“Ivory towers are as rare as bowling alleys in tribal cultures.”
Terry Eagleton (1943) British writer, academic and educator
Source: 2010s, Why Marx Was Right (2011), Chapter 6, p. 134
Tweet https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-celebrates-cinco-de-mayo-with-taco-bowl-from-his-tower/2016/05/05/ab18e0b6-12ff-11e6-81b4-581a5c4c42df_story.html (5 May 2016) <br class="br">2010s, 2016, May
“Ivory towers are as rare as bowling alleys in tribal cultures.”
Terry Eagleton (1943) British writer, academic and educator
Source: 2010s, Why Marx Was Right (2011), Chapter 6, p. 134
V. V. S. Laxman (1974) former Indian cricketer
Ian Chapell to Shane Warne on VVS Laxman http://www.scrolldroll.com/quotes-about-vvs-laxman-that-show-he-is-truly-very-very-special/
Donald J. Trump (1946) 45th President of the United States of America
2010s, 2015, Presidential Bid Announcement (June 16, 2015)
“Well," Claire said, "at least we have tacos. Everything goes better with tacos.”
Rachel Caine (1962) American writer
Source: Bitter Blood
Alveda King (1951) American, civil rights activist, Christian minister, conservative, pro-life activist, and author
Alveda King, MLK’s niece: ‘I voted for Mr. Trump’ https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/jan/16/alveda-king-mlks-niece-i-voted-for-mr-trump/ (January 16, 2017)
Donald J. Trump (1946) 45th President of the United States of America
'After the Gold Rush', in Vanity Fair, by Marie Brenner, September 1, 1990
1980s
“Trump should be happy that the FBI was SPYING on his campaign”
James Clapper (1941) US government official
Misquoted in a tweet by Donald Trump, of an interview Clapper gave on the television show The View
[Qiu, Linda, Trump Incorrectly Quotes James Clapper to Falsely Claim F.B.I. Spied on Campaign, https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/23/us/politics/fact-check-trump-clapper-campaign-spy.html, 27 July 2018, The New York Times]
Misattributed
“A table, a chair, a bowl of fruit and a violin; what else does a man need to be happy?”
Albert Einstein (1879–1955) German-born physicist and founder of the theory of relativity