“It's interesting what former presidents do when they leave office. Bush is now working as a motivational speaker. And if you want to be motivated, who better to turn to than the guy who invaded the wrong country and started a depression.” IfsWantCountryGuyTurnsPresidentInterestingOfficeFormerMotivatedSpeakersMotivational Speakers Author:David Letterman
“The fascinating thing about the studio was that there was no story department. They would put a little notice up on the bulletin board saying: 'The next Oswald will take place at the North Pole. Anybody having any gags, please turn them in before such a date.' If you turned in gags regularly, the way Tex Avery, Cal Howard, Jack Carr and two or three others of us did, you'd be called into the gag meeting. The group would go into Walt's office and talk about whatever the subject of the cartoon was. Walt would put it into some kind of form and that was the story--no scripts, no storyboards.” IfsWayKindLittlesTwoStoriesFormTurnsThreeNextGroupsSubjectsPleaseOfficeMeetingsScriptsStudiosBoardsDepartmentFascinatingCartoonWaltGagsNorth PoleBulletin Board Author:Walter Lantz
“All of our presidents come into office looking so vigorous ... They grow grayer and grayer, and by the time they leave, they’re as white as the building they live in ... I have one big advantage: I’ve been coloring my hair for years. So you’re not going to see me turn white in the White House.” YearsBigsTurnsHouseGrowsPresidentWhiteBuildingHairOfficeAdvantageWhite HouseVigorous Author:Hillary Clinton
“The memo's chief function ... is as a track-coverer, so that you can turn on someone six months later and snarl: 'Well, you should have known about it, I sent you a memo.” ShouldWellsTurnsWorkKnownMonthsOfficeSixLettersShould HaveFunctionTrackChiefsSix MonthsTurn-onShould Have KnownMemos Author:Jilly Cooper
“All things that we ordained festival Turn from their office to black funeral-- Our instruments to melancholy bells, Our wedding cheer to a sad burial feast; Our solemn hymns to sullen dirges change; Our bridal flowers serve for a buried corse; And all things change them to the contrary.” TurnsBlackChangeFlowerOfficeAll ThingsInstrumentsContraryMelancholyCheerBuriedFuneralBellsThings ChangeFestivalsSolemnHymnsBurialSullenOur WeddingBridal Book:Romeo and Juliet Source: Romeo and Juliet