“I know what you’re thinking. You’ll never find a man quite like me.”
Some character (I didn’t record which) on the TV show “Family Matters” on TBS June 6, 1996
“Liquid sunshine”
What his mother always called pouring rain, according to Bill Clinton while presiding over the dedication of his presidential library in Little Rock, Arkansas in a downpour, quoted in Maclean’s November 29, 2004
“It’s hard to argue with that kind of reasoning.”
John Robson (me) confronted with a ridiculous and belligerent argument, January 27, 2001
“I had a great idea this morning but I didn’t like it.”
A piece of “Samuel Goldwyn apocrypha” quoted in “Social Studies” in Globe & Mail December 28, 2004
“‘He’s... he’s an extraordinary man.’”
Chief Inspector Dreyfuss re Jacques Clouseau in A Shot in the Dark
“A true friend is someone who likes you despite your achievements.”
Arnold Bennett, quoted on www.hound-dog-media.com
“You will be extremely lucky to get this person to work for you.”
Another “he’s an extraordinary man” veiled insult for use in an insincere letter of recommendation [again I don’t know the source but do not claim to have invented it].
In my latest National Post column I say that press releases that declare themselves important reveal themselves as self-important.