Martin Svoboda

Autore verificato @quick, membro dal 04 Aprile 2011
George Santayana photo

“Only the dead are safe; only the dead have seen the end of war.”

George Santayana (1863–1952) 20th-century Spanish-American philosopher associated with Pragmatism

Attributed to Plato by General Douglas MacArthur, earliest source found is work of George Santayana who doesn't attribute it to anyone. Plato and his dialogues by Bernard SUZANNE, "Frequently Asked Questions about Plato : Did Plato write "Only the dead have seen the end of war"?" http://plato-dialogues.org/faq/faq008.htm
Origine: Soliloquies in England and Later Soliloquies (1922), "Tipperary"

Robert Oppenheimer photo

“We knew the world would not be the same. A few people laughed, a few people cried, most people were silent. I remembered the line from the Hindu scripture, the Bhagavad-Gita: Vishnu is trying to persuade the Prince that he should do his duty and, to impress him, takes on his multi-armed form and says, "Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds."”

Robert Oppenheimer (1904–1967) American theoretical physicist and professor of physics

I suppose we all thought that, one way or another. <br class="br">Interview about the Trinity explosion, first broadcast as part of the television documentary The Decision to Drop the Bomb (1965), produced by Fred Freed, NBC White Paper; the translation is his own. online video at atomicarchive.com http://www.atomicarchive.com/Movies/Movie8.shtml <br class="br">It is possible that Oppenheimer is referring to Bhagavad-Gita xi:32: श्रीभगवानुवाच | कालोऽस्मि लोकक्षयकृत्प्रवृद्धो लोकान्समाहर्तुमिह प्रवृत्त: (śrī-bhagavān uvāca kālo &#x27;smi loka-kṣaya-kṛt pravṛddho lokān samāhartum iha pravṛttaḥ) (&quot;The blessed one [Krishna] said: I am the full-grown [or mighty] world-destroying Time [or Death], now engaged in destroying the worlds&quot;).

Robert Fulghum photo
Robert Fulghum photo
Tenzin Gyatso photo
Tenzin Gyatso photo
Tenzin Gyatso photo

“Human happiness and human satisfaction must ultimately come from within oneself.”

Tenzin Gyatso (1935) spiritual leader of Tibet

The Path to Tranquility: Daily Wisdom (1998) edited by Renuka Singh
Contesto: Human happiness and human satisfaction must ultimately come from within oneself. It is wrong to expect some final satisfaction to come from money or from a computer.

Pablo Neruda photo
Pablo Neruda photo
George Harrison photo
Maya Angelou photo

“Try to be a rainbow in someone's cloud.”

Maya Angelou libro Letter to My Daughter

Variante: Be a rainbow in somebody else's cloud.
Origine: Letter to My Daughter

Richard Wilbur photo

“What is the opposite of two? A lonely me, a lonely you.”

Richard Wilbur (1921–2017) American poet

"Opposites" (1973)
Origine: Opposites, More Opposites, and a Few Differences

Robert A. Heinlein photo

“Life is short, but the years are long.”

Robert A. Heinlein libro Methuselah's Children

Part of the secret "call and response" codewords by which members of the long-lived Howard Families can identify others:
: Life is short.
But the years are long.
Not while the evil days come not.
Methuselah's Children (1958)

Will Ferrell photo

“I'm actually pretty athletic. I have to work out just to look fat.”

Will Ferrell (1967) American actor, writer, and comedian

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6461604
Jared Jordan
Attributed

Will Ferrell photo
Consideriamo sospetta la citazione, non abbiamo prove che supportino la paternità
Johnny Depp photo

“You can close your eyes to the things you don't want to see, but you can't close your heart to the things you don't want to feel.”

Johnny Depp (1963) American actor, film producer, and musician

Also attributed to Chester Bennington (singer of Linkin Park)

Edward Gorey photo

“When people are finding meaning in things -- beware.”

Edward Gorey (1925–2000) American writer, artist, and illustrator

Origine: Ascending Peculiarity: Edward Gorey on Edward Gorey

Fay Weldon photo

“Nothing happens, and nothing happens, and then everything happens.”

Fay Weldon (1931) English author, essayist and playwright

Life Force (1992) Source: [Kakutani, Michiko, 1992-02-07, Books of The Times; Fallout From a Multitude of Liaisons, https://www.nytimes.com/1992/02/07/books/books-of-the-times-fallout-from-a-multitude-of-liaisons.html, New York Times, 2020-02-12]

Fay Weldon photo