Harry V. Jaffa (1918–2015) American historian and collegiate professor
2000s, Interview with Peter Robinson (2009)
“Of all the many talks I had in Washington, none gave me such pleasure as that with you.”
Letter to Dwight D. Eisenhower (1942); to this Eisenhower replied: "I don't have the slightest trouble naming the hellions I'd like to have you shoot; my problem is to figure out some way of getting you to the place you can do it." as quoted in Eisenhower : A Soldier's Life (2003) by Carlo D'Este, p. 301
Context: Of all the many talks I had in Washington, none gave me such pleasure as that with you. There were two reasons for this. In the first place, you are about my oldest friend. In the second place, your self-assurance and to me, at least, demonstrated ability, give me a great feeling of confidence about the future … and I have the utmost confidence that through your efforts we will eventually beat the hell out of those bastards — "You name them; I'll shoot them!"
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Sara Shane (1928–2022) American actress
Interview with Elaine Hollingsworth https://web.archive.org/web/20071003020618/http://www.tarzan.cc/int-sarashane.html (July 9, 2007)
“Of troubles know I none,
Of pleasures know I many —
I rove beneath the sun
Without a single penny.”
Eleanor Farjeon (1881–1965) English children's writer
Vagrant Songs, II
Pan-Worship and Other Poems (1908)
Prince (1958–2016) American pop, songwriter, musician and actor
Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad?
Song lyrics, Prince (1979)
Roberto Clemente (1934–1972) Puerto Rican baseball player
As quoted in "Roberto Clemente, The Pirates' Thorobred
Other, <big><big>1970s</big></big>, <big>1971</big>
Kurt Cobain (1967–1994) American musician and artist
As quoted in Melody Maker (1991-09-14).
Interviews (1989-1994), Print
“You will find many interpretations of my lyrics but none of them by me.”
Don McLean (1945) American Singer and songwriter
As quoted in "What is Don McLean's song 'American Pie' all about?" at The Straight Dope (15 May 1993) http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/908/what-is-don-mcleans-song-american-pie-all-about <br class="br">Context: As you can imagine, over the years I have been asked many times to discuss and explain my song "American Pie" I have never discussed the lyrics, but have admitted to the Holly reference in the opening stanzas. You will find many interpretations of my lyrics but none of them by me. … Sorry to leave you all on your own like this but long ago I realized that songwriters should make their statements and move on, maintaining a dignified silence.
Roger Zelazny book This Immortal
Source: This Immortal (1965), p. 169
Source: Armance (1827), Ch. 10
Context: I no longer find such pleasure in that preeminently good society, of which I was once so fond. It seems to me that beneath a cloak of clever talk it proscribes all energy, all originality. If you are not a copy, people accuse you of being ill-mannered. And besides, good society usurps its privileges. It had in the past the privilege of judging what was proper, but now that it supposes itself to be attacked, it condemns not what is irredemably coarse and disagreeable, but what it thinks harmful to its interest.