“The more Susan waited, the more the doorbell didn't ring. Or the phone.”
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English writer and humorist 1952–2001Related quotes
“Democracy means that if the doorbell rings in the early hours, it is likely to be the milkman.”
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Widely quoted and attributed, but without a documented source.
Disputed
“[After the doorbell rings, right before Secretariat appears] Who's that at the door?!”
Craig Ferguson
(1962) Scottish-born American television host, stand-up comedian, writer, actor, director, author, producer and voice a…
citation needed
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson (2005–2014), Commonly repeated
Charles Bukowski
(1920–1994) American writer
Source: Betting on the Muse: Poems and Stories (1996), Lines from "So now?" - p.402 (circa 1994. He died in March 1994, aged 73.)
“Gold-Eye didn't wait to see more.”
Source: Shade's Children (1997), p. 9.
Context: Gold-Eye's Change Vision suddenly gripped him, showing him a picture of the unpleasantly close future, the soon-to-be-now.
Doors slid open at each end of the carriage, forced apart by metal-gauntleted hands four times the size of Gold-Eye's own. Fog no longer fell in lazy swirls, but danced and spiraled crazily as huge shapes lumbered in, moving to the pile of blankets...
Gold-Eye didn't wait to see more. He came out of the vision and took the escape route he'd planned months before, when he'd first found the carriage. Lifting a trapdoor in the floor, he dropped down, down to the cold steel rails.
“If the phone doesn't ring, it's me.”
Jimmy Buffett
(1946) American singer–songwriter and businessman
Charles Bukowski
(1920–1994) American writer
Source: You Get So Alone at Times That it Just Makes Sense
Roger Ebert
(1942–2013) American film critic, author, journalist, and TV presenter
Review http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/batman-begins-2005 of Batman Begins (13 June 2005)
Reviews, Four star reviews
Context: I said this is the Batman movie I've been waiting for; more correctly, this is the movie I did not realize I was waiting for, because I didn't realize that more emphasis on story and character and less emphasis on high-tech action was just what was needed. The movie works dramatically in addition to being an entertainment. There's something to it.
