Bernard Malamud (1914–1986) American author
"The Man in the Drawer", in Rembrandt's Hat (1973); cited from Selected Stories (Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1985) p. 225
The Through Train http://books.google.com/books?id=YVMhAAAAMAAJ&q=%22MORAL+When+Wealth+walks+in+at+the+Door+the+Press+Agent+comes+in+through+the+Window%22&pg=PA133#v=onepage, Knocking the Neighbors (1912)
Bernard Malamud (1914–1986) American author
"The Man in the Drawer", in Rembrandt's Hat (1973); cited from Selected Stories (Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1985) p. 225
“When socialism comes through the door, employment jumps out the window.”
Esperanza Aguirre (1952) Spanish politician
Source: http://www.larazon.es/noticia/7874-aguirre-ni-zapatero-ni-sus-delfines-saben-arreglar-la-que-han-liado. 'La Razón' Diary. May 6th, 2011.
“Doubt comes in at the window, when Inquiry is denied at the door.”
Benjamin Jowett (1817–1893) Theologian, classical scholar, and academic administrator
On the interpretation of Scripture http://www.bible-researcher.com/jowett1.html
“Faith goes out of the window when beauty comes in at the door.”
George Moore (novelist) (1852–1933) Irish novelist, short-story writer, poet, art critic, memoirist and dramatist
The Lake http://www.gutenberg.org/files/11304/11304-8.txt (1905) [Appleton, 2005, digitized edition], ch. IX (p. 169).
“(Windows work two ways, mirrors one way.)
You never walk through mirrors or swim through windows.”
Jim Morrison (1943–1971) lead singer of The Doors
The Lords and the New Creatures: Poems (1969), The Lords: Notes on Vision
Billy Wilder (1906–2002) American filmmaker
As quoted in The Bright Side of Billy Wilder, Primarily (1970) by Tom Wood, p. 20
“In writing a novel, when in doubt, have two guys come through the door with guns.”
Raymond Chandler (1888–1959) Novelist, screenwriter
Variant: When in doubt, have a man come through the door with a gun in his hand.
Rufus Wainwright (1973) American-Canadian singer-songwriter and composer
Sanssouci
Song lyrics, Release the Stars (2007)
“When God closes a door, he opens a window, but it's up to you to find it.”
Jeannette Walls (1960) American writer and journalist
“When grandparents enter the door, discipline flies out the window.
~ Ogden Nash”
Ogden Nash (1902–1971) American poet