Gertrude Stein (1874–1946) American art collector and experimental writer of novels, poetry and plays
Source: Everybody’s Autobiography (1937), Ch. 2
The Way You Wear Your Hat (1997)
Gertrude Stein (1874–1946) American art collector and experimental writer of novels, poetry and plays
Source: Everybody’s Autobiography (1937), Ch. 2
Thomas Sowell (1930) American economist, social theorist, political philosopher and author
Student Loans
1980s–1990s, Is Reality Optional? (1993)
Source: Is Reality Optional?: And Other Essays
“You Been Burned baby lessons learned.”
Jon Bon Jovi (1962) American singer and musician
In And Out Of Love
Music, 7800° Fahrenheit (1985)
“I didn’t want to scare you. We don’t want to scare anyone.”
Octavia E. Butler book Adulthood Rites
“No? Well, sometimes it’s a good thing to scare people. Sometimes fear is all that will keep them from doing stupid things.”
Part II “Phoenix” chapter 15 (p. 381)
Adulthood Rites (1988)
“Never let anyone get anything on you.”
Martin Lomasney (1859–1933) American politician
[Galvin, John T., The West Ender, The Mahatma Called the Shots, and Everyone Knew It: Part 2, 6, 5, December 1990, 9, http://thewestendmuseum.org/documents/1990_west_ender_vol6_no4.pdf]
“Stay true to what scares you. If you don’t respect that, you can’t scare anyone.”
Andy Muschietti (1973) Argentine film director and screenwriter
‘It’ Director on Tackling Two R-Rated Movies and Why He Picked Bill Skarsgard for Pennywise http://variety.com/2017/film/news/it-director-andres-muschietti-two-movies-bill-skarsgard-1202499038/ (July 19, 2017)
“Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new.”
Albert Einstein (1879–1955) German-born physicist and founder of the theory of relativity
Variant: A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new.
“I learned to walk as a baby and I haven't had a lesson since.”
Marilyn Monroe (1926–1962) American actress, model, and singer
