“I always knew children were anti-social. But the children of the West Side - they're savage.”
Marc Connelly (1890–1980) American playwright
Quote in: Otto Penzler The Vicious Circle (2007) p. 18
Voices offstage: a book of memoirs, (1968)
“Boys always argued as if they knew then had the forces of logic on their side, even when they were being completely irrational.”
Homecoming saga, Earthborn (1995)
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Gerry Spence (1929) American lawyer
Source: How to Argue and Win Every Time (1995), Ch. 6 : The Power of Prejudice : Examining the Garment, Bleaching the Stain, p. 92
“If the world were a logical place, men would ride side saddle.”
Rita Mae Brown (1944) Novelist, poet, screenwriter, activist
Sudden Death (1983)
Variant: "If the World Made Sense, Men Would Ride Sidesaddle" was the title of a 1993 one-man comedy by Ed Navis, performed at Wings Theatre, New York.
Variant: If the world were a logical place, then men would ride side-saddle.
“He was my confidant, the person who was always on my side even when he wasn't taking my side.”
Lisa Kleypas (1964) American writer
Source: Blue-Eyed Devil
Michelle Obama (1964) lawyer, writer, wife of Barack Obama and former First Lady of the United States
2010s, Democratic National Convention speech (2012)
Context: My father was a pump operator at the city water plant, and he was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis when my brother and I were young. And even as a kid, I knew there were plenty of days when he was in pain... I knew there were plenty of mornings when it was a struggle for him to simply get out of bed.