#sai

Herman Melville was as separated from a civilized literature as the lost Atlantis was said to have been from the great peoples of the earth. ↗

— Edward Dahlberg

#civilized #earth #great #herman #literature

I believe the way I describe the problems in Chicago is that it's a metropolitan area. I've said that everywhere. The uneducated child is not just my problem, it's the state's problem. It's also the federal government's problem. ↗

— Richard M. Daley

#area #believe #chicago #child #describe

You know, I was a school rebel. Whatever they said do, I didn't do. I was totally anti-everything. ↗

— Roger Daltrey

#know #rebel #said #school #totally

The island Mayo is generally barren, being dry, as I said; and the best of it is but a very indifferent soil. ↗

— William Dampier

#being #best #dry #generally #i

I phoned this number and said, Please, sir, I want to be an actor. ↗

— Charles Dance

#i #number #phoned #please #said

Everything has been said yet few have taken advantage of it. Since all our knowledge is essentially banal, it can only be of value to minds that are not. ↗

— Raoul Vaneigem

#banal #been #essentially #everything #few

Yeah, I know I'm ugly... I said to a bartender, 'Make me a zombie.' He said 'God beat me to it.' ↗

— Rodney Dangerfield

#beat #god #i #know #make

With me, nothing goes right. My psychiatrist said my wife and I should have sex every night. Now, we'll never see each other! ↗

— Rodney Dangerfield

#every #every night #goes #i #me

My wife is always trying to get rid of me. The other day she told me to put the garbage out. I said to her I already did. She told me to go and keep an eye on it. ↗

— Rodney Dangerfield

#always #day #did #eye #garbage

I never said, 'I'm going to be a big star.' I said, 'I'm going to be a good actor.' And that took the pressure off. ↗

— Jeff Daniels

#big #big star #going #good #good actor