Famous quotes containing the words select, previous and/or card:
“I dont wish to give offense when I suggest that this country should select a king, or even a queen, rather than a president. One isnt that quick to shoot a king or a queenthe majesty of royalty, you see.”
—David Webb Peoples, screenwriter. English Bob (Richard Harris)
“No man tastes pleasures truly, who does not earn them by previous business; and few people do business well, who do nothing else.”
—Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl Chesterfield (16941773)
“What is the disease which manifests itself in an inability to leave a partyany party at alluntil it is all over and the lights are being put out?... I suppose that part of this mania for staying is due to a fear that, if I go, something good will happen and Ill miss it. Somebody might do card tricks, or shoot somebody else.”
—Robert Benchley (18891945)