Jeeves in the Offing (1960)
Constantin Brâncuși (1876–1957) French-Romanian artist
Original in Romanian:<br>Am șlefuit materia pentru a afla linia continuă. Și când am constatat că n‑o pot afla, m‑am oprit; parcă cineva nevăzut mi‑a dat peste mâini. <br class="br"> Jurnal American - 21 Septembrie, altă zi la New York, Centrul Cultural Pitești, 2008-11-01, Vavila Popovici http://www.centrul-cultural-pitesti.ro/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=406,</ref>
“I used to be a folk singer, but I was… dreadful. I had a voice like a goose farting in the fog.”
Billy Connolly (1942) British comedian
An Audience With Billy - 1985
“By fairy hands their knell is rung,
By forms unseen their dirge is sung.”
William Collins (1721–1759) English poet, born 1721
Source: How Sleep the Brave (1748), line 7.
“Why do you lead me a wild-goose chase?”
Miguel de Cervantes (1547–1616) Spanish novelist, poet, and playwright
Source: Don Quixote de la Mancha (1605–1615), Part I, Book III, Ch. 6.
“Obviously, when I started out, I had a little bit more curiosity than some”
Elvis Costello (1954) English singer-songwriter
dig interview (2004)
Context: Obviously, when I started out, I had a little bit more curiosity than some, and went seeking out the original artists, or in some cases searching up country music. I followed The Byrds a lot, and then when they did a country styled record it made me curious to know who these people were that they liked.
Yehudi Menuhin (1916–1999) American violinist and conductor
When he realized that his shortcoming was knowing the basics to teach in a class.
Violinist Yehudi Menuhin
“I know
Not these my hands
And yet I think there was
A woman like me once had hands
Like these.”
Adelaide Crapsey (1878–1914) American writer
Amaze
Verses (1915)
David Cameron (1966) Former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
2010s, 2015, Speech on (20 July 2015)
