“I didn't have much, but I was always happy to share what I did have. It seemed like every African that came to New York City would show up at my apartment door at dinnertime, and I couldn't turn them away. I wasn't much older than any of them, but they started calling me 'Mama Africa' and the name stuck.” ShowsTurnsNamesCitiesDoorsShareNew YorkCallingStuckNew York CityApartmentMamaAlways Happy Author:Miriam Makeba
“It is an accurate statement that the followers of Witchcraft do not usually proselytize, which means you aren't going to find us standing on your local street corner thumping our Books of Shadows. Nor do you have to worry about jumping out of the shower to answer our serene and smiling faces at the door with your clothes stuck to various uncomfortable places on your wet body. But just because we (hopefully) aren't the forcible type doesn't mean we don't exist.” MeanBookBodyFacesAnswersWorryDoorsStreetsTypeClothesShadowStandingVariousCornersStuckStatementsLocalsHopefullyUncomfortableFollowersAccurateWetShowersJumpingWitchcraftSereneStreet CornersSmiling Faces Book:To Ride a Silver Broomstick: New Generation Witchcraft Source: To Ride a Silver Broomstick: New Generation Witchcraft
“I wish, in some ways, I was the type of comedian who could do something blistering and topical, but I'm the guy who gets stuck in the revolving door and thinks I should write about that.” ThinkingWayShouldWritingGuyWishDoorsTypeStuckComedianRevolvingRevolving Doors Author:Jim Gaffigan
“So I knocked on the door at this bed & Breakfast and a lady stuck her head out of the window and said: 'What do you want', I said, 'I want to stay here'. She said, 'Well stay there' and shut the window.” WantWellsSaidHumorFunnyDoorsBedWindowStuckBreakfast Author:Tommy Cooper
“See, even if you're stuck in life, if you can describe just exactly the way you're stuck, then you will immediately recognise that you can't go on that way anymore. So, just saying precisely, writing precisely how you're stuck, or how you're alienated, opens up a door of freedom for you.” IfsWayWritingDoorsGoes OnStuckRecogniseJust Saying Author:David Whyte
“I've never used my weight to get a laugh. That is, used my size as the subject for humor. You never saw me stuck in a door-way or stuck in a chair.” WayUsedLaughingSawsDoorsSubjectsWeightSizeStuckChairs Author:Roscoe Arbuckle
“The first slap-jack given me for dinner was a cake of flour, partially fried in a pan of fat bacon. I nibbled about the brown edges and threw it, unbaked, against a barn door, where it stuck for days.” FirstsWarGivenDoorsEdgesDinnerStuckFatsCivil WarBrownCakeSlapBarnsFlour Author:James Smith