WIST Quotations

Shain, Merle -- Some Men are More Perfect Than Others (1973)

Dave — Wed, 20 Jan 2021 17:22:19 +0000

Loving can cost a lot but not loving always costs more, and those who fear to love often find that want of love is an emptiness that robs the joy from life.

Merle Shain (1935-1989) Canadian journalist and author
Some Men are More Perfect Than Others (1973)

In When Lovers Are Friends (1978), Shain wrote it as "Caring can cost a lot, but not caring always costs more."

Newman, John -- (Attributed)

Dave — Tue, 11 Jul 2017 00:40:28 +0000

Ability hits the mark where presumption overshoots and diffidence falls short.

John Henry Newman (1801-1890) English prelate, Catholic Cardinal, theologian
(Attributed)

Also attributed to Golda Meir.

Fitzgerald, F. Scott -- The Great Gatsby, ch. 9 (1925)

Dave — Fri, 27 May 2016 19:51:38 +0000

They were careless people, Tom and Daisy — they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness, or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made.

F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896-1940) American writer [Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald]
The Great Gatsby, ch. 9 (1925)

Pope, Alexander -- “Elegy to an Unfortunate Lady”, l. 45 (1717)

Dave — Tue, 26 Apr 2016 21:45:57 +0000

So perish all whose breast ne’er learned to glow
For others’ good, or melt at others’ woe!

Alexander Pope (1688-1744) English poet
“Elegy to an Unfortunate Lady”, l. 45 (1717)

Wiman, George -- Google+ (15 May 2015)

Dave — Tue, 19 May 2015 12:11:45 +0000

Any sufficiently advanced indifference is indistinguishable from evil.

George Wiman (contemp.) American blogger, computer technician
Google+ (15 May 2015)
(Source)

See Clarke.

Keller, Helen -- My Religion, ch. 6 (1927)

Dave — Fri, 15 Nov 2013 15:46:10 +0000

Science may have found a cure for most evils; but it has found no remedy for the worst of them all — the apathy of human beings.

Helen Keller (1880-1968) American author and lecturer
My Religion, ch. 6 (1927)
(Source)