“I would rather be defeated than make capital out of my religion.”
James A. Garfield (1831–1881) American politician, 20th President of the United States (in office in 1881)
Source: 1880s, Garfield's Words (1882)
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“It takes brains to make money, but any dam fool can inherit. P. S.: I never inherited any money.”
Elbert Hubbard (1856–1915) American writer, publisher, artist, and philosopher fue el escritor del jarron azul
Source: A Thousand & One Epigrams: Selected from the Writings of Elbert Hubbard (1911), p. 10.
“Is my name V?
No…
Then why would I follow U?”
Lisi Harrison (1970) Canadian writer
“Don't put my name on it. These are simply documents I make.”
Man Ray (1890–1976) American artist and photographer
This originates with Eugène Atget, who was quoted by Ray in "Interview: Man Ray" Camera, Vol. 54, No. 2 (February 1975), p. 40
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George Long (1800–1879) English classical scholar
An Old Man's Thoughts on Many Things, Of Education I
Patrick Henry (1736–1799) attorney, planter, politician and Founding Father of the United States
Last Will and Testament (20 November 1798), as quoted in Patrick Henry : Life, Correspondences and Speeches (1891) by William Wirt Henry, Vol. H, p. 631. <br class="br">This also often appears (incorrectly) as "I have now disposed of all my property to my family; there is one thing more I wish I could give them, and that is the Christian Religion. If they had that, and I had not given them one shilling, they would be rich; and if they had not that, and I had given them all the world, they would be poor." This version goes back at least to 1823, when it appeared in the 29 November 1823 issue of The Manchester Iris, a Weekly Literary and Scientific Miscellany, vol. II, p. 387. A complete transcription https://web.archive.org/web/20160320205247/http://www.redhill.org/last_will.htm of the will may be found at the Red Hill Patrick Henry Memorial website. <br class="br">1790s, Last Will and Testament (1798)
“Would you know my name if I saw you in heaven? Would it be the same If I saw you in heaven?”
Eric Clapton (1945) English musician, singer, songwriter, and guitarist
Tears in Heaven (from the album Unplugged - 1992)
“If only God would give me some clear sign! Like making a large deposit in my name in a Swiss bank.”
"Selections from the Allen Notebooks".
Without Feathers (1975)