
“wherever the TV glows, there sits someone who isn't reading.”
Ch'ovunque io vada o stia,
Mi fa sempre apparir la luce mia.
Canto XXIII, stanza 36 (tr. D. R. Slavitt)
Orlando Furioso (1532)
Ch'ovunque io vada o stia, Mi fa sempre apparir la luce mia.
Orlando Furioso (1532)
“wherever the TV glows, there sits someone who isn't reading.”
Kyle O'Brien (March 3, 2006) "Comic Gaffigan's one Hot star", The Oregonian, p. 43.
Statement recorded in the diary of his companion Johanna Fantova, quoted at the end of the New York Times story "From Companion's Lost Diary, A Portrait of Einstein in Old Age" http://www.nytimes.com/2004/04/24/nyregion/from-companion-s-lost-diary-a-portrait-of-einstein-in-old-age.html?pagewanted=all&src=pm by Dennis Overbye (24 April 2004)
Attributed in posthumous publications
“I am resigned to the fact that people who don't know me loathe me.”
The Last Years of a Rebel (1967)
Context: I am resigned to the fact that people who don't know me loathe me. Perhaps it is because I am a woman writing poetry. It must be annoying to a man who wants to write to see this horrid old lady who can.
“I'll know how outraged I am when I know how many black people were on those flights.”
Attributed as a remark on The O'Reilly Factor on 13 October 2002. There was no episode of "The O'Reilly Factor" on this date.
Misattributed
Quote (1912), # 931, in The Diaries of Paul Klee, translation: Pierre B. Schneider, R. Y. Zachary and Max Knight; publisher, University of California Press, 1964
1911 - 1914
My writings will contribute to fight against terrorism (06-2-2021), Guardian Nigeria https://guardian.ng/saturday-magazine/suraj-sani-my-writings-will-contribute-to-fight-against-terrorism/
“I am planning on an autobiography. People should know something about me”
Tendulkar said when interviewed about his retirement, Tendulkar retirement interview http://www.dw.de/cricket-legend-tendulkar-opens-a-new-innings/a-17353929.