Tuesday, September 30, 2014
Monday, September 29, 2014
Fortune Quote #787
It took me fifteen years to discover that I had no talent for writing, but
I couldn't give it up because by that time I was too famous. --
Robert Benchley
I couldn't give it up because by that time I was too famous. --
Robert Benchley
Sunday, September 28, 2014
Saturday, September 27, 2014
Fortune Quote #785
I wish there was a knob on the TV to turn up the intelligence. There's a
knob called "brightness", but it doesn't seem to work. -- Gallagher
knob called "brightness", but it doesn't seem to work. -- Gallagher
Friday, September 26, 2014
Fortune Quote #784
I never made a mistake in my life. I thought I did once, but I was
wrong. -- Lucy Van Pelt
wrong. -- Lucy Van Pelt
Thursday, September 25, 2014
Fortune Quote #783
I dread success. To have succeeded is to have finished one's business on
earth, like the male spider, who is killed by the female the moment he has
succeeded in his courtship. I like a state of continual becoming, with a
goal in front and not behind. -- George Bernard Shaw
earth, like the male spider, who is killed by the female the moment he has
succeeded in his courtship. I like a state of continual becoming, with a
goal in front and not behind. -- George Bernard Shaw
Wednesday, September 24, 2014
Tuesday, September 23, 2014
Fortune Quote #781
He played the king as if afraid someone else would play the ace.
-- John Mason Brown, drama critic
-- John Mason Brown, drama critic
Monday, September 22, 2014
Fortune Quote #780
George Bernard Shaw once sent two tickets to the opening night of one of
his plays to Winston Churchill with the following note: "Bring a friend, if
you have one." Churchill wrote back, returning the two tickets and excused
himself as he had a previous engagement. He also attached the
following: "Please send me two tickets for the next night, if there is one."
his plays to Winston Churchill with the following note: "Bring a friend, if
you have one." Churchill wrote back, returning the two tickets and excused
himself as he had a previous engagement. He also attached the
following: "Please send me two tickets for the next night, if there is one."
Sunday, September 21, 2014
Fortune Quote #779
First things first--but not necessarily in that order. -- The
Doctor, "Doctor Who"
Doctor, "Doctor Who"
Saturday, September 20, 2014
Fortune Quote #778
Dustin Farnum: "Why, yesterday, I had the audience glued to their seats!"
Oliver Herford: "Wonderful! Wonderful! Clever of you to think of
it!" -- Brian Herbert, "Classic Comebacks"
Oliver Herford: "Wonderful! Wonderful! Clever of you to think of
it!" -- Brian Herbert, "Classic Comebacks"
Friday, September 19, 2014
Fortune Quote #777
Be regular and orderly in your life, so that you may be violent and
original in your work. -- Flaubert
original in your work. -- Flaubert
Thursday, September 18, 2014
Fortune Quote #776
Asking a working writer what he thinks about critics is like asking a
lamp-post how it feels about dogs. -- Christopher Hampton
lamp-post how it feels about dogs. -- Christopher Hampton
Wednesday, September 17, 2014
Tuesday, September 16, 2014
Monday, September 15, 2014
Fortune Quote #773
Any dramatic series the producers want us to take seriously as a
representation of contemporary reality cannot be taken seriously as a
representation of anything--except a show to be ignored by anyone capable
of sitting upright in a chair and chewing gum simultaneously. --
Richard Schickel
representation of contemporary reality cannot be taken seriously as a
representation of anything--except a show to be ignored by anyone capable
of sitting upright in a chair and chewing gum simultaneously. --
Richard Schickel
Sunday, September 14, 2014
Saturday, September 13, 2014
Friday, September 12, 2014
Fortune Quote #770
Adhere to your own act, and congratulate yourself if you have done
something strange and extravagant, and broken the monotony of a decorous
age. -- Ralph Waldo Emerson
something strange and extravagant, and broken the monotony of a decorous
age. -- Ralph Waldo Emerson
Thursday, September 11, 2014
Fortune Quote #769
A true artist will let his wife starve, his children go barefoot, his
mother drudge for his living at seventy, sooner than work at anything but
his art. -- Shaw
mother drudge for his living at seventy, sooner than work at anything but
his art. -- Shaw
Wednesday, September 10, 2014
Fortune Quote #768
A team effort is a lot of people doing what I say. -- Michael
Winner, British film director
Winner, British film director
Tuesday, September 9, 2014
Fortune Quote #767
A sequel is an admission that you've been reduced to imitating
yourself. -- Don Marquis
yourself. -- Don Marquis
Fortune Quote #766
A drama critic is a person who surprises a playwright by informing him
what he meant. -- Wilson Mizner
what he meant. -- Wilson Mizner
Monday, September 8, 2014
Fortune Quote #765
ACCIDENT, n.: A condition in which presence of mind is good, but absence
of body is better.
of body is better.
Sunday, September 7, 2014
Fortune Quote #764
The mystery of government is not how Washington works but how to make it
stop. -- P.J. O'Rourke
stop. -- P.J. O'Rourke
Saturday, September 6, 2014
Fortune Quote #763
The trouble with America is that there are far too many wide-open spaces
surrounded by teeth. -- Charles Luckman
surrounded by teeth. -- Charles Luckman
Friday, September 5, 2014
Fortune Quote #762
One of the lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to do
and always a clever thing to say. -- Will Durant
and always a clever thing to say. -- Will Durant
Thursday, September 4, 2014
Fortune Quote #761
Oil prices have fallen lately. We include this news for the benefit of gas
stations, which otherwise wouldn't learn of it for six months. --
Bill Tammeus, in Toronto's National Newspaper, 1991
stations, which otherwise wouldn't learn of it for six months. --
Bill Tammeus, in Toronto's National Newspaper, 1991
Wednesday, September 3, 2014
Fortune Quote #760
Computers make it easier to do a lot of things, but most of the things
they make it easier to do don't need to be done. -- Andy Rooney
they make it easier to do don't need to be done. -- Andy Rooney
Tuesday, September 2, 2014
Fortune Quote #759
We are so vain that we even care for the opinion of those we don't care
for. -- Marie Ebner von Eschenbach
for. -- Marie Ebner von Eschenbach
Monday, September 1, 2014
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