#mention

What a pity, when Christopher Columbus discovered America, that he ever mentioned it. ↗

— Margot Asquith

#christopher #columbus #discovered #ever #mentioned

I think it could be the biggest information problem that we face. 'If somebody is abroad and they even mention the name of an American citizen, bang, off goes the tap, and no more information is collected. ↗

— Charles F. Bass

#american #american citizen #bang #biggest #citizen

Pious XII was too neutral to mention the gas chambers; decent people like my own family were turned into devils by crude Christianity. ↗

— Lionel Blue

#christianity #crude #decent #decent people #devils

One measure of friendship consists not in the number of things friends can discuss, but in the number of things they need no longer mention. ↗

— Clifton Paul Fadiman

#discuss #friends #friendship #longer #measure

Well, Marx is having a comeback. I hear him mentioned a lot in terms of the global financial situation and the general sense of injustice out there. A lot of economic experts in America refer to him without actually using the M word, but he's around. ↗

— David Byrne

#america #around #comeback #economic #experts

I wanted to make a human monster. His name is Coffin Baby. The idea is based on a group of people from Pasadena whose names I can't mention. His mother died and during the funeral, this baby came out of her in the coffin. ↗

— Tobe Hooper

#based #came #coffin #died #during

I thought it completely absurd to mention my name in the same breath as the presidency. ↗

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

#breath #completely #i #mention #name

Those who have succeeded at anything and don't mention luck are kidding themselves. ↗

— Larry King

#anything #kidding #luck #mention #succeeded

If you write chick lit, and if you're a New Yorker, and if your book becomes the topic of pop-culture fascination, the paper might make dismissive and ignorant mention of your book. If you write romance, forget about it. You'll be lucky if they spell your name right on the bestseller list. ↗

— Jennifer Weiner

#becomes #bestseller #book #chick #fascination

Luck is not something you can mention in the presence of self-made men. ↗

— E. B. White

#luck #mention #presence #self-made #something