“Driving a Porsche in London is like bringing a Ming vase to a football game.”
Douglas Adams (1952–2001) English writer and humorist
As quoted in Don't Panic: The Official Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy Companion (1988) by Neil Gaiman
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“Driving a Porsche in London is like bringing a Ming vase to a football game.”
Douglas Adams (1952–2001) English writer and humorist
As quoted in Don't Panic: The Official Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy Companion (1988) by Neil Gaiman
“Football is a game played with arms, legs and shoulders but mostly from the neck up.”
Knute Rockne (1888–1931) American college football player and college football coach (1888-1931)
Great Quotes from Great Sports Heroes (1997) by Peggy Anderson, p. 35
“The bank, Mr. Van Buren, is trying to kill me, but I will kill it.”
Andrew Jackson (1767–1845) American general and politician, 7th president of the United States
Said to Martin Van Buren (8 July 1832) and quoted in The Autobiography of Martin Van Buren, published in Annual Report of the American Historical Association for the Year 1918, vol. II (1920), ed. John Clement Fitzpatrick, ch. XLIII (p. 625)
Referring to the Second Bank of the United States
1830s
Gary Gygax (1938–2008) American writer and game designer
As quoted in "Dungeon Masters in Cyberspace" in The New York Times (27 February 2006) http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/27/arts/27drag.html?_r=1&oref=slogin&pagewanted=all
Maddox (1978) American internet writer
The iPhone is a piece of shit, and so is your face. http://www.thebestpageintheuniverse.net/c.cgi?u=iphone <br class="br">The Best Page in the Universe
Hugo Chávez (1954–2013) 48th President of Venezuela
Chávez referring to the videogame Mercenaries 2: World in Flames where the player has to kill a Venezuelan general. Quoted in Chavez Sets His Sights On Banks And Barbie http://news.sky.com/home/world-news/article/15530090 <br class="br">2010
Billy Childish (1959) British musician
Tim Teeman, "The importance of being Childish", http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,22876-2475809.html The Times, 2006-12-02
Piet Mondrian (1872–1944) Peintre Néerlandais
Source: Quote of Mondrian about his 1890' years; in 'Mondrian, Essays' ('Plastic art and pure plastic art', 1937 and his other essays, (1941-1943) by Piet Mondrian; Wittenborn-Schultz Inc., New York, 1945, p. 10; as cited in De Stijl 1917-1931 - The Dutch Contribution to Modern Art, by H.L.C. Jaffé http://www.dbnl.org/tekst/jaff001stij01_01/jaff001stij01_01.pdf; J.M. Meulenhoff, Amsterdam 1956, p. 40