Ralph Steadman: Timing

Ralph Steadman is British cartoonist. Explore interesting quotes on timing.

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“By this time trapped inside the drug's reverie I could have sprayed out Michelangelo's Last Judgement on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. A yacht would be a beggar's handcart by comparison.”

Ralph Steadman book The Joke's Over

The America's Cup, p. 55
The Joke's Over (2006)

“I don't think that at the time, or now, come to think of it, I gave a damn. Foolishly, I wanted truth and idealism, but there was none to be had.”

Ralph Steadman book The Joke's Over

The America's Cup, p. 36
The Joke's Over (2006)

“We thought that we had suffered all our wars and now we could enjoy a time of peace and tranquillity. However, people never learn and a newer type of war was to envelope us. We seem doomed to repeat all our mistakes and find that we are being groomed, and doomed, by the legions of war, Odin's messengers, who would have us believe that aggression is the only way forward. Now we live in a war zone, the entire world.”

Ralph Steadman book The Joke's Over

Fear And Loathing On The Road To Hollywood, p. 157
The Joke's Over (2006)

“I was in a slightly befuddled state by this time and the potent combination of watery beer and whiskey was bringing on a severe attack of drawing, as always happens when I start seeing unusual faces through a haze of controlled drinking. My body becomes a protective casing and lets me observe through the two keyholes on the front of my head.”

Ralph Steadman book The Joke's Over

The Kentucky Derby, p. 14
The Joke's Over (2006)

“Maybe he is the Mark Twain of the late twentieth century. Time will sort the bastard out and I leave it to others more qualified than me to assess and appraise his monumental literary legacy.”

Ralph Steadman book The Joke's Over

Introduction, p. 3
The Joke's Over (2006)