#sooner

The willow which bends to the tempest, often escapes better than the oak which resists it; and so in great calamities, it sometimes happens that light and frivolous spirits recover their elasticity and presence of mind sooner than those of a loftier character. ↗

— Albert Schweitzer

#better #calamities #character #elasticity #escapes

Everything happens to everybody sooner or later if there is time enough. ↗

— George Bernard Shaw

#enough #everybody #everything #happens #later

Baseball has the great advantage over cricket of being sooner ended. ↗

— George Bernard Shaw

#advantage #baseball #being #cricket #ended

The game of life is a game of boomerangs. Our thoughts, deeds and words return to us sooner or later with astounding accuracy. ↗

— Florence Scovel Shinn

#astounding #deeds #game #later #life

Young people are forced to mature sooner now than in the '40s. I was doing things at age 14 that guys in the movie were just beginning to do at 16 and 17. ↗

— Parker Stevenson

#beginning #doing #forced #guys #i

There was a point in the '80s when I looked out at my audience and I saw people that - were I not on the stage - they'd sooner slug me as they walked by me on the sidewalk. And I realized that I was way beyond the choir. ↗

— Michael Stipe

#beyond #choir #i #looked #me

It may be that apartheid brings such stupendous economic advantages to countries that they would sooner have apartheid than permit its destruction. ↗

— Oliver Tambo

#apartheid #brings #countries #destruction #economic

We are running ourselves into a damaged earth. But I am optimistic. I believe that we can change; we must change. As a human race, we are very young and quite primitive. The sooner we learn the greatness of humanity the better off we will all be. ↗

— John Astin

#believe #better #better off #change #damaged

Sooner or later, those who win are those who think they can. ↗

— Paul Tournier

#later #sooner #sooner or later #think #those

Sooner or later I'm going to die, but I'm not going to retire. ↗

— Margaret Mead

#going #i #later #retire #sooner