Source: All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten
“I'll be damned if I am not getting tired of this. It seems to be the profession of a President simply to hear other people talk.”
Quoted in Archibald W. Butt (1930), Taft and Roosevelt.
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Tyrann Mathieu
(1992) All-American college football player, defensive back, cornerback
Asked via Twitter why he decided to try veganism (April 2016); quoted in "Nate Diaz and 8 Other Pro Athletes You Had No Idea Were Vegan", Stack (16 December 2016) http://www.stack.com/a/nate-diaz-and-8-other-pro-athletes-you-had-no-idea-were-vegan.
Jonah Goldberg
(1969) American political writer and pundit
Twitter post https://twitter.com/JonahNRO/status/1038118908992081920 (7 September 2018)
2010s, 2018
“I get tired of talking when I want to be silent.”
Henry Rollins
(1961) American singer-songwriter
Source: The Portable Henry Rollins
“Lovers never get tired of each other, because they are always talking about themselves.”
Ce qui fait que les amants et les maîtresses ne s'ennuient point d'être ensemble, c'est qu'ils parlent toujours d'eux-mêmes.
Variant translation: What makes lovers and their mistresses never weary of being together is that they are always talking about themselves.
Maxim 312.
Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims (1665–1678)
“People are tired of so much damn fraud.”
Andrés Manuel López Obrador
(1953) president of Mexico
Statement during the daily press conference on February 04, 2019.
Source: [February 4 2019, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nvbgCu08syE&, Estrategia de búsqueda de personas desaparecidas. Conferencia presidente AMLO, YouTube, Mexico City, Government of Mexico, Government of Mexico]
“Don't talk to me. I'm tired and grumpy and I'll probably make fun of you.”
Source: The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants
“Oh, I am heartily tired of hearing about what Lee is going to do.”
Ulysses S. Grant
(1822–1885) 18th President of the United States
As quoted in "Campaigning with Grant" http://books.google.com/books?id=Y7TPAAAAMAAJ&q="Oh+I+am+heartily+tired+of+hearing+about+what+Lee+is+going+to+do+Some+of+you+always+seem+to+think+he+is+suddenly+going+to+turn+a+double+somersault+and+land+in+our+rear+and+on+both+of+our+flanks+at+the+same+time+Go+back+to+your+command+and+try+to+think+what+we+are+going+to+do+ourselves+instead+of+what+Lee+is+going+to+do"&pg=PA230#v=onepage (December 1896), by General Horace Porter, The Century Magazine.
1860s
Context: Oh, I am heartily tired of hearing about what Lee is going to do. Some of you always seem to think he is suddenly going to turn a double somersault, and land in our rear and on both of our flanks at the same time. Go back to your command, and try to think what we are going to do ourselves, instead of what Lee is going to do.
