Speaking of Frank Sinatra
Larry King interview (2005)
Neal Stephenson (1959) American science fiction writer
In response to whether Anathem "reflects today's culture or politics," from an interview published Sept. 22, 2008 by MIT News http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/stephenson-qa-0922.html
Paul Simon (1941) American musician, songwriter and producer
You Can Call Me Al
Song lyrics, Graceland (1986)
“Our span of life is brief, but is long enough for us to live well and honestly.”
Marcus Tullius Cicero (-106–-43 BC) Roman philosopher and statesman
“He has the attention span of a hummingbird.”
Christopher Moore (1957) American writer of comic fantasy
Source: The Stupidest Angel: A Heartwarming Tale of Christmas Terror
“I have the attention span of a rabbit on cocaine.”
Frances Bean Cobain (1992) American artist
" High School Musical Starring Frances Bean Cobain http://www.harpersbazaar.com/celebrity/red-carpet-dresses/a235/frances-bean-cobain-0308/" (2008)
“He has the attention span of a bolt of lightning.”
Paul Newman (1925–2008) American actor and film director
Robert Redford, quoted in Maureen Dowd, "Testing Himself," The New York Times (1986-09-28), section 6, page 16, column 1
“America was entering the age not just of the automobile but of the retarded attention span.”
Bill Bryson A Walk in the Woods
Source: A Walk in the Woods (1997), Chapter 18 (p. 234)
“Having a period of - well, austerity, shall we say - certainly humbles you.”
Zaha Hadid (1950–2016) Iraqi-British architect
Quoted in the Evening Standard, Tue 1 May 2012, p. 16.
Marshall McLuhan (1911–1980) Canadian educator, philosopher, and scholar-- a professor of English literature, a literary critic, and a …
1970s, The Education of Mike McManus, TVOntario, December 28 1977
