“Leonard Woolf in a letter to Lytton Strachey said he hated John Maynard Keynes "for his crass stupidity and hideous face".” SaidFacesLettersStupidityHatedHideousWoolfKeynesCrass Author:Leonard Woolf
“I'm an advocate of the great Dr. Johnson, the English man of letters who said that patriotism was the last refuge of the scoundrel.” MenSaidLastsLettersPatriotismNationalismRefugeDrsJohnsonScoundrelsDr Johnson Author:George Galloway
“Goethe said, "The author whom a lexicon can keep up with is worth nothing"; Somerset Maugham says that the finest compliment he ever received was a letter in which one of his readers said: "I read your novel without having to look up a single word in the dictionary." These writers, plainly, lived in different worlds.” WorldLooksSaidDifferentNovelReaderLettersLook UpComplimentFinestDictionaryDifferent WorldsSingle WordLexicon Author:Randall Jarrell
“President Obama's trying to work out a nuclear deal with Iran, and the Republicans are steamed. They got together and sent Iran a letter about the nuclear deal. They said if this doesn't work, by God, they're going to send Seth Rogen and James Franco.” IfsTryingSaidTogetherPresidentDealsRepublicanLettersWork OutNuclearIranPresident ObamaThey SaidFranco Author:David Letterman
“In celebration of Mother's Day yesterday, President Obama called three moms who had written him letters. Then kids who made their mom a macaroni necklace said, 'Thanks, Obama.'” MadeSaidKidsMotherThreePresidentWrittenMomLettersYesterdayThanksPresident ObamaCelebrationMothers DayNecklacesMacaroni Author:Jimmy Fallon