- John Paul Jones
(07/06/1747 – 07/18/1792)
US naval officer, on learning that captain Richard Pearson was knighted after Jones defeated him in battle
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"Should I have the good fortune to fall in with him again, I'll make a lord of him."
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"I drank to drown my pain, but the damned pain learned how to swim, and now I am overwhelmed by this decent and good behavior."
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"There are still parts of Wales where the only concession to gaiety is a striped shroud."
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"I didn't intend for this to take on a political tone. I'm just here for the drugs."
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"Las Vegas without Wayne Newton is like Disneyland without Mickey Mouse."
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"I've upped my standards. Now, up yours."
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"'Psycho' gave me very wrinkled skin. I was in that shower for seven days—70 set-ups. At least, he [Hitchcock] made sure the water was warm."
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"Nothing can be further than the truth."
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"I'm astounded by people who take 18 years to write something. That's how long it took that guy to write 'Madame Bovary,' and was that ever on the best-seller list?"
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"Comparing information and knowledge is like asking whether the fatness of a pig is more or less green than the designated hitter rule."
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