“If a man talks shit than I owe him nothing.
And if spends my change than he had it coming.”
I Did Something Bad, written by Taylor Swift, Max Martin, and Shellback
Song lyrics, Reputaion (2017)
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William Shakespeare book Much Ado About Nothing
Variant: He that hath a beard is more than a youth, and he that hath no beard is less than a man. He that is more than a youth is not for me, and he that is less than a man, I am not for him.
Source: Much Ado About Nothing
“Nothing more than a change of mind, my dear.”
James Madison (1751–1836) 4th president of the United States (1809 to 1817)
Last words, to his niece, according to A Colored Man's Reminiscences of James Madison (1865) by Paul Jennings, p. 20; his testimony on his death reads:
:: I was present when he died. That morning Sukey brought him his breakfast, as usual. He could not swallow. His niece, Mrs. Willis, said, "What is the matter, Uncle Jeames?" "Nothing more than a change of mind, my dear." His head instantly dropped, and he ceased breathing as quietly as the snuff of a candle goes out.
Variant:
I always talk better lying down.
Last words, according to a listing of "Last Words of Famous Americans" in A Conspectus of American Biography (1906) edited by George Derby, p. 276; no prior publication of such an attribution has been located; in recent years, without any sources cited, the two divergent accounts of his last words have sometimes been combined into the form: "Nothing more than a change of mind, my dear. I always talk better lying down."
1830s
“My man is an ogre and there is nothing he likes better than boys broiled on toast.”
Joseph Jacobs book English Fairy Tales
English Fairy Tales (1890), Preface to English Fairy Tales, Jack and the Beanstalk
Heinrich Himmler (1900–1945) Nazi officer, Commander of the SS
Jasper Ridley, Tito: A Biography (Constable and Company Ltd., 1994).
Undated
“I don't owe people anything, and I don't have to talk to them any more than I feel I need to.”
Ned Vizzini book It's Kind of a Funny Story
Source: It's Kind of a Funny Story
“I had rather hear my dog bark at a crow, than a man swear he loves me.”
William Shakespeare book Much Ado About Nothing
Source: Much Ado About Nothing
Sherry Argov (1977) American writer
Source: Why Men Marry Bitches: A Woman's Guide to Winning Her Man's Heart
Plato (-427–-347 BC) Classical Greek philosopher
Attributed to Plato in Confidence : How to Succeed at Being Yourself (1987) by Alan Loy McGinnis, this is probably a paraphrase of a statement which occurs in Letter of Advice to a Young Gentleman Leaving the University Concerning His Behaviour and Conversation in the World (1907) by Richard Lindgard: "Take heed of playing often or deep at Dice and Games of Chance, for that is more chargeable than the seven deadly sins; yet you may allow yourself a certain easie Sum to spend at Play, to gratifie Friends, and pass over the Winter Nights, and that will make you indifferent for the Event. If you would read a man’s Disposition, see him Game; you will then learn more of him in one hour, than in seven Years Conversation, and little Wagers will try him as soon as great Stakes, for then he is off his Guard." <br class="br">Variants: <br class="br">You can learn more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation. <br class="br">Attributed to Plato in Food Is the Frosting-Company Is the Cake (2007) by Maggie Marshall <br class="br">You learn more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation. <br class="br">Attributed to Plato by former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, as quoted in "Aspiring philosopher Palin quotes 'Plato'" (9 July 2009) http://thinkprogress.org/2009/07/09/palin-plato/ <br class="br">Misattributed