“I had never heard of [Walter] Young before, and I do not expect to hear from him again.”
Conrad Black (1944) Canadian-born newspaper publisher
on a reviewer of his biography of Maurice Duplessis
The Establishment Man by Peter Newman
A last word, p. 353
Memoirs Of A Bird In A Gilded Cage (1969)
Context: It has not been the style of Canadian politicians to write of their experiences, although it is the common practice for British, French, and American Politicians upon their retirement. But I have been criticized before and I expect to be again.
“I had never heard of [Walter] Young before, and I do not expect to hear from him again.”
Conrad Black (1944) Canadian-born newspaper publisher
on a reviewer of his biography of Maurice Duplessis
The Establishment Man by Peter Newman
Thomas J. Sargent (1943) American economist
"Rational expectations and the dynamics of hyperinflation." 1973
John R. Commons (1862–1945) United States institutional economist and labor historian
Source: Legal foundations of capitalism. 1924, p. 301
“Critics, you have been so kind,
I would not have you think me blind”
Alfred Noyes (1880–1958) English poet
Apologia
The Flower of Old Japan and Other Poems (1907), Forest of Wild Thyme
Context: Critics, you have been so kind,
I would not have you think me blind
To all the wisdom that you preach;
Yet before I strictlier run
In straiter lines of chiselled speech,
Give me one more hour, just one
Hour to hunt the fairy gleam
That flutters through this childish dream.
Babe Ruth (1895–1948) American baseball player
From "Learn Every Job On Team, Babe's Tip to Success—And Marry" http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1920/08/24/page/11/ by Ruth (as told to Pegler), in The Chicago Tribune (August 24,1920), p. 11; reprinted as "The Game I Enjoyed Most" https://books.google.com/books?id=SAAlxi-0EZYC&pg=PA79 in Playing the Game: My Early Years in Baseball, p. 79
“Frankly, once I've eaten a thing, I don't expect to see it again.”
Vivian Stanshall (1943–1995) English musician, artist and author
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Sir Henry at Rawlinson End (1978)
Jia Tolentino (1988) American writer and editor
On whether she considers herself hopeful in “Jia Tolentino: What It’s Like Being the Most Talked About Millennial Writer” https://www.anothermag.com/design-living/11896/jia-tolentino-trick-mirror-book-interview-new-yorker-staff-writer-2019 in AnOther (2019 Sep 15)