"You have debased my child—you have made him a laughingstock of intelligence—a stench in the nostrils of the gods of the ionosphere."
  • Dr. Lee deForest
    (08/26/1873 – 06/30/1961)
    US inventor, on his 1906 invention, the Audion Tube, which made commercial radio possible
Lee deForest
"In common with many Christians of the classic type he felt sincerely safer and more at ease when he had given away all he had, like a man passing a ball in a game." Margery Allingham
"I have only read one book in my life and that is 'White Fang.' It's so frightfully good I've never bothered to read another." Nancy Mitford
"A face unclouded by thought." Lillian Hellman
"Once you become predictable, no one's interested anymore." Chet Atkins
"Golf is more fun than walking naked in a strange place, but not much." Leonard Hacker
"Where in this small-talking world can I find a longitude with no platitude?" Christopher Fry