“Electric eels I might add do it,
Though it shocks 'em I know…”
Cole Porter (1891–1964) American composer and songwriter
"Let's Do It, Let's Fall in Love"
Paris (1928)
“If I still have time, I might add, Mr. Trewhitt, I might add that it was Seneca or it was Cicero, I don’t know which, that said, If it was not for the elders correcting the mistakes of the young, there would be no state.”
The quote "If I still have time, I might add, Mr. Trewhitt, I might add that it was Seneca or it was…" is famous quote attributed to Ronald Reagan (1911–2004), American politician, 40th president of the United States (in office from 1981 to 1989).
Reagan followed up his previous reply with this comment to Baltimore Sun reporter Henry Trewhitt question on Regan´s age and ability to perform the duties as president Debate with Walter Mondale http://www.reagan.utexas.edu/archives/speeches/1984/102184b.htm (21 October 1984) <br class="br">1980s, First term of office (1981–1985)
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Fali Sam Nariman (1929) Indian politician
When he had appeared in case on the brief of Mr. Palkhiwala.
Fali S. Nariman, ‘Before Memory Fades: An Autobiography
“My wife, I might add, is a saint.
Either that, or maybe she is insane.”
Nicholas Sparks (1965) American writer and novelist
Nicholas Sparks, Prologue, p. 4
2000s, Three Weeks with My Brother (2004)
Kenneth Burke (1897–1993) American philosopher
Source: Towards a Better Life (1966), p. 5
“They say that God protects drunks and children. I would add young morons to that list.”
Fred Thompson (1942–2015) American politician and actor
Teaching the Pig to Dance
“Someone might object, "But you do not express yourself like Cicero". What of it? I am not Cicero. But I think I express my own self.”
Non exprimis, aliquis inquit, Ciceronem. Quid tum? Non enim sum Cicero; me tamen, ut opinor, exprimo.
Poliziano (1454–1494) Italian writer
Epistolae 8, 16. Quoted in Literary Imitation in the Italian Renaissance (1995) by Martin L. McLaughlin, p. 203.
Natacha Rambova (1897–1966) American film personality and fashion designer
On her first meeting Valentino, p. 28
Rudolph Valentino: A Wife's Memories of an Icon (2009)
John C. Maxwell (1947) American author, speaker and pastor
Book Sometimes you win Sometimes you Learn
