Will Rogers (1879–1935) American humorist and entertainer
Advice sent to President-elect Franklin D. Roosevelt (2 December 1932)
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“The kids are turned off from politics, they say. Most of 'em don't even want to hear about it.”
1970s, Fear and Loathing: On the Campaign Trail '72 (1973)
Context: The kids are turned off from politics, they say. Most of 'em don't even want to hear about it. All they want to do these days is lie around on waterbeds and smoke that goddamn marrywanna... yeah, and just between you and me Fred thats probably all for the best.
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“If you're going to say what you want to say, you're going to hear what you don't want to hear.”
Roberto Bolaño book The Insufferable Gaucho
Source: The Insufferable Gaucho
Carlos Menem (1930) Argentine politician who was President of Argentina from 1989 to 1999
"A los que vienen hablando de que me voy a bajar de la candidatura, yo les digo: Ni lo piensen, no saben de la fibra de la que está hecho uno"
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“But I don't want to compare 'em,”
Willie Mays (1931) Baseball player
Reluctantly comparing his famous catch in Game 1 of the 1954 World Series to a pair of catches made during that season on May 26 https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=0akpAAAAIBAJ&sjid=Gk4EAAAAIBAJ&pg=1599%2C3418911&dq=willie-mays-made-star-tling-catch-bob-skinner and June 6 http://www.mediafire.com/view/m5bmpfxdu5ciu3m/%20.png, respectively (the latter "circus catch" made not against Bell, as per Mays' recollection, but rather Chuck Harmon, who directly preceded Bell in the lineup that day); as paraphrased and quoted in "Willie Modestly Scoffs at Raves Over Big Catch" by UPI, in Newsday (September 30, 1954), p. 95 <br class="br">Context: Mays said he thought maybe the Skinner catch was a bit better than yesterday's, as well as a catch he made on a ball hit this season by Gus Bell of the Cincinnati Reds. "But I don't want to compare 'em," said Willie. "I'm just a ballplayer, not a sports writer. I don't compare 'em; I just catch 'em."
“War don't ennoble men, it turns 'em into dogs. It poisons the soul.”
James Jones book The Thin Red Line
Source: The Thin Red Line
Rob Ford (1969–2016) Canadian politician, 64th Mayor of Toronto
Ford, Interview to Conrad Black after confronting Daniel Dale http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/rob-ford-kids-quote-sparks-controversy-with-toronto-star-1.2458389 (10 December 2013); Ford subsequently withdrew the statements and apologized http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/rob-ford-apologizes-again-daniel-dale-drops-lawsuit-1.2469456 to Dale after Dale threatened to sue for defamation. <br class="br">2010s, 2013
“Don't try to figure out what other people want to hear from you; figure out what you have to say.”
Barbara Kingsolver (1955) American author, poet and essayist