"Should I have the good fortune to fall in with him again, I'll make a lord of him."
  • 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
John Paul Jones
"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." Frida Kahlo
"There are still parts of Wales where the only concession to gaiety is a striped shroud."
"I didn't intend for this to take on a political tone. I'm just here for the drugs." Anne Frances Robbins
"Las Vegas without Wayne Newton is like Disneyland without Mickey Mouse."
"I've upped my standards. Now, up yours." Pat Paulsen
"'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." Jeanette Helen Morrison
"Nothing can be further than the truth." George W. Bush, Jr.
"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?" Sylvester Stallone
"Comparing information and knowledge is like asking whether the fatness of a pig is more or less green than the designated hitter rule."