“What actually happened was that Rolling Stone paid me fifteen hundred dollars for the use of all the drawings - about twenty four of them - and then offered to buy the originals from me, which my agent urged 'was a good move!'. He sold the whole damn treasure trove to Jann Wenner for the princely sum of sixty dollars per drawing. I rue the day I let him convince me.” WholeUseMovingFourHappenedHundredStonesPaidTwentiesOriginalsDollarsDrawingTreasureAgentsDamnConvinceSixtyFifteenRollingRolling StonesRue Author:Ralph Steadman
“Now I am . . . like anyone with a strong preference for the fly rod, totally indifferent to how large a fish I catch by comparison with other fishermen. So when a fifteen-year-old called Fred, fishing deep in midsummer with a hideous plastic worm, caught a four and a half pounder . . . I naturally felt no resentment beyond wanting to break the kid's thumbs.” YearsKidsStrongFeltHalfBreakFourSeaRiversCaughtFishesBoatLakesComparisonFishingResentmentPlasticIndifferentFifteenPreferenceWormsThumbsHideousFishermanFifteen YearsMidsummerFifteen Years Old Author:Vance Bourjaily
“If you have any doubt that time is relative, try stretching fifteen minutes' worth of input of over four hours cubicle-cell time with an ultra-slow internet connection and frequent visits from supervisors.” IfsTryingHoursDoubtFourMinutesInternetConnectionsCellsRelativeFifteenStretchingInputUltrasSupervisorsCubiclesInternet Connection Author:Rob Payne
“I don't know if there's a proper way to define toughness in a runner, but I do know that there comes a sudden moment when the mindset shifts. The impossible becomes doable, or at least attemptable. The long run goes from two miles to four to ten to fifteen, until it becomes routine at some point deep in an intense training cycle to knock off a couple hours without giving it a thought.” IfsKnowsWayGivingLongTwoMomentsRunningHoursFourImpossibleCoupleTenTrainingMindsetMilesIntenseCyclesRoutineLong RunsFifteenRunnersToughnessIntense Training Author:Martin Dugard
“I am also four, and twelve, and fifteen, and twenty-three, and thirty-one, and forty-five and . . . and . . . and . . .” ThreeFiveFourTwentiesThirtyFortyTwelveFifteen Book:Walking on Water: Reflections on Faith and Art Source: Walking on Water: Reflections on Faith and Art
“But from the perspective of the aging parent, there is no major difference between four and fifteen, except that when your child is four, his motoring privileges are restricted to little toy Fisher-Price vehicles which are unlikely (although I would not totally rule it out in America) to sue you.” ChildrenLittlesAmericaParentDifferencesFourPerspectiveMajorsOur ChildrenAgingPrivilegeYour ChildrenVehicleToysFifteenUnlikelyAging Parents Book:Dave Barry Is from Mars and Venus Source: Dave Barry Is from Mars and Venus
“I grew up playing the guitar. I started when I was nine, and by the time I was nine and a half or ten, I was doing seven or eight hours' practice every day. I did two hours' practice at six o'clock in the morning before I went to school, and another two hours as soon as I got home from school in the afternoon. Then I did four hours at night before I went to bed. I did that until I was fourteen or fifteen.” TwoHomeSchoolNightHoursHalfPracticeMorningFourGrewBedTenSixGrew UpSevenGuitarEightNineClockAfternoonDedicationFifteenFourteen Author:Joe Pass
“Homicide, often involving guns, is a disease that is the leading cause of death for young black men, and the second-leading cause of death for all people aged fifteen to twenty-four. That makes it the leading health issue, particularly when guns are used in combination with drugs and alcohol. And the statistics show that is most often the case.” PeopleMenShowsYoungUsedCausesBlackCasesIssuesFourDrugDiseaseGunTwentiesAlcoholCombinationStatisticsFifteenInvolvingDrugs And AlcoholHomicideHealth IssuesLeading Causes Author:Joycelyn Elders
“Consider the oddity of those drug commercials on television. Fifteen seconds of the purported therapeutic effort, followed by about 45 seconds of a rapidly muttered list of horrific possible side effects. When the ad is over, I can't remember a thing about what the pill is supposed to do, except perhaps cause nausea, liver damage, projectile vomiting, a nasty rash, a four-hour erection, and sudden death. Sudden death is my favorite because there is something comical about it being a side effect. What exactly is the main effect in that case? Relief from abdominal bloating?” I CanRememberCausesSidesHoursEffortCasesFourEffectsTelevisionDrugMy FavoriteListsDamageReliefSecondsAdsFifteenNastyPillsLiverTherapeuticHorrificSide EffectsComicalNauseaOdditiesVomitingSudden DeathExactly IsProjectileAbdominals Author:Charles Krauthammer
“I've written books that have taken me fifteen years, from first sentence to last, and some that only take three or four months.” YearsFirstsBookLastsThreeTakenFourWrittenMonthsSentencesFifteenFifteen Years Author:Paul Auster