“Never met such a Gorgon… I don't really know what a Gorgon is like, but I am quite sure that Lady Bracknell is one. In any case, she is a monster, without being a myth, which is rather unfair.”
Source: The Importance of Being Earnest
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Jon Stewart (1962) American political satirist, writer, television host, actor, media critic and stand-up comedian
Grammy Awards, February 21, 2001
Max Beerbohm (1872–1956) English writer
Source: Zuleika Dobson http://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/etext99/zdbsn11.txt (1911), Ch. IX
“I am an invisible monster, and I am incapable of loving anybody. You don't know which is worse.”
Chuck Palahniuk book Invisible Monsters
Variant: I'm an invisible monster. I'm incapable of loving anybody. You don't know which is worse.
Source: Invisible Monsters
Frank Buckles (1901–2011) United States Army soldier and centenarian
On his travels to Nazi Germany in the 1930's.
Knoxville News.
Hoyt Axton (1938–1999) American country singer
Never Been to Spain · Three Dog Night performance http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TKSrHMqQTEI · Elvis Presley performance http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=62s5QIB3WXE <br class="br">Joy To The World (1971) <br class="br">Context: Well, I never been to Spain<br>But I kinda like the music<br>Say the ladies are insane there<br>And they sure know how to use it<br>They don't abuse it, never gonna lose it<br>I can't refuse it.
Mark Rothko (1903–1970) American painter
Abstract Expressionism, David Anfam, Thames and Hudson Ltd London, 1990, p. 81
after 1970, posthumous