- John Jay
(12/12/1745 – 05/17/1829)
US Postmaster, replying to a petitioner who wanted his picture on a postage stamp (I suspect this is apocryphal. -qk)
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"We cannot put the face on a stamp unless said person is deceased. My suggestion, therefore, is that you drop dead."
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"Only a man who has loved a woman of genius can appreciate what happiness there is in loving a fool."
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"I take the view, and always have, that if you
cannot say what you are going to say in twenty minutes you ought to go away
and write a book about it."
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"It is not so important to be serious as it is to be serious about the important things. The monkey wears an expression of seriousness which would do credit to any college student, but the monkey is serious because he itches."
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"This is the best biography by me I have ever read."
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| "Comedy's a serious business. You've got to be true and funny, and not look as though you're trying." |  |
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