“I like things to be orderly. For seven years I ate at Bob's Big Boy. I would go at 2:30, after the lunch rush. I ate a chocolate shake and four, five, six, seven cups of coffee-with lots of sugar. And there's lots of sugar in that chocolate shake. It's a thick shake. In a silver goblet. I would get a rush from all this sugar, and I would get so many ideas! I would write them on these napkins. It was like I had a desk with paper. All I had to do was remember to bring my pen, but a waitress would give me one if I remembered to return it at the end of my stay. I got a lot of ideas at Bob's.” IfsGivingWritingYearsIdeasEndsBigsRememberBoysFiveFourReturnPaperSixGive MeSevenCoffeeCupsRememberedShakesSilverChocolatePensLunchSugarThickBobDesksSeven YearsOrderlyCoffee CupWaitressNapkins Author:David
“Among other things they picked out a detail that Charles had been offered the Governorship of Hong Kong in its dying days by Thatcher in return for shutting up about the inner cities. He quite rightly in my view led the paper on this story.” StoriesLiteratureViewsCitiesDyingReturnPaperDetailsHong KongInner City Author:Anthony Holden
“I return with feelings of misgiving from my third war-I was the first American commander to put his signature to a paper ending a war when we did not win it.” FirstsWarFeelingsWinningReturnPaperThirdsCommandersSignaturesMisgivings Author:Bill Vaughan
“Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value - zero.” ValuesReturnPaperHistoricalZeroIntrinsic ValueMonetary SystemPaper Money Author:Voltaire
“Rag paper, containing hemp fiber, is the highest quality and longest lasting paper ever made. It can be torn when wet, but returns to its full strength when dry.” MadeQualityReturnPaperHighestMade ItDryLastingWetTornRagsFiberContainingLasting LoveHemp Author:Jack Herer
“For me, the stereoscopic imagery was a new game to play with. Surprisingly enough, it's also a return to tradition. I'm back with paper-looking puppets moving about in several layers of theatrical backgrounds.” EnoughPlayMovingGamesReturnPaperTraditionBackgroundsLayersImageryTheatricalPuppetsI'm Back Author:Michel Ocelot
“The IRS sent back my tax return saying I owed $800. I said If you'll notice, I sent a paper clip with my return. Given what you've been paying for things lately, that should more than make up the difference.” IfsShouldSaidGivenDifferencesReturnTaxesPaperIrsClipTax ReturnsPaper Clips Author:Emo Philips
“I got a letter from the IRS. Apparently I owe them $800. So I sent them a letter back. I said, If you'll remember, I fastened my return with a paper clip, which according to your very own latest government pentagon spending figures will more than make up for the difference.” IfsSaidGovernmentRememberDifferencesFiguresReturnPaperLettersSpendingPentagonIrsClipPaper Clips Author:Emo Philips
“I am losing my Soviet citizenship, I do not cease to be a Russian poet. I believe that I will return. Poets always return in flesh or on paper.” BelieveI BelievePoetReturnPaperLosingFleshCeaseSovietCitizenship Author:Joseph Brodsky
“Somebody's buying these treasury bills at 1/20th of one percent. Consuming about $2 billion a day of goods and services beyond what we're producing. In other words, the rest of the world sends about $2 billion a day net of something.We got to send them something in return, don't we. So we send them little pieces of paper.” WorldLittlesPiecesReturnPaperPercentBillsBillionsBuyingGoodsConsumingTreasuryGoods And ServicesTreasury Bill Author:Warren Buffett
“It doesn't matter how many televisions and computers and pieces of stereo equipment the Chinese send to us, even if they're sending them to us only in return for some funny, little, green pieces of paper. That is a balanced trade. They got what they wanted: the green pieces of paper. We got what we wanted: the plush toys, the computers, the stereo components.” IfsLittlesMatterWantedPiecesTelevisionReturnPaperComputerGreenTradeChineseToysBalancedEquipmentComponents Author:P. J. O'Rourke