I never thought that I
I never thought that I would become a staple in the Australian cultural diet. The equivalent of bread or milk, or a fine old Tasmanian Mauve Vein. I think it’s because I talk about things that people dare not mention. I don’t mean raunchy things or unsavoury things. I call a spade a spade – I discuss things in a realistic manner.
– Barry Humphries
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- Because I’m a guy, I think what you’re wearing is fine. I thought what you were wearing five minutes ago was fine, too. Either pair of shoes is fine. With the belt or without it looks fine. Your hair is fine. You look fine. Can we just go now?
- The human body has no more need for cows’ milk than it does for dogs’ milk, horses’ milk, or giraffes’ milk. – Michael Klaper
- I don’t care what they call me as long as they mention my name. – George M. Cohan
- Later, at Stanford University, I thought I’d become a lawyer or businessman, but my father came to me and said he thought there was a big future in the fine-wine business. – Robert Mondavi
- Later, at Stanford University, I thought I’d become a lawyer or businessman, but my father came to me and said he thought there was a big future in the fine-wine business. – Robert Mondavi
- There are certain things I want to keep to me. I don’t discuss my private life.
- Ramp up my genius, be not retrograde; But boldly nominate a spade a spade. – Ben Jonson
- Paul Robeson was an athlete, Rutgers valedictorian, lawyer, writer, actor in movies and plays, great voice – a black male doing it all, back when some people thought he shouldn’t. One reason I do all the things I do is to break stereotypes that people can only do certain things. – Dhani Jones
- I talk and talk and talk, and I haven’t taught people in 50 years what my father taught by example in one week. – Mario Cuomo
- My job is to have empathy and curiosity for things that I’ve never done. Also, I’m a person whom people talk to. – Richard Ford