John McAfee (1945) American computer programmer and businessman
Source: on Twitter https://twitter.com/officialmcafee/status/1316801215083225096, 16 October 2020
John McAfee (1945) American computer programmer and businessman
Source: on Twitter https://twitter.com/officialmcafee/status/1316801215083225096, 16 October 2020
Antonio Porchia (1885–1968) Italian Argentinian poet
Mis culpas no irán a otras manos por mi culpa. No quiero otra culpa en mis manos.
Voces (1943)
“If any blame or fault attaches to the attempt, it is mine alone.”
Dwight D. Eisenhower (1890–1969) American general and politician, 34th president of the United States (in office from 1953 to 1961)
Notes for an announcement, written in advance of the Normandy invasion, in case of its failure, but never delivered (June 1944) http://doinghistoryproject.tripod.com/id17.html; reported in John Gunther, Eisenhower: The Man and the Symbol (1952), p. 41 <br class="br">1940s <br class="br">Context: Our landings in the Cherbourg-Havre area have failed to gain a satisfactory foothold and I have withdrawn the troops. My decision to attack at this time and place was based on the best information available. The troops, the air and the Navy did all that bravery and devotion to duty could do. If any blame or fault attaches to the attempt, it is mine alone.
““No doubt the fault was mine,” said the Professor, in a tone that implied the opposite.”
F. Anstey (1856–1934) English novelist and journalist
Source: The Brass Bottle (1900), Chapter 3, “An Unexpected Opening”
Oscar Wilde The Importance of Being Earnest
Cecily, Act II
Source: The Importance of Being Earnest (1895)
“We all have our moments of brilliance and glory, and this was mine.”
Roald Dahl book Boy
Source: Boy: Tales of Childhood
Laurence Clarkson (1615–1667) English theologian
A Single Eye, All Light, No Darkness; or Light and Darkness One (1650)