Robinson Jeffers (1887–1962) American poet
Response in a pamphlet Writers Take Sides : Letters About the War in Spain from 418 American Authors (1938) by the American Writers League, which asked various authors: "Are you for or are you against Franco and fascism?".
Cassandra Clare book City of Ashes
Magnus and Simon, pg. 137
Source: The Mortal Instruments, City of Ashes (2008)
Tracey Ullman (1959) English-born actress, comedian, singer, dancer, screenwriter, producer, director, author and businesswoman
And the cartwheel lift's coming up! And I'm a brunette!
Tracey Ullman: Live and Exposed (2005)
Clarence Thomas (1948) Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
Page 119
2000s, (2008)
J.M.W. Turner (1775–1851) British Romantic landscape painter, water-colourist, and printmaker
one of Girtin's yellow drawings <br class="br">remark of Turner to Chambers Hall, (before 1855); as cited in The Life of J. M. W. Turner R.A. , Walter Thornbury - A new Edition, Revised https://ia601807.us.archive.org/24/items/gri_33125004491185/gri_33125004491185.pdf; London Chatto & Windus, 1897, p. 61 <br class="br">undated quotes
Sören Kierkegaard (1813–1855) Danish philosopher and theologian, founder of Existentialism
Voice: Young Man
1840s, Repetition (1843)
Context: One sticks one’s finger into the soil to tell by the smell in what land one is: I stick my finger in existence — it smells of nothing. Where am I? Who am I? How came I here? What is this thing called the world? What does this world mean? Who is it that has lured me into the world? Why was I not consulted, why not made acquainted with its manners and customs instead of throwing me into the ranks, as if I had been bought by a kidnapper, a dealer in souls? How did I obtain an interest in this big enterprise they call reality? Why should I have an interest in it? Is it not a voluntary concern? And if I am to be compelled to take part in it, where is the director? I should like to make a remark to him. Is there no director? Whither shall I turn with my complaint?
“Don't bite my finger, look where I am pointing.”
Warren S. McCulloch (1898–1969) American neuroscientist
Attributed to McCulloch in: Seymour Papert (1965) Introduction to McCulloch. p. xxviii
