Slash (musician) (1965) British-American musician and songwriter
Interview with Rock Guitar Player Magazine, 2003.
Spark (2014)
Slash (musician) (1965) British-American musician and songwriter
Interview with Rock Guitar Player Magazine, 2003.
Mel Brooks (1926) American director, writer, actor, and producer
The 2,000 Year Old Man (and sequels)
“A comedian is not a man who opens a funny door. He opens a door funny.”
Ed Wynn (1886–1966) American actor
Hedda Hooper, November 1 1960, “Comic Ed Wynn, Winning Still, Discusses Craft”, Buffalo (NY) Courier-Express, pg. 6, col. 1. Wynn was paraphrasing Fred Allen. “A comic says funny things; a comedian says things funny”, Barry Popik, November 10, 2015, January 7, 2017 http://www.barrypopik.com/index.php/new_york_city/entry/a_comic_says_funny_things/,
“A hat not much the worse for wear.”
William Cowper (1731–1800) (1731–1800) English poet and hymnodist
St. 46.
The Diverting History of John Gilpin (1785)
“There are a great many doors open; but a door must be of a man's size or it is not meant for him.”
Henry Ward Beecher (1813–1887) American clergyman and activist
As quoted in Henry Ward Beecher: His Life and Work (1887) by J.T. Lloyd, p. 261 http://books.google.com/books?id=MV5DAAAAYAAJ <br class="br">Other Sourced
Victor Hugo book Les Misérables
Variant: A doctor’s door should never be closed, a priest's door should always be open.
Source: Les Misérables
“Fortune leaves always some door open to come at a remedy.”
Miguel de Cervantes (1547–1616) Spanish novelist, poet, and playwright
Don Quixote de la Mancha (1605–1615), Unplaced as yet by chapter