Source: The Poet and the Donkey: A Novel
“I don't need you to remind me of my age, I have a bladder to do that for me.”
Stephen Fry (1957) English comedian, actor, writer, presenter, and activist
"Trefusis Returns!" in Paperweight (1993) p. 279.
Originally printed in The Daily Telegraph circa 1990.
1990s
Caroline Glick (1969) deputy managing editor of the Jerusalem Post
Reprinted in [Bitton-Jackson, Livia, Caroline B. Glick: Woman of Valor - A Shackled Warrior, http://www.jewishpress.com/pageroute.do/38244, The Jewish Press, February 18, 2009]
At the presentation for her Guardian of Zion Award from the Ingeborg Rennert Center for Jerusalem Studies at Bar Ilan University where she delivered the keynote speech. (May 31, 2009)
“Which I have earned with the sweat of my brows.”
Miguel de Cervantes (1547–1616) Spanish novelist, poet, and playwright
Source: Don Quixote de la Mancha (1605–1615), Part I, Book I, Ch. 4.
“I do physics in order to earn my living, and I do poetry in order to keep alive.”
Nicanor Parra (1914–2018) writer, poet, matematician, fisic
Interview with The New York Times https://nyti.ms/2Uzw2nh, June 27, 1968, p. 49
Peter Chung Hoan Ting (1928) Malaysian catholic priest
Archbishop Emeritus Peter Chung celebrates his 90th birthday http://www.heraldmalaysia.com/news/archbishop-emeritus-peter-chung-celebrates-his-90th-birthday/44331/1 (September 21, 2018)
Leonardo Da Vinci (1452–1519) Italian Renaissance polymath
The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci (1883), XXI Letters. Personal Records. Dated Notes.
“I can do it. I earned it. It's something you have to remind yourself.”
Erika Jayne (1969) American singer, actress and television personality
Interview to L'Officiel (2018)
“If you want me, you'll have to earn me. And, mister, I don't come cheap.”
Susan Elizabeth Phillips (1948) American writer
Source: Fancy Pants
Thomas Paine (1737–1809) English and American political activist
The Crisis No. II.
1770s, The American Crisis (1776–1783)
“I didn't lie; nobody calls me a liar, I may have increased my age.”
Frank Buckles (1901–2011) United States Army soldier and centenarian
Joking on joining the Army at age 15.
CNN March 8, 2008.
