“No, I'm not going to explain it. If you can't figure it out, you didn't want to know anyway…”
Larry Wall (1954) American computer programmer and author, creator of Perl
[1991Aug7.180856.2854@netlabs.com, 1991]
Usenet postings, 1991
Source: Dark Reunion
“No, I'm not going to explain it. If you can't figure it out, you didn't want to know anyway…”
Larry Wall (1954) American computer programmer and author, creator of Perl
[1991Aug7.180856.2854@netlabs.com, 1991]
Usenet postings, 1991
Gillian Flynn book Gone Girl
Variant: You drink a little too much and try a little too hard. And you go home to a cold bed and think, That was fine. And your life is a long line of fine.
Source: Gone Girl
“I'm the guy who keeps it all going. If I weren't here, you wouldn't be here either.”
R. A. Lafferty (1914–2002) American writer
Sign on the booth of "the big fellow" of Kentron-Kosmon, Atlas, in Ch. 3
Space Chantey (1968)
Context: I'm the guy who keeps it all going. If I weren't here, you wouldn't be here either. I know it all, I'm a smart-aleck. Loan-sharking and fencing. Any time I can't see you, you've had it.
Dmitry Medvedev (1965) Russian Prime Minister and former president
telegraph.co.uk http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/vladimir-putin/9731278/Dmitry-Medvedev-muses-on-aliens-and-Vladimir-Putins-lateness.html
Steve Maraboli (1975)
Source: Life, the Truth, and Being Free (2010), p. 32
