Uncle Traveling Matt

Famous quotes containing the words uncle, traveling and/or matt:

    “I’m not an Uncle Tom.... I’m going to be here for 40 years. For those who don’t like it, get over it.”
    —Clarence Thomas (b. 1948)

    “You don’t want a general houseworker, do you? Or a traveling companion, quiet, refined, speaks fluent French entirely in the present tense? Or an assistant billiard-maker? Or a private librarian? Or a lady car-washer? Because if you do, I should appreciate your giving me a trial at the job. Any minute now, I am going to become one of the Great Unemployed. I am about to leave literature flat on its face. I don’t want to review books any more. It cuts in too much on my reading.”
    —Dorothy Parker (1893–1967)

    “Everything that ever walked or crawled on the face of the earth, swum the depths of the ocean or soared through the skies left its imprint here.”
    —Robert M. Fresco, and Jack Arnold. Dr. Matt Hastings (John Agar)