„Life is pain… anyone who tells you otherwise is selling something“
— Christopher Paolini, kniha Eragon
Zdroj: Eragon
„Life is pain. Anyone who says otherwise is selling something.“
— William Goldman, kniha The Princess Bride
Varianta: Life is pain, highness. Anyone who says differently is selling something.
Zdroj: The Princess Bride
Poslední aktualizace 2. listopadu 2021. Historie
William Goldman3
americký spisovatel, scenárista a dramatik 1931 - 2018Podobné citáty
„Life is pain. Anyone who says differently is selling something.“
— Sherrilyn Kenyon Novelist 1965
Zdroj: Infamous
— Akber Choudhry 1967
http://www.qern.org/ur/%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%85-%D8%B2%D9%86%D8%AF%DB%81-%DB%81%D9%88%D8%AA%D8%A7-%DB%81%DB%92-%DB%81%D8%B1-%DA%A9%D8%B1%D8%A8%D9%84%D8%A7-%DA%A9%DB%92-%D8%A8%D8%B9%D8%AF/
Describing some Muslim preachers who try to sell the utopia of a perfect Islamic society.
Originál: (ur) جو بھی کامل معاشرہ کا آبِ حیات بیچتا ہے وہ آپ کا دشمن ہے۔ وہ آپ کی انسانیت کا دشمن ہے۔
„Life must be rich and full of loving--it's no good otherwise, no good at all, for anyone.“
— Jack Kerouac American writer 1922 - 1969
Zdroj: Selected Letters, 1940-1956
„Life is not fair…Anyone who says it is, or even that it ought to be, is a fool or worse.“
— David Brin, kniha The Uplift War
Zdroj: The Uplift War (1987), Chapter 111 (p. 634)
„That’s the American Dream: to make your life into something you can sell.“
— Chuck Palahniuk, kniha Strašidla
Zdroj: Haunted (2005)
— James Rachels American philosopher 1941 - 2003
Created from Animals (1990), p. 131
— Ma Ying-jeou Taiwanese politician, president of the Republic of China 1950
Ma Ying-jeou (2013) cited in: " Time not right for political talks with China: Ma http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2013/10/26/2003575395" in Taipei Times, 26 October 2013.
Statement made to dismiss concern regarding ROC sovereignty under the fast-paced cross-strait development, 25 October 2013.
Other topics
„Never say ‘no’ to adventures. Always say ‘yes’, otherwise you’ll lead a very dull life.“
— Ian Fleming, kniha Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang
Zdroj: Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang (1964), Ch. 2
— Woody Allen American screenwriter, director, actor, comedian, author, playwright, and musician 1935
Zdroj: Unknown Book 7074565
„Anyone who wants something else is Jewish.“
— Imre Kertész Hungarian writer 1929 - 2016
Zdroj: Detective Story (2008), p. 13.
— Ayn Rand Russian-American novelist and philosopher 1905 - 1982
Textbook of Americanism http://laissez-fairerepublic.com/textbook.htm (1946).
„Never trust people who smile constantly. They're either selling something or not very bright.“
— Laurell K. Hamilton, kniha Burnt Offerings
Zdroj: Burnt Offerings
„We rarely find anyone who can say he has lived a happy life, and who, content with his life, can retire from the world like a satisfied guest.“
Inde fit ut raro, qui se vixisse beatum
dicat et exacto contentus tempore vita
cedat uti conviva satur, reperire queamus.
— Horace, kniha Satires
Satires (c. 35 BC and 30 BC)
„In most cases learning something essential in life requires physical pain.“
— Haruki Murakami, kniha What I Talk About When I Talk About Running
Zdroj: What I Talk About When I Talk About Running
„Who's to say there'll be anyone here to remember me?“
— KatieJane Garside English singer 1968
On how she'll be remembered, The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/2000/jun/24/weekend7.weekend12 (2000)
— Antoine Augustin Cournot, Researches into the Mathematical Principles of the Theory of Wealth
Zdroj: Researches into the Mathematical Principles of the Theory of Wealth, 1897, p. 4; Cited in: Moritz (1914, 197): About mathematics as language