“I'm playing a cat burglar. I've made it. This is the high point of my career. I'm really chuffed.”
Sam Neill (1947) Irish-born New Zealand actor
Entertainment Weekly; 23 July 1993, Referring to his role on The Simpsons
Source: "Nine Feet Tall" in Air Force Magazine https://www.airforcemag.com/article/0212tall/ (1 February 2012)
“I'm playing a cat burglar. I've made it. This is the high point of my career. I'm really chuffed.”
Sam Neill (1947) Irish-born New Zealand actor
Entertainment Weekly; 23 July 1993, Referring to his role on The Simpsons
“I want to be a Met my whole career.”
David Wright (1982) American baseball player
[New York Post, http://www.nypost.com/sports/mets/61197.htm, At Home With Mr. Wright, Kernan, Kevin, 2006-01-08, 2006-09-22, http://web.archive.org/web/20060110150417/http://www.nypost.com/sports/mets/61197.htm, 2006-01-10]
Ernest J. Gaines (1933–2019) Novelist, short story writer, teacher
In an interview with Patricia Rickels, as quoted in John Lowe (1995) Conversations with Ernest Gaines, University Press of Mississippi, p. 131
Bill Watterson (1958) American comic artist
Source: The Indispensable Calvin and Hobbes
“In my whole legal career I have not met worse types of criminals than in politics.”
Chittaranjan Das (1870–1925) Indian politician and leader of the Swaraj Party
Chittaranjan Das, quoted from Sri Aurobindo, ., Nahar, S., Aurobindo, ., & Institut de recherches évolutives (Paris). India's rebirth: A selection from Sri Aurobindo's writing, talks and speeches. Paris: Institut de Recherches Evolutives. 3rd Edition (2000). https://web.archive.org/web/20170826004028/http://bharatvani.org/books/ir/IR_frontpage.htm
Marilyn Monroe (1926–1962) American actress, model, and singer
As quoted in "When it comes to shoes, practicality often takes a back seat" https://www.newspapers.com/image/?clipping_id=85010977 by Mary T. Schmich, The Orlando Sentinel (November 9, 1983), p. 51
Ward Cunningham (1949) American computer programmer who developed the first wiki
A Conversation with Ward Cunningham (2003), Collective Ownership of Code and Text
Context: It was a turning point in my programming career when I realized that I didn't have to win every argument. I'd be talking about code with someone, and I'd say, "I think the best way to do it is A." And they'd say, "I think the best way to do it is B. I'd say, "Well no, it's really A." And they'd say, "Well, we want to do B." It was a turning point for me when I could say, "Fine. Do B. It's not going to hurt us that much if I'm wrong. It's not going to hurt us that much if I'm right and you do B, because, we can correct mistakes. So lets find out if it's a mistake."
Mark Twain (1835–1910) American author and humorist
New England Weather, speech to the New England Society (December 22, 1876)