WIST Quotations

McLaughlin, Mignon -- The Neurotic’s Notebook, ch. 4 (1963)

Dave — Tue, 07 May 2024 14:42:58 +0000

If you can tell anyone about it, it’s not the worst thing you ever did.

Mignon McLaughlin (1913–1983) American journalist and author
The Neurotic’s Notebook, ch. 4 (1963)
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Johnson, Philander -- “The Colyumist’s Confessional,” Everybody’s Magazine (May 1920)

Dave — Wed, 22 Feb 2023 15:21:48 +0000

Cheer up, the worst is yet to come.

Philander Johnson (1866–1939) American journalist, humorist, lyricist, playwright
“The Colyumist’s Confessional,” Everybody’s Magazine (May 1920)
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He refers to the phrase as a "rather unfeeling invitation to end a hard-luck story."

Parker, Robert -- The Professional, ch. 8 (2009)

Dave — Wed, 05 Jul 2017 15:56:28 +0000

“The best moments in my life,” I said, “have come because I loved somebody.”

“Yeah,” he said.

“And the worst,” I said.

“Yeah,” he said.

Robert B. Parker (1932–2010) American writer
The Professional, ch. 8 (2009)
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Adams, Douglas -- Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, Phase 1, “Fit the 5th” (BBC Radio) (1978-04-05)

Dave — Tue, 13 Sep 2016 04:03:17 +0000

MARVIN: The first ten million years were the worst. And the second ten million, they were the worst too. The third ten million I didn’t enjoy at all. After that I went into a bit of a decline.

Douglas Adams (1952–2001) English author, humorist, screenwriter
Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, Phase 1, “Fit the 5th” (BBC Radio) (1978-04-05)
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When adapted as a novel, Hitchhiker's Guide No. 2, The Restaurant at the End of the Universe, ch. 18 (1980), this line by Marvin the Paranoid Android remained the same.

Shakespeare, William -- King Lear, Act 4, sc. 1, l. 27ff (4.1.27-31) (1606)

Dave — Mon, 28 Jan 2013 13:17:26 +0000

EDGAR: O gods, who is ‘t can say “I am at the worst”?
I am worse than e’er I was. […]
And worse I may be yet: the worst is not,
So long as we can say, “This is the worst.”

William Shakespeare (1564–1616) English dramatist and poet
King Lear, Act 4, sc. 1, l. 27ff (4.1.27-31) (1606)
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