Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749–1832) German writer, artist, and politician
Maxim 1222, trans. Stopp
Maxims and Reflections (1833)
Dandelion Mind (2010)
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749–1832) German writer, artist, and politician
Maxim 1222, trans. Stopp
Maxims and Reflections (1833)
“If you actually are an educated, thinking person, you will not be welcome in Washington DC.”
Kurt Vonnegut book A Man Without a Country
A Man Without a Country (2005)
“Why are they called buildings when they’re already finished? Shouldn’t they be called builts?”
Steven Wright (1955) American actor and author
Tracey Emin (1963) English artist, one of the group known as Britartists or Young British Artists
"Artist Emin leaves us baffled" http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/1693678.stm BBC, (2001-12-06) <br class="br">Emin was given the Plain English Campaign's "Foot in Mouth" award for this remark, made in a newspaper interview.
Anish Kapoor (1954) British contemporary artist of Indian birth
Quoted in Sculptor Anish Kapoor’s works an eye-opener for us, 25 November 2011, 18 December 2013, Economic Times http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2010-11-25/news/27630725_1_anish-kapoor-sky-mirror-warehouse,
“clatter of a typewriter suggests that you're actually building something.”
David Sedaris book Me Talk Pretty One Day
Source: Me Talk Pretty One Day
Lindsey Graham (1955) United States Senator from South Carolina
South Carolina GOP convention https://listenonrepeat.com/watch/?v=14xKzja8KtE (16 May 2009), as quoted in "Lindsey Graham gets combative over GOP's future" http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2009/05/17/lindsey-graham-gets-combative-over-gop-future/ (2009), Political Thinker, State of Georgia: Cable News Network <br class="br">2000s
Raghuram G. Rajan (1963) Indian economist
On Aadhaar, as quoted in " Raghuram Rajan's first speech as RBI governor http://www.firstpost.com/business/read-full-text-raghuram-rajans-first-speech-as-rbi-governor-1084971.html", Firstpost (5 September 2013)