“The studios have their list of five actresses and whether they're right or wrong for a role doesn't matter. It's how much money their last movie made.” MadeMatterLastsRolesFiveStudiosActressesLists Author:Sherilyn Fenn
“I feel successful when the writing goes well. This lasts five minutes. Once, when I was number one on the bestseller list, I also felt successful. That lasted three minutes.” FeelsWritingWellsLastsThreeFeltDifficultNumbersSuccessfulFiveMinutesListsFive MinutesDifficult Days Author:Jacqueline Briskin
“Insider can be more ludicrous. How did I ever end up [as one]? Carsick [Waters's book on hitchhiking] was on the New York Times best-seller list for five weeks. [One of the characters was] a singing asshole that does a duet with Connie Francis! Times have changed. That's mainstream, in a weird way.” WayDoeBookEndsCharacterWaterFiveWeekNew YorkChangedSingingListsMainstreamNew York TimesSellersInsidersBest SellersHitchhikingTimes Have ChangedDuets Author:John Waters
“I told [reporters] that I sprinkled marijuana on my organic buckwheat pancakes, and then when I ran my five miles to the ballpark, it made me impervious to the bus fumes. That's when [Baseball Commissioner] Bowie Kuhn took me off his Christmas list.” MadeFiveBaseballListsMilesRanBusMarijuanaReportersPancakesBowieBallparksImperviousCommissioners Author:Bill Lee
“Make a list of twenty-five things you want to experience before you die. Carry it in your wallet or purse and refer to it often.” WantDiesFiveTwentiesListsPursesTwenty FiveWallets Author:H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
“If asked to list my ten favorite American fiction writers, Gail Godwin would be among them. In this, her latest . . . she evokes in a short book the long married life of two artists. Evenings at Five is a strong tale of love-after-death.” IfsLongTwoBookWould BeArtistStrongFictionFiveTenMarriedListsTalesEveningAfter DeathEvokeFiction WritersMarried LifeGail Author:Ned Rorem
“After a Canadian has been referred to a specialist, the waiting list for gynecological surgery is four to 12 weeks, cataract removal 12 to 18 weeks, tonsillectomy three to 36 weeks and neurosurgery five to 30 weeks.” Has BeensThreeWaitingFiveFourWeekListsSurgerySpecialistsRemovalNeurosurgery Author:Walter E. Williams
“I'm a lover of lists and five-year plans and Excel spreadsheets. Any way that I can have any control over the direction my life is going, I gravitate towards that.” WayYearsI CanLife IsFivePlansLoversListsFive YearsFive Year Plans Author:Jenna Fischer
“The building housing America's military brass is a five-sided pentagon, but somehow, the people in it still manage to make it the squarest place on earth. The latest evidence? A current military document that lists homosexuality as a mental disorder in the same league as mental retardation - noting, of course, the one difference: retarded people can still get into heaven.” PeopleStillsEarthAmericaCoursesHeavenDifferencesFiveMilitaryBuildingEvidenceCurrentsListsManageLeagueDisorderDocumentsHomosexualityHousingPentagonBrassRetardedMental DisorderMental Retardation Author:Jon Stewart