Some quotes

[wellinghall]

"I love to go to the playground and watch the children jumping up and down. They don't know I'm firing blanks." Erno Phillips

"I am about to - or, I am going to - die. Either expression can be used." Noah Webster

"Being published by the Oxford University Press is rather like being married to a duchess; the honour is greater than the pleasure." GM Young

Comments

[the-marquis.livejournal.com]

Isn't the first one from Emo Phillips, floppy-haired wierd American stand-up comedian?

[wellinghall.livejournal.com]

Hmm. Either they can't type, or I can't read. (I might have made the connection earlier if I had heard of the guy).

[emily-shore.livejournal.com]

That OUP quote is great. :)

[wellinghall.livejournal.com]

Thank you :-) That's actually the first of the three I came across; given how many of my LJ friends (and RL friends, for that matter) have Oxford connections, I thought it might be worth putting it up here.

The ideal short story combines God, the aristocracy, sex and scandal.

"Take your hand off my knee!" said the Duchess to the Bishop.