“Not only do I not know what's going on, I wouldn't know what to do about it if I did.”
George Carlin (1937–2008) American stand-up comedian
Allegedly said to Charles Lindbergh after he flew the Atlantic solo in an aeroplane.
Attributed
“Not only do I not know what's going on, I wouldn't know what to do about it if I did.”
George Carlin (1937–2008) American stand-up comedian
“Love isn't about what we did yesterday; it's about what we do today and tomorrow and the day after”
Grace Lee Boggs (1915–2015) social activist and feminist
Source: The Next American Revolution: Sustainable Activism for the Twenty-First Century
“It's not necessarily about what career you pick. It's about how you do what you do.”
Cory Doctorow Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town
Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town (2005)
“We do not have that much to moan about when one thinks of what people did not moan about before.”
Margrethe II of Denmark (1940) Queen of Denmark
From 'Om man så må sige – 350 Dronning Margrethe-citater', quoted in English here http://trondni.blogspot.co.uk/2012/11/new-books-wit-and-wisdom-of-margrethe-ii.html. <br class="br">Society
“What do you do? The DJ. If you did not do the DJ you work would you like to do? The DJ.”
Prevale (1983) Italian DJ and producer
Original: (it) Che lavoro fai? Il DJ. Se non facessi il DJ che lavoro vorresti fare? Il DJ.
Source: prevale.net
“You can't imagine what courage it took to do what he did.”
Hugh Thompson, Jr. (1943–2006) United States helicopter pilot during the Vietnam War
http://www.nola.com/newsflash/louisiana/index.ssf?/base/news-22/1136568553158920.xml&storylist=louisiana
Seymour Hersh, journalist who "broke" the My Lai massacre story.
Quotes of others about Thompson
“What did my arms do before they held you?”
Sylvia Plath (1932–1963) American poet, novelist and short story writer
"Three Women: A Poem for Three Voices" http://www.angelfire.com/tn/plath/3women.html (1962), a radio play published in 1968 <br class="br">Variant: What did my fingers do before they held him?<br>What did my heart do, with its love? <br class="br">Source: The Collected Poems