“You is getting nosier than a parker.”

— Roald Dahl, The BFG

Source: The BFG

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British novelist, short story writer, poet, fighter pilot a… 1916–1990

Elizabeth Bowen (1899–1973) Irish writer

Source: A Time in Rome (1960), Ch. V, p. 141

“I was weeping because Richard Parker left me so unceremoniously.”

Yann Martel book Life of Pi

Source: Life of Pi (2001), Chapter 94, p. 316
Context: I was weeping because Richard Parker left me so unceremoniously. What a terrible thing it is to botch the farewell. I am a person who believes in form, in the harmony of order. Where we can, we must give things meaningful shape.

“Charles Parker: We don't want to make large and ignominious public mistakes.”

Dorothy L. Sayers book Strong Poison

Strong Poison (1930)

“Mrs. Parker Bowles is a great friend of mine…a friend for a very long time. She will continue to be a friend for a long time.”

Charles, Prince of Wales (1948) son of Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom

When asked about his relationship with Camilla during his interview with journalist Jonathan Dimbleby in 1994.
Book: Charles and Camilla: Portrait of a Love Affair, Author: Gyles Brandreth, page 280
1990s

“How did I get to Lee Konitz, when everybody else was doing Charlie Parker? The sound, for one thing, the notes that he played—man, it just knocked me off my feet! When Lee was first playing, God he was inventive! I worked out so many solos of his off the records, from when he began recording with Tristano and Warne Marsh in 1949. I listened to Charlie Parker but I was not a fan—he was repeating himself too much.”

Clare Fischer (1928–2012) American keyboardist, composer, arranger, and bandleader

As quoted in Lee Konitz: Conversations on the Improviser's Art https://books.google.com/books?id=pc4CsgVHLw0C&pg=PA65 (2008) by Andy Hamilton and Lee Konitz, p. 65

“By fighting you never get enough, but by yielding you get more than you expected.”

Dale Carnegie How to Win Friends and Influence People

Source: How to Win Friends and Influence People