Archive for the ‘Bits’ Category

June 5, 2008 – “There are 1.3 million single men in New York, 1.8 million single women, and of these more than 3 million people, about 12 think they’re having enough sex.” Carrie – “Sex in the City”

June 3, 2008 – “I don’t think the intelligence reports are all that hot. Some days I get more out of the New York Times.” John F. Kennedy

June 1, 2008 – “In Washington, the first thing people tell you is what their job is. In Los Angeles you learn their star sign. In Houston you’re told how rich they are. And in New York they tell you what their rent is.” Simon Hoggart

May 30, 2008 – “Horses and jockeys mature earlier than people – which is why horses are admitted to race tracks at the age of two, and jockeys before they are old enough to shave.” Dick Deddoes

May 28, 2008 – “The one thing I do not want to be called is First Lady. It sounds like a saddle horse.” Jacqueline Kennedy

May 18, 2009 – Seen on a billboard near Pimlico: A picture of a diamond engagement ring with the caption, “It might be the last decision you ever get to make.”

May 10, 2008 – “When I read about the evils of drinking, I gave up reading.” Henny Youngman

May 9, 2008 – “I cannot give you the formula for success, but I can give you the formula for failure – which is: Try to please everybody.” Herbert Bayard

May 8, 2008 – “If you can fake sincerity, you’ve got it made.” Sam Goldwyn

May 3, 2008 – “The race is not always to the swift nor the battle to the strong – but that’s the way to bet.” Ring Lardner