A group from Glasgow sought in 1891 to purchase his portrait of Thomas Carlyle was shocked that Whistler's price was 1000 guineas. A spokesman countered that the portrait was not even life size. Whistler replied, But, you know, few men are life size.

I didn't want to come up with some generic Johnny Bravo type name. I'm not that cool, so I might as well stick with my birth name.

Colin Hanks

Through radio I look forward to a united states of the world. Radio is standardizing the peoples of the earth, English will become the universal language because it is predominantly the language of the ether. The most important aspect of radio is its sociological influence

Arthur Edwin Kennelly, 1926

A sure way of getting the last word in an argument is to say you right.

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Harvard Medical School, the University of South Florida and the American Psychiatric Association have all conducted studies showing that the earlier one begins gambling, the more likely it is he or she will become an addicted, problem gambler.

Spencer Bachus

Somebody would say, Yes, of course,' because I was a hungry young journalist.

Neil Gaiman

Nobody travels on the road to success without a puncture or two.

Navjot Singh Sidhu

Cherish your visions and your dreams, as they are the children of your soul the blueprints of your ultimate achievements.

Napoleon Hill

LIfe has got all those twists and turns. You've got to hold on tight and off you go.

Nicole Kidman

Ask not what your country can do for you — ask what you can do for your country.

John F. Kennedy

It is amazing how nice people are to you when they know you're going away.

Michael Arlen

Large legislative bodies resolve themselves into coteries, and coteries into jealousies.

Napoleon Bonaparte

I felt very lonely when they were all there.

Ernest Hemingway