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You may want to do a little autograph trading and I understand it takes five Hoovers to get one Babe Ruth.
Herbert Hoover1874–1964To a young autograph seeker, signing his name six times; as quoted in “Hoover Elated by Swift Turn From New Deal” by Philip Kinsley, Chicago Tribune (18 December 1935), p. 4
- Baseball
Civilized nations never, never have selfish motives for butchering, raping and looting; only horrid barbarians have those.
Robert E. Howard1906–1936From a letter to H. P. Lovecraft (5 December 1935)
- Clever Jabs
- War & Peace
I have never yet done a man to death by torture, but by God, sir, you tempt me!
Robert E. Howard1906–1936“Red Shadows” (1928)
- Clever Jabs
They claimed that the old man had a knuckle-duster on his right, which is ridiculous and a dirty lie. He had it on his left.
Robert E. Howard1906–1936“The Pit of the Serpent” (1929)
Brought up in an epoch when ladies apparently rolled along on wheels, Mr. Quarles was peculiarly susceptible to calves.
Aldous Huxley1894–1963Point Counter Point (1928), Ch. 20
It’s easy to make people think you’re a gangster. It’s hard to convince the feds you’re not.
Ice-Tborn 1958Twitter, (20 September 2019)
When our first parents were driven out of Paradise, Adam is believed to have remarked to Eve: “My dear, we live in an age of transition.”
William Ralph Inge1860–1954Assessments and Anticipations (1929), p. 261
- Change
An infinite God ought to be able to protect himself, without going in partnership with State Legislatures.
Robert G. Ingersoll1833–1899Some Mistakes of Moses (1879) Section III, “The Politicians”.
Sigmund Freud was a novelist with a scientific background. He just didn’t know he was a novelist. All those damn psychiatrists after him, they didn’t know he was a novelist either.
John Irvingborn 1942Interview in Writers at Work: The Paris Review Interviews (1988)
- Clever Jabs
- Writing
There is a certain relief in change, even though it be from bad to worse! As I have often found in travelling in a stagecoach, that it is often a comfort to shift one’s position, and be bruised in a new place.
Washington Irving1783–1859Tales of a Traveler (1824), Preface, p. 7
- Change
“Faith, sir,” replied the story-teller, “as to that matter, I don’t believe one half of it myself.”
Washington Irving1783–1859The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (1820)In context
- Truth & Lies
Rip, in fact, was no politician; the changes of states and empires made but little impression on him; but there was one species of despotism under which he had long groaned, and that was⁠—petticoat government.
Washington Irving1783–1859Rip Van Winkle (1819)In context
- Marriage
Crikey, mate. You’re far safer dealing with crocodiles and western diamondback rattlesnakes than the executives and the producers and all those sharks in the big MGM building.
Steve Irwin1962–2006from “Enough Rope With Andrew Denton” on ABC, 2004
- Clever Jabs
- Movies
She had an unequalled gift, especially pen in hand, of squeezing big mistakes into small opportunities.
Henry James1843–1916“Greville Fane”, from The Real Thing: and Other Tales (1893)
- Clever Jabs
- Failure
Knowing that religion does not furnish grosser bigots than law, I expect little from old judges.
Thomas Jefferson1743–1826Letter to Thomas Cooper (1810)
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- Laws