“My God, oh my God," he said. "Six hundred men.”
Patrick O'Brian book Desolation Island
Desolation Island (1979)
Steven Wright Special (1985)
“My God, oh my God," he said. "Six hundred men.”
Patrick O'Brian book Desolation Island
Desolation Island (1979)
Baba Hari Dass (1923–2018) master yogi, author, builder, commentator of Indian spiritual tradition
The Yellow Book, 1974
Context: Q: Did you start life like us with lots of demands, and what spurred you to give it up? A: When I was six or seven, I would feel I was inside a box of earth and sky, and I would weep. Once I asked my mother: "Take me out of this box of earth and sky." She said, "I can't." Then I said, "I'm going." (p.33)
“My mother didn’t try to stab my father until I was six.”
Alan Alda (1936) actor and United States Army officer
in his memoir Never Have Your Dog Stuffed: And Other Things I've Learned, Random House, 2005, ISBN 1400064090.
Ken Robinson (1950) UK writer
TED Conference http://www.ted.com/talks/sir_ken_robinson_bring_on_the_revolution.html (2010)
Cassandra Clare book City of Fallen Angels
Variant: And second, keep in mind that you are a weapon. In theory, when you're done with training, you should be able to kick a hole in a wall or knock out a moose with a single punch."
"I would never hit a moose," said Clary. "They're endangered.
Source: City of Fallen Angels
Bobby Troup (1918–1999) American actor and musician
Route 66, first sung by Nat King Cole, 1946
Song lyrics
Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury (1830–1903) British politician
Speech to the third annual banquet of the Kingston and District Working Men's Conservative Association (13 June, 1883), quoted in 'The Marquis Of Salisbury At Kingston', The Times (14 June 1883), p. 7
1880s
Viswanathan Anand (1969) Indian chess player
Game of thrones with world chess champion Viswanathan Anand