Famous quotes containing the words alphabet, comparison, script and/or neighbours:
“Roger Thornhill: Youre police, arent you. Or is it FBI?
Professor: FBI, CIA, OIwere all in the same alphabet soup.”
—Ernest Lehman (b.1920)
“Most parents arent even aware of how often they compare their children. . . . Comparisons carry the suggestion that specific conditions exist for parental love and acceptance. Thus, even when one child comes out on top in a comparison she is left feeling uneasy about the tenuousness of her position and the possibility of faring less well in the next comparison.”
—Marianne E. Neifert (20th century)
“If its a good script Ill do it. And if its a bad script, and they pay me enough, Ill do it.”
—George Burns (b. 1896)
“A statesman is an easy man,
He tells his lies by rote;
A journalist makes up his lies
And takes you by the throat;
So stay at home and drink your beer
And let the neighbours vote.”
—William Butler Yeats (18651939)