Quotes from literature (or other sources)

[sydneyboy]

Did she also say “ I’ve been rich and I’ve been poor, and trust me, rich is better.”

I have repeated that quote on this thread.

[Luv2play]

They made a movie and gave it the title “Splendor in the Grass” from a line in what poem?

[Luv2play]

I have repeated that quote on this thread.

I know. I posted first before seeing your post. Your wording is a bit different. I did mine from memory. Is yours the actual wording?

[sydneyboy]

I know. I posted first before seeing your post. Your wording is a bit different. I did mine from memory. Is yours the actual wording?

I believe so.

[+ Charlie]

They made a movie and gave it the title “Splendor in the Grass” from a line in what poem?

Wordsworth: "....nothing can bring back the hour

Of splendour in the grass."

[Luv2play]

Wordsworth: "....nothing can bring back the hour

Of splendour in the grass."

“...take strength in what remains behind.”

[Luv2play]

“...take strength in what remains behind.”

“Glory in the flower” is usually overlooked In any précis of the poem. But it deserves equal emphasis.

[samhexum]

[loremipsum]

“Nice speech, Eve. But I wouldn’t worry too much about your heart. You can always put that award where your heart ought to be.”

[+ Charlie]

“Nice speech, Eve. But I wouldn’t worry too much about your heart. You can always put that award where your heart ought to be.”

Margo Channing in All About Eve. I loved Bette in that role.

[loremipsum]

Margo Channing in All About Eve. I loved Bette in that role.

 

I live for that line. So underhandedly cutting.

[samhexum]

Billy Crystal zoomed into THE VIEW yesterday for the Whoopster's birthday. He was discussing an ultra-low budget ($1,000,000) movie he made earlier this year, and he described his character thusly:

 

"He's an alcoholic pothead dermatologist, which was difficult for me because I'm not a dermatologist."

[sydneyboy]

“There is only one way to achieve happiness on this terrestrial ball, that’s to have a clear conscience or none at all.”

-Ogden Nash

[+ oldNbusted]

"There are two things that people will always pay for: food and sex. I wasn't any good at cooking" – Madame Claude

[+ IronMaus]

“America has only three cities: New York, San Francisco, and New Orleans. Everywhere else is Cleveland.” -Tennessee Williams.

[Luv2play]

“America has only three cities: New York, San Francisco, and New Orleans. Everywhere else is Cleveland.” -Tennessee Williams.

Tenn would say that. He didn’t exactly fit into cities like Boston or Philadelphia. But he knew a place where guys like himself could hang out and have a good time.

[KrisParr]

Heterosexuality is not normal, it's just common.”

― Dorothy Parker

 

 

“Tell him I was too fucking busy-- or vice versa.”

― Dorothy Parker

[Rod Hagen]

“If all the girls attending [the Yale prom] were laid end to end, I wouldn't be at all surprised.”

 

-Dorothy Parker

[sydneyboy]

“To have a successful marriage is be incompatible, he has income she is pattable.”

-Ogden Nash

[Rod Hagen]

“It was the afternoon of my eighty-first birthday, and I was in bed with my catamite when Ali announced that the archbishop had come to see me.”

-First sentence of Earthly Powers by Anthony Burgess

[Rod Hagen]

"He felt pleased with himself for having roused his bent frame from the insidious grip of his arm-chair"

-THE FINAL SoLUTIoN A Story of Detection Michael Chabon

 

Here's the whole story:

https://munraimondi.files.wordpress.com/2014/02/chabon-michael-the-final-solution.pdf

[mike carey]

I have no idea whether this is an accurate quote, but it's so good it has to be posted somewhere here. I saw it some random place on twitter. I offer no opinion on which side of the ledger I'm on.

 

Half the world is composed of people who have something to say and can't, and the other half who have nothing to say and keep on saying it. ~ Robert Frost

[Luv2play]

Don’t know if this has been cited yet but a funny remark by Tallula Bankhead:

 

I’ll see you at 5:30 to make love to you, but if I’m late, start without me.

[sydneyboy]

“Age is a matter of mind over matter. If you don’t mind it doesn’t matter.”

-Mark Twain

[samhexum]

My mom cracked up at this one.

 

She was watching HOLLYWOOD SQUARES and before the round started, the announcer told what the prize was for the 'secret square' and it included furniture from Levitz, and ended with their tag-line "You'll love it at Levitz."

 

The first contestant picked Wally Cox, who wasn't the 'secret square', and after Peter Marshall asked the question, Cox said "I have a question... if you don't love it at Levitz, can you leave it?"

 

I'm sure the sponsor was thrilled.

 

Cox was the voice of Underdog. Although often cast as meek, he was actually quite athletic, as well as a military veteran. He married three times. Cox was also featured in the first episode of the television series Mission: Impossible.