#were

All the men in my family were bearded, and most of the women. ↗

— W. C. Fields

#family #men #most #were #women

I have personally seen statements that were longer than some books I have read. ↗

— Wendell H. Ford

#i #longer #personally #read #seen

We all had lots of stories of our sad experiences - they mourned the death of my wife with me - but we were hopeful that the children would return. ↗

— Otto Frank

#death #experiences #had #hopeful #lots

I was very troubled, yes. Me and my brother both - we were troubled and troublemakers. ↗

— Chloe Sevigny

#brother #i #me #troubled #troublemakers

If there were genders to genres, fiction would be unquestionably feminine. ↗

— William Gass

#fiction #genders #genres #unquestionably #were

Were I to flatter myself with the possibility of success in such combat, it would indeed be presumption. ↗

— Anne Seward

#flatter #i #indeed #myself #possibility

Every generation is obsessed with the decade before they were born. ↗

— Fiona Shaw

#born #decade #every #generation #obsessed

If Roosevelt were alive today, he'd turn over in his grave. ↗

— Samuel Goldwyn

#grave #his #over #roosevelt #today

Our great American writers were all newspaper people. ↗

— John Gould

#american writers #great #great american #newspaper #our

There arose a belief in style - and in banality. Banality encompassed politics, too, because it was a common belief that politics were not worthy of art. ↗

— Douglas Sirk

#art #banality #because #belief #common