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Washington Post (September 10, 1981)
“I am convinced that in times such as these, every man must be a soldier, in substance as well as in name.”
Seishirō Itagaki (1885–1948) first seen 1941 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Quoted in "The Fight for the Pacific" - Page 157 - by Mark Gayn - 1941.
“Sometimes I feel I do know what to believe in. Sometimes I believe in working, writing, performing, doing the work. Other times I'm full of despair and I don't even believe in that, but for some reason I will get out of bed and do something anyway, even though I don't believe in it.”
John S. Hall (born 1960) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The foundations of our Empire are now based more firmly than ever! The birth of a Crown Prince shows that the prosperity of the Imperial Household is increasing many times.”
Sadao Araki (1877–1966) first seen 1934 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Quoted in "Sun's Son's Son" - Time Magazine - January 1, 1934
“Since biblical times, and probably before, the wealthy have been envied and condemned.”
Conrad Black (born 1944) first seen 2007 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: In: Clark, Andrew "At some level, he's still asking the same question as he was when he was seven or eight - who am I?" The Guardian (March 16, 2007)
“That 's eight times to-day that you 've kissed me before." "Then here goes another," says he, "to make sure, For there 's luck in odd numbers," says Rory O'More.”
Samuel Lover (1797–1868) said by 1868 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Rory O' More, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
“Cordelia: You honor us, Fool. Did you hear rumors of small animals to hurt or were you hoping to accidentally surprise me in my bath again? Pocket: I was lost, Milady. Cordelia: A dozen times?”
Christopher Moore (author) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Someone [on the staff of The Times] had invented a game – a competition with a small prize for the winner – to see who could write the dullest headline. It had to be a genuine headline, that is to say one which was actually printed in the next morning's newspaper. I won it only once with a headline which announced: "Small Earthquake in Chile. Not many dead.”
Claud Cockburn (1904–1981) first seen 1929 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: No such headline has ever been found in The Times at the period in question (the spring and summer of 1929), though one paragraph reads "An earthquake was felt yesterday between Illapel, to the north, and Talca, to the …
“Never give up: There are certain times that you think, “OK, you have beaten me down to my knees. And now the challenge is, I am on my knees and you keep on beating me down. And the question is, are you going to keep beating me all the way to the ground or will I find a way to struggle my way back on to my feet.”
Randy Pausch (1960–2008) said by 2008 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The intrinsic brightness of the Sun is fully 5,000 times as great as if the whole surface were formed of the molten steel just issuing from the Bessemer converter.”
Robert Stawell Ball (1840–1913) first seen 1906 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Story of the Sun, London, 1906, p. 103
“To husband his wives surely ought to be / A man's first duties—at all times.”
Wole Soyinka (born 1934) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The fault, of course, is not in religion, but in the fanatic of every religion. Fanaticism remains the greatest carrier of the spores of fear, and the rhetoric of religion, with the hysteria it so readily generates, is fast becoming the readiest killing device of contemporary times.”
Wole Soyinka (born 1934) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“It is a lie if we tell ourselves that the police can protect us everywhere, at all times. Firearms restrictions are bad enough, but now a woman can't even carry Mace in her purse?”
Timothy McVeigh (1968–2001) said by 2001 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“There are jobs I could work, temp jobs, call center jobs, tech support, if I had to. I have before, and I suspect that there will be times in my life when I have to get those jobs again, when I have to make ends meet. But I don't have another career waiting for me. I don't want another career.”
Joey Comeau (born 1980) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“One of the most important things was from a patient who said to me what a pity it was that he had to wait until now, when he was riddled with death, to learn how to live. And I have used that phrase many times: hoping that if you introduce people, in an appropriate way, to their mortality that might change the way they live and allow them to trivialise the trivia in their life.”
Irvin D. Yalom (born 1931) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“You said not to do anything that might accidentally contribute to the apocalypse. I know you were joking. But it's less funny when I can't rid myself of the feeling that the apocalypse is coming, somehow. Valentine Morgenstern nearly wiped out the Shadowhunters, and his son is twice as clever and six times as evil.”
Cassandra Clare (born 1973) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The opportunities for heroism are limited in this kind of world: the most people can do is sometimes not to be as weak as they’ve been at other times.”
Angus Wilson (1913–1991) first seen 1958 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Malcolm Cowley (ed.) Writers at Work: The Paris Review Interviews, First Series (New York: Viking Press, [1958] 1959) p. 261.
“When they have their hands on their knees, that's when they're tired. If I get the ball enough times, something’s going to give – me or the defense.”
Eric Dickerson (born 1960) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Blacks are six times more likely than whites to be victims of homicides.”
Warren Farrell (born 1943) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Myth. Rape is a manifestation of male political and economic power. Fact. Any given black man is three times as likely to be reported a rapist as a white man. Do blacks suddenly have more political and economic power? Maybe rape does not derive from power, but rather from powerlessness.”
Warren Farrell (born 1943) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“After a conflict, women are not only more likely to turn to other womenfriends for support, but are nine times more likely to be with their children should conflict become divorce.”
Warren Farrell (born 1943) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The United States follows the pattern of men taking the financial risks even within a given field. Women physicians are three times as likely as men to work for the government or an HMO; men physicians are much more likely to be self-employed in a solo practice.”
Warren Farrell (born 1943) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source