- Tobias Smollett
(03/19/1721 – 09/17/1771)
Scottish writer
| Born 03/18 | Born 03/19 | Born 03/20 | Birth Dates | |
| Died 03/18 | Died 03/19 | Died 03/20 | Death Dates |
"Some folk are wise, and some are otherwise."
|
|
"I will go anywhere, as long as it be forward."
|
"The more I study religions the more I am convinced that man never worshipped anything but himself."
|
 |
"Writing is learning to say nothing, more cleverly every day."
|
| "Fast is fine, but accuracy is everything." |  |
"Do not compute the totality of your poultry population until all the manifestations of incubation have been entirely completed."
|
 |
"I am sitting in the smallest room of my house. I have your review before me. In a moment, it will be behind me."
|
"The higher a monkey climbs, the more you see of its behind."
|
"Everything that I did in life that was worthwhile, I caught hell for."
|
 |
"Honey, that Totie Fields is one well-fed white woman. When that gal sits around the house, she sits around the house!"
|
 |
"Remorse is for little children."
|
"To get where you want to go you can't only do what you like."
|
"Last night I dreamed I ate a ten-pound marshmallow, and when I woke up the pillow was gone."
|
 |
"The kid doesn't chew tobacco, smoke, drink, curse, or chase broads. I don't see how he can possibly make it."
|
 |
| "The road to hell is paved with works-in-progress." |
"If the role demands it, then naturally I will
remove my clothes."
|
 |
"I really think that effective acting has to do literally with the movement of molecules."
|
 |
"On the one hand, we'll never experience childbirth. On the other hand, we can open all our own jars."
|
 |
| Born 03/18 | Born 03/19 | Born 03/20 | Birth Dates | |
| Died 03/18 | Died 03/19 | Died 03/20 | Death Dates |