“As the chief speaker at the dedication of the national cemetery at the Gettysburg Battlefield, statesman Edward Everett wrote to Lincoln: I should be glad if I could flatter myself that I came as near to the central idea of the occasion in two hours as you did in two minutes.” IfsShouldTwoIdeasHoursMinutesGladChiefsOccasionsIf I CouldDedicationSpeakersBattlefieldsStatesmenCemeteryGettysburg Author:Abraham Lincoln
“The charm of London is that you are never glad or sorry for ten minutes together; in the country you are one or the other for weeks.” CountryTogetherWeekMinutesTenSorryLondonGladVarietyCharm Author:Samuel Johnson
“I'm glad that that era of stand-up is over, because I think it adversely affected a lot of people who could have been really, really great comedians. Because they unconsciously or subconsciously stifled their wild impulses, and were thinking about the five clean minutes for The Tonight Show, or the 20-minute sitcom pitch as a stand-up act.” PeopleThinkingHas BeensShowsFiveMinutesCleanGladErasImpulseComedianTonightAffectedReally GreatCould Have BeenSitcom Author:Patton Oswalt
“Justice [Sonia]Sotomayor said, "Let's talk - you want to talk about the tax power."And I got like a 10-minute run on the tax power. And, boy, was I glad I did because I was able to get across this idea that, yes, this is a narrower ground on which you can affirm it. And I think everybody agrees. I think even the dissenting justices ultimately in the case agreed that, if Congress had expressly called it a tax, it would be indisputably constitutional.” IfsThinkingWantSaidIdeasWould BeRunningAbleJusticeBoysCasesMinutesTaxesAgreeCongressGlad Author:Donald Verrilli Jr.