“A gentleman will not insult me, and no man not a gentleman can insult me.”
Frederick Douglass (1818–1895) American social reformer, orator, writer and statesman
Source: Moby-Dick or, The Whale
“A gentleman will not insult me, and no man not a gentleman can insult me.”
Frederick Douglass (1818–1895) American social reformer, orator, writer and statesman
Elton John (1947) English rock singer-songwriter, composer and pianist
Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me
Song lyrics, Caribou (1974)
“I'd never seen a man who could outshop me, but Jenks was a master.”
Kim Harrison (1966) Pseudonym
Source: A Fistful of Charms
“O Thou that lovest, strike! If Thou strike me not now, I shall know that Thou lov'st me not.”
Sri Aurobindo (1872–1950) Indian nationalist, freedom fighter, philosopher, yogi, guru and poet
Thoughts and Aphorisms (1913), Jnana
Miles Davis (1926–1991) American jazz musician
During an interview, after growing aggravated about questions on the subject of race.
1980s
Source: Jet (25 March 1985)
“Faith strikes me as intellectual laziness.”
Robert A. Heinlein book Stranger in a Strange Land
Source: Stranger in a Strange Land
Michael Lewis book The Big Short
Prologue, Poltergeist, p. xiii (See also: Liar's Poker)
The Big Short (2010)
“Bright as the sun, her eyes the gazers strike,
And, like the sun, they shine on all alike.”
Alexander Pope The Rape of the Lock
Canto II, line 13.
The Rape of the Lock (1712, revised 1714 and 1717)
Neil Diamond (1941) American singer-songwriter
Forever in Blue Jeans
Song lyrics, You Don't Bring Me Flowers (1978)