Donald J. Trump (1946) 45th President of the United States of America
Source: 2000s, Lines marking the introduction of Trump Steaks by The Sharper Image (2007)
“It is my job, as a writer, to give the world toffee and peanut brittle and tough steak and celery.”
(23 June 2003)
Unfit for Mass Consumption (blog entries), 2003
Context: The world wants oatmeal. It is not my job to give the world oatmeal. It is my job not to be a hack. It is my job to try to make the world chew, lest its lazy jaw muscles atrophy and its collective mandible withers and all its teeth fall out. It is my job, as a writer, to give the world toffee and peanut brittle and tough steak and celery. I write peanut butter sandwiches, not oatmeal. And every time some dolt whines, "I'm confused" or "I don't understand" or "This doesn't make any sense," I should smile and know that I'm doing my job. Not because it is my job to be opaque, but because it is not my job to be transparent.
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“The world wants oatmeal. It is not my job to give the world oatmeal.”
Caitlín R. Kiernan (1964) writer
(23 June 2003)
Unfit for Mass Consumption (blog entries), 2003
Context: The world wants oatmeal. It is not my job to give the world oatmeal. It is my job not to be a hack. It is my job to try to make the world chew, lest its lazy jaw muscles atrophy and its collective mandible withers and all its teeth fall out. It is my job, as a writer, to give the world toffee and peanut brittle and tough steak and celery. I write peanut butter sandwiches, not oatmeal. And every time some dolt whines, "I'm confused" or "I don't understand" or "This doesn't make any sense," I should smile and know that I'm doing my job. Not because it is my job to be opaque, but because it is not my job to be transparent.
Mickey Spillane (1918–2006) American writer
As quoted in The Making of a Bestseller: From Author to Reader (1999) by Arthur T. Vanderbilt, p. 135
“I'm afraid of losing my obscurity. Genuineness only thrives in the dark. Like celery.”
Aldous Huxley book Those Barren Leaves
Those Barren Leaves (1925)
“If you wanted a safe job, go sell shoes. This is a tough business.”
Chuck Hagel (1946) United States Secretary of Defense
Asking his fellow Senators to support a joint resolution opposing President George W. Bush's troop deployment plan, Hagel Ponders White House Run As War Criticism Raises His Profile, The Washington Post, 26 January 2007, 2007-01-29 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/01/25/AR2007012502086_2.html, <br class="br">2007
Conor McGregor (1988) Irish mixed martial artist and boxer
"UFC 197 press conference" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75xAdA3uVeY (January 2016), Ultimate Fighting Championship, Zuffa, LLC <br class="br">2010s, 2016