“I'd like to destroy you a few times in bed.”

— Ernest Hemingway

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American author and journalist 1899–1961

Gina Barberi

Radio From Hell (October 4, 2005)

“I'd like to welcome you the AOPA. There's also aa-AOPA. If this is your first time flying a plane on alcohol, I'd like to welcome ya!”

Robin Williams (1951–2014) American actor and stand-up comedian

Inside the Actors Studio (2001)

“I'd like to see you out in the moonlight.
I'd like to kiss you way back in the sticks.
I'd like to walk you through a field of wildflowers.
And I'd like to check you for ticks.”

Brad Paisley (1972) American country music singer

Ticks, written by Brad Paisley, Kelley Lovelace, and Tim Owens.
Song lyrics, 5th Gear (2007)

“David Brinkley: Suppose somebody was breaking into your house at night, and you didn't have a gun. Wouldn't you wish you had one?
Sam Donaldson: No, I'd call the police immediately, I'd slam the doors, I'd cower under the bed, or in the closet…
Brinkley: George?
George Will: I'd call Carl Rowan.”

Carl Rowan (1925–2000) American journalist

exchange on This Week with David Brinkley, June 19, 1988.
Quoington Star article entitled "Has President Nixon Gone Crazy?"

“I'd been hurt, and in response I had acted violently, destroying a little of myself each time I did so.”

John Connolly book The Killing Kind

Source: The Killing Kind

“I'd like to say that this time I'd kill myself too.. but I've never had that kind of courage.”

Jodi Picoult (1966) Author

Source: Mercy

“You don't ever get a chance to play what you really do; and if you do, you notice that you can't play, because you haven't been. And often I'd be asked to play like somebody else, like Joe Sample. I'd say, "I can't play like him. He's an original." I'd be asked to try and the producers would love it, but I'd feel rotten. Then one time I ran into Joe and he told me, "Man, I'm tired of people asking me to play like you."”

Clare Fischer (1928–2012) American keyboardist, composer, arranger, and bandleader

My jaw dropped. Then I found out this is a common practice. <br class="br">On his years in the studio, playing on films, TV shows and jingles, as quoted in "He Arranges, Composes, Performs: Fischer, A Renaissance Man Of Music" http://articles.latimes.com/1987-05-14/entertainment/ca-8949_1_clare-fischer

“You are the best person I've met in years, and if I'd met you in a year's time, or maybe even a few months, I know we could be happy together, but I can't give you what you need.”

Jane Green (1968) British writer

Source: Mr. Maybe

“You look like you’re ready for bed!”

Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (1921) member of the British Royal Family, consort to Queen Elizabeth II

Said in 2003 to President of Nigeria, who was in national dress, as quoted in "Prince Philip quotes: Relive 65 classic gaffes as Duke of Edinburgh celebrates 65th wedding anniversary" http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/prince-philip-quotes-relive-65-1445185 <br class="br">2000s

“I'd like to get a lot done in a short period of time.”

Tom Crean (basketball coach) (1966) American college basketball coach

As quoted in "Crean on : rebuilding the tradition of Indiana basketball" by David Burkart in IUplanet Newsletter (7 October 2007) http://iuplanet.com/forum/indiana-basketball-news/20261-crean-rebuilding-tradition-indiana-basketball.html <br class="br">Context: I'd like to get a lot done in a short period of time.... Your head coach won’t be real patient. Trying to keep it in perspective? Yes. Real patient? No.

“I'd like to destroy you a few times in bed.”

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