“I don't want to use four-letter words.”
Sergey Lavrov (1950) Russian politician and Foreign Minister
PENN Address (2004)
Context: Don't get me too excited because I use four letter words when I get excited.
I'd just like to say to the parents, your children are safe, your country is safe, the FCC has taught me a lesson and the only four letter word I'm going to use today is P-E-N-N. Come to think of it 'Bono' is a four-letter word. The whole business of obscenity — I don't think there's anything certainly more unseemly than the sight of a rock star in academic robes. It's a bit like when people put their King Charles spaniels in little tartan sweats and hats. It's not natural, and it doesn't make the dog any smarter.
“I don't want to use four-letter words.”
Sergey Lavrov (1950) Russian politician and Foreign Minister
Leonardo DiCaprio (1974) American actor and film producer
http://www.popmonk.com/actors/leonardo-dicaprio/quotes-leonardo-dicaprio.htm
David Hockney (1937) British artist
Interview with Marion Finlay, "Hockney on … politics, pleasure, and smoking in public places" http://www.forestonline.org/output/Page264.asp FOREST Online (28 July 2004) <br class="br">2000s
“I have noticed that teachers get exciting confused with boring a lot.”
Sara Pennypacker (1951) American children's writer (pseudonym)
Source: The Talented Clementine