
It is a vast country, with no clearly defined objectives.
In the House of Lords, 30 May 1962 ( Hansard, Col. 227 http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/lords/1962/may/30/the-army-estimates#S5LV0241P0-00791)
Bucky Katt, Satchel Pooch
It is a vast country, with no clearly defined objectives.
In the House of Lords, 30 May 1962 ( Hansard, Col. 227 http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/lords/1962/may/30/the-army-estimates#S5LV0241P0-00791)
“Read. Read 1000 pages for every 1 page that you write.”
“We were born as a blank page and we will die as a black page.”
Si nasce come una pagina bianca e si muore come una pagina nera.
“I can fix a bad page. I can't fix a blank page.”
Variant: You can fix anything but a blank page.
“Tomorrow, is the first blank page of a 365 page book. Write a good one.”
“You can always edit a bad page. You can’t edit a blank page.”
Source: https://www.npr.org/2006/11/22/6524058/jodi-picoult-you-cant-edit-a-blank-page
Occasionally attributed to Walters; actually said by Earl Warren, as quoted in Sports Illustrated (July 22, 1968).
Misattributed
Guest lecture, UC Berkeley http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=7582902000166025817 Oct. 5, 2005 – 40 min.