Giacomo Casanova (1725–1798) Italian adventurer and author from the Republic of Venice
Memoirs of J. Casanova de Seingalt (1894)
Playboy interview, May 1971
Giacomo Casanova (1725–1798) Italian adventurer and author from the Republic of Venice
Memoirs of J. Casanova de Seingalt (1894)
“I take so little interest in my daily life, that I hardly remember to eat and drink.”
Emily Brontë book Wuthering Heights
Source: Wuthering Heights
“Life is much more of a compromise than I ever imagined.”
Mark Heard (1951–1992) American musician and record producer
Life in the Industry: A Musician's Diary
“Sorry my life is so much more bitchin' than yours. I planned it this way.”
Charlie Sheen (1965) American film and television actor
On TMZ, February 28 2011
José Saramago (1922–2010) Portuguese writer and recipient of the 1998 Nobel Prize in Literature
O meu problema, nesta situação, é saber se já deveria ter corado antes, ou se é agora que devo corar, Lembro-me de a ter visto corar uma vez, Quando, Quando toquei na rosa que estava no seu gabinete, As mulheres coram mais que os homens, somos o sexo frágil, Ambos os sexos são frágeis, eu também corei, Sabe assim tanto da fragilidade dos sexos, Sei da minha própria fragilidade, e alguma coisa da dos outros.
Source: The History of the Siege of Lisbon (1989), p. 219
“I drink much less than most people think, and I think much more than most people would believe.”
Hunter S. Thompson (1937–2005) American journalist and author
Source: Proud Highway: Saga of a Desperate Southern Gentleman, 1955-1967
Annette Kellerman (1886–1975) Australian swimmer, vaudeville star, film actress and writer
Of swimming the English Channel; "Into Fame and Fortune", in The American Magazine, Vol. 83 (1917), p. 34