“I hope I'm not getting so famous that I can't think out load [ sic] anymore.”
Larry Wall (1954) American computer programmer and author, creator of Perl
[199709032332.QAA21669@wall.org, 1997]
Usenet postings, 1997
As quoted in the International Herald Tribune (8 September 1989).
Source: Talking with Ingmar Bergman
“I hope I'm not getting so famous that I can't think out load [ sic] anymore.”
Larry Wall (1954) American computer programmer and author, creator of Perl
[199709032332.QAA21669@wall.org, 1997]
Usenet postings, 1997
Barack Obama (1961) 44th President of the United States of America
2008, Election victory speech (November 2008)
“I went to the worst of bars hoping to get killed but all I could do was to get drunk again.”
Charles Bukowski (1920–1994) American writer
“I hope the first bootlegger I get is not the 'first woman bootlegger”
Georgia Hopley (1858–1944) American journalist and temperance advocate
Quoted in various newspaper articles, e.g. Albuquerque Morning Journal (Albuquerque, N.M.), February 16, 1922 http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84031081/1922-02-16/ed-1/seq-7/, and The Bridgeport Times, February 18, 1922 http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn92051227/1922-02-18/ed-1/seq-10/
Patton Oswalt (1969) stand-up comedian
25 April 2018 tweet https://twitter.com/pattonoswalt/status/989124477530320896
“It will get easier each time, I think. I hope. I just have to keep trying.”
Jenny Han book To All the Boys I've Loved Before
Source: To All the Boys I've Loved Before