#err

The attack of John Brown upon Harper's Ferry came upon Virginia like a clap of thunder out of a clear sky. ↗

— John Sergeant Wise

#brown #came #clap #clear #ferry

Historically, Hollywood comedy has arrived in skinny envelopes. From fence post Buster Keaton to herky-jerky Jerry Lewis to wiry nerve-bundle Woody Allen to hung-loose Richard Pryor to whippy contortionist Jim Carrey, its comics and clowns have tended to be sliced thin and bendable. ↗

— James Wolcott

#arrived #buster #carrey #clowns #comedy

In 2008, Barack Obama did get Democrats hyperventilating, whipped up to a creamy froth, while John McCain creaked ahead like a cranky granddad whom Republicans let move to the front of the buffet line, deferring to seniority, as they had in 1996, when Bob Dole turtled to the top of the ticket. ↗

— James Wolcott

#barack #barack obama #bob #buffet #cranky

Whenever I catch a chunk of an Adam Sandler comedy on cable, it looks as badly shot and goofily tossed off as a Jerry Lewis gag reel once he hit the late downslide with 'Hardly Working' and 'Cracking Up.' ↗

— James Wolcott

#adam sandler #badly #cable #catch #chunk

It is very comforting to believe that leaders who do terrible things are, in fact, mad. That way, all we have to do is make sure we don't put psychotics in high places and we've got the problem solved. ↗

— Tom Wolfe

#comforting #fact #got #high #high places

Not long after I published my first book, I quickly found I was terrible at being interviewed. ↗

— Tom Wolfe

#being #book #first #found #i

I'm just going to have to grow old, because I'm too terrified to have anything done. ↗

— Natalie Wood

#because #done #going #grow #i

I've been terrified of the water, and yet it seems I'm forced to go into in on every movie that I make. ↗

— Natalie Wood

#every #forced #go #i #into

To me, 'Blackberry Way' stands up as a song that could be sung in any era, really. We do it with the new doing all sort of fanfare things in it and it works really well. It goes down great with audiences. ↗

— Roy Wood

#audiences #blackberry #could #doing #down

Anyone can be a barbarian; it requires a terrible effort to remain a civilized man. ↗

— Leonard Woolf

#barbarian #civilized #civilized man #effort #man