Chris Rock (1965) American comedian, actor, screenwriter, television producer, film producer, and director
Never Scared (HBO, 2004)
"We As Americans" (2004)
2000s
Chris Rock (1965) American comedian, actor, screenwriter, television producer, film producer, and director
Never Scared (HBO, 2004)
“I'd rather die while I'm living than live while I'm dead.”
Jimmy Buffett (1946) American singer–songwriter and businessman
Paul Simon (1941) American musician, songwriter and producer
Loves Me Like a Rock
Song lyrics, There Goes Rhymin' Simon (1973)
Variant: When I was a little boy, (when I was just a boy)
And the devil would call my name (when I was just a boy)
I'd say "Now who do,
Who do you think you're fooling?"
Arthur Waley (1889–1966) British academic
Response when offered the Chair in Chinese at Cambridge, as quoted in Orientalism and the Operatic World (2015) by Nicholas Tarling, p. 78
“I would rather be right than be President.”
Henry Clay (1777–1852) American politician from Kentucky
Speech, Senate (1850), referring to the Compromise Measures.
James Hetfield (1963) American musician, songwriter and record producer
at St Quentin, during the videoshoot for St Anger
Donald J. Trump (1946) 45th President of the United States of America
2010s, 2015, Presidential Bid Announcement (June 16, 2015)
Richard Nixon (1913–1994) 37th President of the United States of America
Address to the nation on the situation in Southeast Asia (30 April 1970); in Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Richard Nixon, 1970, p. 410
1970s