“In 1969 I gave up women and alcohol - it was the worst 20 minutes of my life.”
Reported in Ned Sherrin, Oxford Dictionary of Humorous Quotations (2008), p. 153.
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British footballer 1946–2005Related quotes
“My daughter gave me the chance to be more mature and live a better life after 20 years.”
Laura Pausini (1974) Italian singer
Los Angeles Daily News (October 16, 2014)
“I suppose if I gave myself the chance I could be an alcoholic.”
Sylvia Plath (1932–1963) American poet, novelist and short story writer
Source: The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath
Bill Clinton (1946) 42nd President of the United States
In an interview aired 20 years after assassination of Yitzhak Rabin http://www.timesofisrael.com/clinton-i-really-loved-rabin-and-he-would-have-made-peace/ (27 October 2015). <br class="br">2010s
Alexander Vindman (1975) retired United States Army officer, diplomat, and national security officer
Source: Impeachment Inquiry: Ms. Jennifer Williams and Lietenant Colonel Alexander Vindman (Tuesday, November 19, 2019), p. 20.
“He had writer's block once. It was the worst ten minutes of his life.”
Harlan Ellison (1934–2018) American writer
About Isaac Asimov – quoted in Page Fright : Foibles and Fetishes of Famous Writers (2009) by Harry Bruce
Jerry Pournelle, in "Chaos Manor: Is there an Upgrade in your future?" in Dr. Dobb's Journal : Software Tools For The Professional Programmer (2005), Vol. 30, Issues 374-379, p. 9
Variant: Most writers hate to write, and will grasp any excuse to do something else … There are exceptions. Isaac Asimov actually was never happier than sitting at a keyboard — first, his old typewriter; then, the TRS-80; and later, a more conventional PC. But then, Isaac was unusual, and his experience with writer's block was the worst 10 minutes of his life.
“I gave you my life, you gave me my life.
Like a gush of wind in my hair.”
Yoko Ono (1933) Japanese artist, author, and peace activist
"Walking On Thin Ice" on Season of Glass (1981).
Context: I gave you my life, you gave me my life.
Like a gush of wind in my hair.
Why do we forget what's been said
And play the game of life with our hearts?
“A diplomat's life is made up of three ingredients: protocol, Geritol and alcohol.”
Adlai Stevenson (1900–1965) mid-20th-century Governor of Illinois and Ambassador to the UN
As quoted in The New York Times Magazine (7 February 1965)