WIST Quotations

Bird, Brad -- The Incredibles (2004)

Dave — Wed, 29 Jan 2020 20:29:56 +0000

BOB: But that’s okay, because what’s important is that Mommy and I are always a team. We’re always united, against, uh, the forces of, uh —
HELEN: Pig-headed-ness?
BOB: Uh, I was gonna say, “Evil.”

Brad Bird (b. 1957) American director, animator and screenwriter [Phillip Bradley Bird]
The Incredibles (2004)
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Bible, Vol. 1. Old Testament -- Book 21. Ecclesiastes 4: 9ff (Eccl 4:9-12) [tr. NIV (2011 ed.)]

Dave — Tue, 31 May 2011 21:13:58 +0000

Two are better than one, because they have a good return for their labor: If either of them falls down, one can help the other up. But pity anyone who falls and has no one to help them up. Also, if two lie down together, they will keep warm. But how can one keep warm alone? Though one may be overpowered, two can defend themselves. A cord of three strands is not quickly broken.

The Bible (The Old Testament) (14th - 2nd C BC) Judeo-Christian sacred scripture [Tanakh, Hebrew Bible], incl. the Apocrypha (Deuterocanonicals)
Book 21. Ecclesiastes 4: 9ff (Eccl 4:9-12) [tr. NIV (2011 ed.)]
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Alternate translations:

Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour. For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow: but woe to him that is alone when he falleth; for he hath not another to help him up. Again, if two lie together, then they have heat: but how can one be warm alone? And if one prevail against him, two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken.
[KJV (1611)]

Better two than one by himself, since thus their work is really profitable. If one should fall, the other helps him up; but woe to the man by himself with no one to help him up when he falls down. Again: they keep warm who sleep two together, but how can a man keep warm alone? Where one alone would be overcome, two will put up resistance; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken.
[JB (1966)]

Two are better off than one, because together they can work more effectively. If one of them falls down, the other can help him up. But if someone is alone and falls, it's just too bad, because there is no one to help him. If it is cold, two can sleep together and stay warm, but how can you keep warm by yourself? Two people can resist an attack that would defeat one person alone. A rope made of three cords is hard to break.
[GNT (1976)]

Two are better off than one, in that they have greater benefit from their earnings. For should they fall, one can raise the other; but woe betide him who is alone and falls with no companion to raise him! Further, when two lie together they are warm; but how can he who is alone get warm? Also, if one attacks, two can stand up to him. A threefold cord is not readily broken!
[JPS (1985)]

Two are better than one because they have a good reward for their toil. For if they fall, one will lift up the other, but woe to one who is alone and falls and does not have another to help. Again, if two lie together, they keep warm, but how can one keep warm alone? And though one might prevail against another, two will withstand one. A threefold cord is not quickly broken.
[NRSV (1989 ed.)]

Kennedy, Robert F. -- “Day of Affirmation,” address, University of Capetown, South Africa (6 Jun 1966)

Dave — Fri, 21 May 2010 04:37:32 +0000

Let no one be discouraged by the belief that there is nothing one man or one woman can do against the enormous array of the world’s ills — against misery and ignorance, injustice and violence … Few will have the greatness to bend history itself; but each of us can work to change a small portion of events, and in the total of all those acts will be written the history of this generation …

Robert Francis Kennedy (1925-1968) American politician
“Day of Affirmation,” address, University of Capetown, South Africa (6 Jun 1966)
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Homer -- The Iliad [Ἰλιάς], Book 13, l. 235 (13.235) (c. 750 BC) [tr. Butler (1898)]

Dave — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 13:50:06 +0000

Even cowards gain courage from companionship.

Homer (fl. 7th-8th C. BC) Greek author
The Iliad [Ἰλιάς], Book 13, l. 235 (13.235) (c. 750 BC) [tr. Butler (1898)]
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Poseidon, appearing as Thoas, talking with Idomeneus. Alt. trans.:

"We find, / That virtue co-augmented thrives in men of little mind." [tr. Chapman (1611), ll. 218-19]
"Not vain the weakest, if their force unite." [tr. Pope (1715-20)]
"Union much / Emboldens even the weakest." [tr. Cowper (1791), ll. 292-93]
"For useful is the valour of men, even the very pusillanimous, if combined." [tr. Buckley (1860)]
"E’en meaner men, united, courage gain." [tr. Derby (1864)]
"Ay, and very cowards get courage from company." [tr. Leaf/Lang/Myers (1891)]
"Prowess comes from fellowship even of right sorry folk." [tr. Murray (1924)]
"Even the poorest fighters turn into brave men when they stand side by side." [tr. Rieu (1950)]
"The worst cowards, banded together, have their power." [tr. Fagles (1990), l. 281]

Kipling, Rudyard -- “The Law of the Jungle,” The Second Jungle Book (1899)

Dave — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 10:09:37 +0000

For the strength of the Pack is the Wolf, and the strength of the Wolf is the Pack.

Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936) English writer
“The Law of the Jungle,” The Second Jungle Book (1899)