“Those are my principles, and if you don't like them… well I have others.”
Groucho Marx (1890–1977) American comedian
full lecture The Medium is the Message 1977 part 1 v3 around 14:23 into ABC TV, Monday Conference: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ImaH51F4HBw&feature=player_embedded
1970s
“Those are my principles, and if you don't like them… well I have others.”
Groucho Marx (1890–1977) American comedian
Richard Feynman book The Pleasure of Finding Things Out
Source: No Ordinary Genius (1994), p. 82, from interview in "The Pleasure of Finding Things Out" (1981): video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NEwUwWh5Xs4&t=24m55s
Mark Haddon book The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
Source: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
Bernie Ecclestone (1930) British business magnate
Bernie Ecclestone, discussing Danica Patrick, the female driver who finished fourth in the 2005 Indianapolis 500 race. (Los Angeles Times, 6/21/05, p. A-18.)
“I see you standing on the other side.
I don't know how the river got so wide.”
Leonard Cohen (1934–2016) Canadian poet and singer-songwriter
" Tower Of Song http://www.lyricsfreak.com/l/leonard+cohen/tower+of+song_20082815.html" - Tower of Song with U2, Video http://vimeo.com/13286028 <br class="br">I'm Your Man (1988) <br class="br">Context: p>I see you standing on the other side.<br>I don't know how the river got so wide.<br>I loved you, baby, way back when.<br>And all the bridges are burning that<br>We might have crossed and I feel so close to everything that we've lost.<br>We'll never, we'll never have to lose it again.Now I bid You farewell, I don't when I'll be back.<br>They're moving us tomorrow to that tower down the track.<br>But you'll be hearing from me, baby, long after I'm gone.<br>I'll speaking to you sweetly<br>From a window in the Tower Of Song</p
“I frowned. “You mean Set’s got, like, other evil gods on speed dial?”
Rick Riordan book The Red Pyramid
Source: The Red Pyramid