
“He was a decent enough guy, but he was always at his worst when he was trying to be sincere.”
Source: Academy Series - Priscilla "Hutch" Hutchins, Odyssey (2006), Chapter 3 (p. 24)
As stated on the verdict of Jonathan Koppenhaver A.K.A War Machine, on ESPN. http://www.espn.com/mma/story/_/id/18961542/las-vegas-jury-convicts-war-machine-29-counts
“He was a decent enough guy, but he was always at his worst when he was trying to be sincere.”
Source: Academy Series - Priscilla "Hutch" Hutchins, Odyssey (2006), Chapter 3 (p. 24)
“I tell you, Izetbegović has earned Sarajevo by not abandoning it. He's one tough guy. It's his.”
Remark at the Dayton Conference (November 1995), quoted in Richard Holbrooke, To End a War, p. 291
On George W. Bush.
White House Correspondents' Association Dinner (2006)
“He had writer's block once. It was the worst ten minutes of his life.”
About Isaac Asimov – quoted in Page Fright : Foibles and Fetishes of Famous Writers (2009) by Harry Bruce
Jerry Pournelle, in "Chaos Manor: Is there an Upgrade in your future?" in Dr. Dobb's Journal : Software Tools For The Professional Programmer (2005), Vol. 30, Issues 374-379, p. 9
Variant: Most writers hate to write, and will grasp any excuse to do something else … There are exceptions. Isaac Asimov actually was never happier than sitting at a keyboard — first, his old typewriter; then, the TRS-80; and later, a more conventional PC. But then, Isaac was unusual, and his experience with writer's block was the worst 10 minutes of his life.
A Philosopher: On Wonder And Beauty
Jesus, The Son of Man (1928)
Context: He knew the depth of beauty, He was for ever surprised by its peace and its majesty; and He stood before the earth as the first man had stood before the first day.
We whose senses have been dulled, we gaze in full daylight and yet we do not see. We would cup our ears, but we do not hear; and stretch forth our hands, but we do not touch. And though all the incense of Arabia is burned, we go our way and do not smell.
On Mel Ott, from "Nice Guy," in Greatest Giants of Them All (1967), p. 232; reprinted in Mel Ott: The Little Giant of Baseball https://books.google.com/books?id=5JlCbMNiWr0C&pg=PA192&dq=%22Arnold+Hano+wrote+feelingly%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CBQQ6AEwAGoVChMI4Yfx7arUxwIViHA-Ch3J4wOi#v=onepage&q=%22Arnold%20Hano%20wrote%20feelingly%22&f=false (1999) by Fred Stein, p. 192
Sports-related
President Barack Obama, during the 2009 White House Correspondents Dinner. http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/remarks-president-white-house-correspondents-association-dinner-592009
About
“He just made my day. What a guy.”
Mitt Romney on Eastwood's endorsement of him in the 2012 United States presidential election.
Source: Access Hollywood. http://www.accesshollywood.com/clint-eastwood-endorses-mitt-romney-for-president_article_68090
On Ponting's decision to bowl at the crucial Edgbaston Ashes Test, 2005. Via Cricinfo http://www.cricinfo.com/quote/content/story/231681.html.