#sai

The British were keen for 30 caliber guns, did not believe in daylight bombing. American experts said 30 caliber was not enough; we had to have 50 caliber, also said daylight bombing was right provided the planes attacked in formation, with 50 caliber guns. ↗

— Stuart Symington

#american #attacked #believe #bombing #british

A man who is not afraid of the sea will soon be drowned, he said, for he will be going out on a day he shouldn't. But we do be afraid of the sea, and we do only be drownded now and again. ↗

— John Millington Synge

#again #day #drowned #going #man

My part had three lines. I said, 'You look wonderful, sir,' three times. All my friends said, 'Do not take that role - and do not understudy. You'll regret it the rest of your life.' I did both of those things, and I've never regretted it once. ↗

— Jeffrey Tambor

#did #friends #had #i #life

When I got this role, my daughter Molly said, 'Dad, you've come full circle. ↗

— Jeffrey Tambor

#come #dad #daughter #full #got

She said 'I'm by commission. You don't have to pay anything until you sell anything.' I said, 'Well fine. You want to be my agent and not make anything.' I thought, 'Boy, is she dumb.' ↗

— Amy Tan

#anything #boy #commission #dumb #fine

You write a book and you hope somebody will go out and pay $24.95 for what you've just said. I think books were my salvation. Books saved me from being miserable. ↗

— Amy Tan

#book #books #go #hope #i

The issue of remittances where we have millions of Mexicans working in the United States sending back dollars. He said they send back 10 billion dollars a year. ↗

— Tom Tancredo

#billion #dollars #issue #mexicans #millions

My parents said, Oh, he's going to be a director someday. I wanted to be an actor. ↗

— Quentin Tarantino

#director #going #i #oh #parents

Where there are large powers with little ambition, nature may be said to have fallen short of her purposes. ↗

— Henry Taylor

#fallen #her #large #little #may

'A Guide To Recognizing Your Saints' was the first real actor-actor part I did, and I hope I to do more. Action movies are fun, but I'd be happy not to do them if there are better roles. ↗

— Channing Tatum

#action movies #be happy #better #did #first