„Most people think the world is out to get them, because they have all the evidence they need—they don’t get enough of what they want. But that doesn’t make it so.“

„We live in a world where the truth is shattered, and most people run from it. They don’t want other people to see them inside and out. Me, I’m an open book. What you see is what you get. I try to be as real and as honest as possible, and I think people respect that.“

—  Tyrann Mathieu All-American college football player, defensive back, cornerback 1992

"Bickley: Tyrann Mathieu planning to soar again in 2016", The Arizona Republic (11 Apr 2016) https://eu.azcentral.com/story/sports/nfl/cardinals/2016/04/09/bickley-tyrann-mathieu-planning-soar-again-2016/82842236/.

„The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want, and, if they can't find them, make them.“

—  George Bernard Shaw Irish playwright 1856 - 1950

Источник: Mrs. Warren's Profession & Others

„All of them cite that toxic spew, even though there’s not a syllable of supporting evidence. Because the controversy itself became news. Save a country, save a world, save a child—it doesn’t matter. You don’t need proof or even evidence to burn down a man’s soul. All you need is accusation.“

—  Malcolm Azania, книга From the Notebooks of Dr. Brain

Источник: From the Notebooks of Dr. Brain (2007), Chapter 8 “Unrequited Hate” (p. 239)

„Most people are so busy knocking themselves out trying to do everything they think they should do, the never get around to doing what they want to do.“

—  Kathleen Winsor American author 1919 - 2003

„The young people nowadays – men and women, amateurs and pros – generally fall into one of two categories: either they don’t know what it is that’s most important to them, or they know but don’t have the power to go after it. But this girl’s different. She knows what’s most important to her and she knows how to get it, but she doesn’t let on what it is. I’m pretty sure it’s not money, or success, or a normal happy life, or a strong man, or some weird religion, but that’s about all I can tell you. She’s like smoke:you think you’re seeing her clearly enough, but when you reach for her there’s nothing there. That’s a sort of strength, I suppose. But it makes her hard to figure out.“

—  Ryū Murakami, книга Audition

Источник: Audition (1997), Chapter Eight, Kai

„People are always blaming circumstances for what they are. I don't believe in circumstances. The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want, and, if they can't find them, make them.“

—  George Bernard Shaw, Mrs. Warren's Profession

Vivie, Act II
Источник: 1890s, Mrs. Warren's Profession (1893)

„That’s all I think about these days. Must be because I have so much time to kill every day. When you don’t have anything to do, your thoughts get really, really far out-so far out
you can’t follow them all the way to the end.“

—  Haruki Murakami, книга The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle

Источник: The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle

„No, no, no, Hooch told himself silently. Getting even don’t amount to nothing in this world. Getting even only gets you behind. The best revenge is to get rich enough to make them all call you sir, that’s how you get even with these boys.“

—  Orson Scott Card American science fiction novelist 1951

Источник: The Tales of Alvin Maker, Red Prophet (1988), Chapter 1.

„Baby," she says in a harsh whisper, "in this world, lots of people will try to grind you down. They need you to be small so they can be big. You let them think whatever they want, but you make sure you get yours. You get yours.“

—  Holly Black, книга Red Glove

Источник: Red Glove

„No matter what you have been told by people who make your needs wrong because they don’t want to meet those needs, you cannot un-need what you need.“

—  Teal Swan American spiritual teacher 1984

„We have a whole valley full of people talking UNIX versus MS-DOS. What do you need any of that for? Just throw it all out; get rid of all that nonsense. Maybe you need it for computer scientists, but for people who want to get something done, no. Do you need an operating system? No.“

—  Jef Raskin American computer scientist 1943 - 2005

Programmers At Work (1986)

„They should be sent back as soon as it can be determined who responsible adults in their families are. There are concerns about whether all of them can be sent back, but I think all of them who can be should be reunited with their families…We have to send a clear message: Just because your child gets across the border, that doesn’t mean the child gets to stay. We don’t want to send a message that’s contrary to our laws or will encourage more children to make that dangerous journey.“

—  Hillary Clinton American politician, senator, Secretary of State, First Lady 1947

per 18 June 2014 Washington Post article https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/wp/2014/06/18/hillary-minors-crossing-border-must-be-sent-home/?utm_term=.4fa77b8f5771
Interim (2013–2015)

„Don’t ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive, and go do it. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.“

—  Brené Brown US writer and professor 1965

Источник: The Gifts of Imperfection: Let Go of Who You Think You're Supposed to Be and Embrace Who You Are

„Don’t give people what they want, give them what they need.“

—  Joss Whedon American director, writer, and producer for television and film 1964

„A lot of people get so hung up on what they can't have that they don't think for a second about whether they really want it.“

—  Lionel Shriver, книга Checker and the Derailleurs

Источник: Checker and the Derailleurs

„In order to get what we've got, Anita, we have, in effect, traded these people out of what was the most important thing on earth to them — the feeling of being needed and useful, the foundation of self-respect.“

—  Kurt Vonnegut, книга Player Piano

Источник: Player Piano (1952), Chapter 18 (p. 169)

„Most writers are successful in getting their readers’ attention, but fail at getting them to think. If you’re asked to explain anything philosophical to anyone, the chances are great their understanding will be superficial; it’s best they don’t understand than to think they do, so encourage them to grow into understanding and don’t hand them too much explanation.“

—  Eugene J. Martin American artist 1938 - 2005

„People could not get enough of what they had lost, even if they no longer wanted it.“

—  Meg Wolitzer, книга The Interestings

Источник: The Interestings

„Good people get hurt—bad people get ahead, get rich, get your girl. Good doesn’t triumph over evil. So, do I believe in God?
He doesn’t believe in me.“

—  Malcolm Azania, книга The Coyote Kings of the Space-Age Bachelor Pad

Источник: The Coyote Kings of the Space-Age Bachelor Pad (2004), Chapter 56 “At Last, the Box, Explained” (p. 319)