User:TheGrappler/Quotes

The truth may be puzzling. It may take some work to grapple with. It may be counterintuitive. It may contradict deeply held prejudices. It may not be consonant with what we desperately want to be true. But our preferences do not determine what's true. – Carl Sagan (1934-1996), "Wonder and Skepticism", Skeptical Inquirer, 19 (1), 1995

Providence has hidden a charm in difficult undertakings which is appreciated only by those who dare to grapple with them. – Anne-Sophie Swetchine (1782-1857), The Writings of Madame Swetchine, 1869

"What then?" you say; "do not incidents occur which provoke anger?" Yes, but it is then most of all that we must grapple with it hand to hand. – Seneca the Younger (ca. 4 BC–AD 65), De Ira [On Anger], Book II, Chapter 14

To the last I grapple with thee; from hell's heart I stab at thee; for hate's sake I spit my last breath at thee. – From the last words of Captain Ahab: Herman Melville (1819–1891), Moby Dick, 1851

The friends thou hast, and their adoption tried, Grapple them to thy soul with hoops of steel. – William Shakespeare (1564-1616), Hamlet, Act I Scene III, ca. 1600-1602

Let's think the unthinkable, let's do the undoable, let's prepare to grapple with the ineffable itself, and see if we may not eff it after all. – Douglas Adams (1952-2001), Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency, 1987

We are at the very beginning of time for the human race. It is not unreasonable that we grapple with problems. But there are tens of thousands of years in the future. – Richard Feynman (1918-1988), The Value of Science, 1998