Frank Zappa (1940–1993) American musician, songwriter, composer, and record and film producer
Variant: You can't be a Real Country unless you have a BEER and an airline — it helps if you have some kind of a football team or some nuclear weapons, but at the very least you need a BEER.
“Your saving grace, Danielle, is that you make the rest of your kind look vaguely human.”
William Gibson book Mona Lisa Overdrive
Source: Mona Lisa Overdrive (1988), Ch. 25
“Ever since, I have fought a vague kind of battle for some kind of fairness.”
Peter Blake (1932) British artist
Charlotte Higgins, "It was 37 years ago today &ndash; and Sgt Pepper cover has still failed to pay", http://www.guardian.co.uk/thebeatles/story/0,,1230411,00.html The Guardian, 2004-06-03 <br class="br">Sgt. Pepper's cover
“That vague kind of penitence which holidays awaken next morning.”
Charles Dickens book The Old Curiosity Shop
Source: The Old Curiosity Shop (1841), Ch. 40
Donald J. Trump (1946) 45th President of the United States of America
Source: 1980s, Trump: The Art of the Deal (1987), p. 60
“There are kinds of pain that you can't speak out loud.”
Jodi Picoult book Handle With Care
Variant: Even though it hurt, there are kinds of pain you couldn't speak out loud.
Source: Handle with Care
“You can think all kinds of things. But you can't know for sure.”
Herta Müller book The Hunger Angel
Source: The Hunger Angel (2012), p. 61
“When people keep telling you that you can't do a thing, you kind of like to try it.”
Margaret Fuller (1810–1850) American feminist, poet, author, and activist
Margaret Chase Smith, quoted in More Than Petticoats : Remarkable Maine Women (2005) by Kate Kennedy
Misattributed
“When people keep telling you that you can't do a thing, you kind of like to try it.”
Margaret Chase Smith (1897–1995) Member of the United States Senate from Maine
As quoted in "Nation: Madam Candidate" in TIME magazine (7 February 1964) http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,870656-2,00.html <br class="br">Misattributed <br class="br">Context: I am running against no one. I'd like to be President. I think my experience and my record are greater than any other candidate or any other of the unannounced candidates. It's a real challenge, and that's one of the paramount things. When people keep telling you that you can't do a thing, you kind of like to try it.
