“I will put on my shoes and shirt
and get out of here - it'll
be better for
all of us.”
Charles Bukowski (1920–1994) American writer
Source: The Roominghouse Madrigals: Early Selected Poems, 1946-1966
Brenda Young (May 17, 2003) "Living his dream", The News-Star, p. 1C.
“I will put on my shoes and shirt
and get out of here - it'll
be better for
all of us.”
Charles Bukowski (1920–1994) American writer
Source: The Roominghouse Madrigals: Early Selected Poems, 1946-1966
Rani Mukerji (1978) Indian film actress
[rediff.com, Rani: I am an entertainer, http://www.rediff.com/entertai/2002/may/09rani.htm, 1 June, 2006]
Famous Quotes
Willem Roelofs (1822–1897) Dutch painter and entomologist (1822-1897)
translation from original Dutch: Fons Heijnsbroek
(original Dutch: citaat van Willem Roelofs, in het Nederlands:) Ik kan mij niet aan het denkbeeld wennen van hier [in België] altijd te blijven. Men blijft hier altijd 'vreemd' en ik mis de steun die men in zijn land aan elkander heeft. Ik vraag mij soms af wat meer in mijn voordeel is om hier te zijn of bij ons bv in Den Haag.. .Het heeft mij steeds toegeschenen dat het er bij ons [in Den Haag] niet briljant uitziet en ik geloof hier [in Brussel] meer in het centrum van kunstbeweging te zijn, maar ik heb soms het land aan België.
In a letter to P. Verloren van Themaat, 1 Oct. 1865; as cited in Willem Roelofs 1822-1897 De Adem der natuur, ed. Marjan van Heteren & Robert-Jan te Rijdt; Thoth, Bussum, 2006, p. 13 - ISBN13 * 978 90 6868 432 2
1860's
“I put my faith in me, and do you know why? Because I have never lost!”
David Gemmell book The King Beyond the Gate
Source: Drenai series, The King Beyond the Gate, Ch. 18
Context: "We don't seem to be overflowing with luck." "You make your own. I put no faith in gods, Lake. Never have. If they exist, they care very little— if at all— about ordinary mortals. I put my faith in me, and do you know why? Because I have never lost!"
“I put my life in danger and came here because I feel this country is in danger.”
Benazir Bhutto (1953–2007) 11th Prime Minister of Pakistan
At the rally in Rawalpindi after which she was assassinated. (27 December 2007)
Context: I put my life in danger and came here because I feel this country is in danger. People are worried. We will bring the country out of this crisis.
Wendy Mass Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life
Source: Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life
John Glenn (1921–2016) American astronaut and politician
As quoted in Roger D. Launius. 2004. Frontiers of Space Exploration. Greenwood Publishing Group, p. 181. Interview: An American hero returns to space: John Glenn and the Sts-95 Shuttle Mission News Conference on Orbit (5 November 1998).
Arnold Schwarzenegger (1947) actor, businessman and politician of Austrian-American heritage
2000s, Speech at the Republican National Convention (31 August 2004)