“The economy was getting so bad, I had to lay myself off.”
Neil Young (1945) Canadian singer-songwriter
Old Ways
Song lyrics, Old Ways (1985)
Guest monologue on The Tonight Show http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/jay-leno-takes-jimmy-fallons-867267, 3 April, 2017 <br class="br">The Tonight Show
“The economy was getting so bad, I had to lay myself off.”
Neil Young (1945) Canadian singer-songwriter
Old Ways
Song lyrics, Old Ways (1985)
“I never saw so many shocking bad hats in my life.”
Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington (1769–1852) British soldier and statesman
When asked what he thought of the first Reformed Parliament, as quoted in Words on Wellington (1889) by Sir William Fraser, p. 12.
“The economy is so bad, the Obamas just listed Abraham Lincoln's bedroom on AirBnB!”
Jimmy Fallon (1974) American TV Personality
Hosting The Tonight Show, October 31, 2016
Unsourced
Michel Foucault book Discipline and Punish
Source: Discipline and Punish (1977), Chapter Two, pp.. 79
“The economy is so bad, Pat Sajak had to take out a home loan just to buy a vowel!”
Jimmy Fallon (1974) American TV Personality
Hosting The Tonight Show, October 31, 2016
Unsourced
“I saw that bad handwriting should be regarded as a sign of an imperfect education.”
Mahatma Gandhi (1869–1948) pre-eminent leader of Indian nationalism during British-ruled India
Part I, Chapter 5, At the High School
1920s, An Autobiography (1927)