Rita Mae Brown frasi celebri
“[Errata] Follia è fare sempre la stessa cosa ed aspettarsi risultati diversi.”
Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.<br>La citazione viene spesso attribuita erroneamente ad Einstein e talvolta anche a Benjamin Franklin e Mark Twain. In realtà essa proviene da un documento del 1981 http://web.archive.org/web/20121202030403/http://www.amonymifoundation.org/uploads/NA_Approval_Form_Scan.pdf (p. 11) dei Narcotici Anonimi. Molte fonti attribuiscono la citazione a Rita Mae Brown, ma ella cita solamente la frase nel suo libro Sudden Death (Bantam Books, New York, 1983, p. 68). <br class="br">Attribuite <br class="br">Origine: Cara Santa Maria, Insanity: The Real Definition http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/12/20/insanity-definition_n_1159927.html, Huffington Post.com, 19 febbraio 2012. <br class="br">Origine: Albert Einstein, The Ultimate Quotable Einstein, a cura di Alice Calaprice, prefazione di Freeman Dyson, Princeton University Press, 2010, p. 474 https://books.google.it/books?id=G_iziBAPXtEC&pg=PA474. ISBN 978-0-691-13817-6
Rita Mae Brown: Frasi in inglese
Many sources attribute this quote to Brown without giving a specific reference to her writings. The earliest located is the following variation from p. 47 of Musgrave Landing: Musings on the Writing Life by Susan Musgrave (1994), which Musgrave quotes as "Rita Mae Brown's warning": "If you become the kind of writer who calls forth heated emotional states, be careful. There are a lot of unbalanced people out there. The statistics on insanity are that one out of every four people is suffering from some form of mental illness. Think of your three best friends. If they're okay, then it's got to be you."
Disputed
“Good judgment comes from experience, and experience comes from bad judgment.”
Brown may have used this quote in 2001 but it was it in a 365 day "Quote" calendar in 1994.
Origine: Alma Mater
Starting from Scratch (1989)
Contesto: I think the reason I choose the comic approach so often is because it's harder, therefore affording me the opportunity to show off. Also, a comic vision is my natural world view, but I've grown up in spite of myself and I can pass the comic twist if it detracts from what the characters need. Yes, the life of a saint is hard.
“When God made man she was practicing.”
Origine: Cat on the Scent
“If the world were a logical place, men would ride side saddle.”
Sudden Death (1983)
Variante: "If the World Made Sense, Men Would Ride Sidesaddle" was the title of a 1993 one-man comedy by Ed Navis, performed at Wings Theatre, New York.
Variante: If the world were a logical place, then men would ride side-saddle.
“Creativity comes from trust. Trust your instincts.”
Variante: Creativity comes from trust. Trust your instincts. And never hope more than you work.
Rita Mae Brown libro Rubyfruit Jungle
Origine: Rubyfruit Jungle
