
“I am an unpopular electric eel in a pool of catfish.”
Life magazine (4 January 1963) attributed variant: I am not eccentric. It's just that I am more alive than most people. I am an unpopular electric eel set in a pond of goldfish.
"Let's Do It, Let's Fall in Love"
Paris (1928)
“I am an unpopular electric eel in a pool of catfish.”
Life magazine (4 January 1963) attributed variant: I am not eccentric. It's just that I am more alive than most people. I am an unpopular electric eel set in a pond of goldfish.
Reagan followed up his previous reply with this comment to Baltimore Sun reporter Henry Trewhitt question on Regan´s age and ability to perform the duties as president Debate with Walter Mondale http://www.reagan.utexas.edu/archives/speeches/1984/102184b.htm (21 October 1984)
1980s, First term of office (1981–1985)
“I know what I'm doing. I know I'm shocking you.”
Interview with the Chicago Times, Feb. 14, 1881.
"The Brooklyn Divines." Brooklyn Union (Brooklyn, NY), 1883.
“My wife, I might add, is a saint.
Either that, or maybe she is insane.”
Nicholas Sparks, Prologue, p. 4
2000s, Three Weeks with My Brother (2004)