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Charles Lamb 85
English essayist 1775–1834Related quotes
“I have Van Gogh's ear for music”
“This flea which I have in mine ear.”
Source: Gargantua and Pantagruel (1532–1564), Third Book (1546), Chapter 31.
“Very simple. I'm putting up the money, and I also have ears.”
On Americans who question his right to judge Americans since he is British
Quoted in Bill Keveney, "Viewers 'Idol'-ize this saucy search for a superstar," USA Today (18 June 2002)
2000s
“I have followed my ear and my heart, which may be false. I hope not.”
Preface, In the Net of Stars, 1909
Other Quotes
“I haven't got any papers. I have two ears, and I've heard many things.”
when she was suspected to have leaked confidential information from classified Foreign Ministry documents
“Fieldes have eies and woods have eares.”
Part II, chapter 5.
Proverbs (1546), Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)
“Are you going to come along quietly, or am I going to have to use ear plugs?”
The Goon Show, Season 9, Episode 12: "The Call of the West" (January 20, 1959)
Alternative: "Are you going to come along quietly, or do you want musical accompaniment?"