
„If I decide to be an idiot, then I’ll be an idiot on my own accord.“
— Johann Sebastian Bach German late baroque era composer 1685 - 1750
— Johann Sebastian Bach German late baroque era composer 1685 - 1750
— John Lennon English singer and songwriter 1940 - 1980
— Patricia Briggs, When Demons Walk
— Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Austrian Romantic composer 1756 - 1791
Unsourced in Musician's Little Book of Wisdom (1996) by Scott E. Power, Quote 416.
— Mary McCarthy American writer 1912 - 1989
Up the Ladder from Charm to Vogue (1950)
— Zhuangzi, The Complete Works of Chuang Tzu
— Lucian ancient Greek writer 120
Sect. 39; vol. 2, pp. 128-9; H. W. Fowler and F. G. Fowler (trans.) The Works of Lucian of Samosata.
— Johnny Depp American actor, film producer, and musician 1963
Context: I do have an affinity for damaged people, in life, in roles. I don't know why. We're all damaged in our own way. Nobody's perfect. I think we are all somewhat screwy, every single one of us.
Quoted in Bernard Weintraub, "Playboy Interview: Johnny Depp," Playboy (May 2004)
— Susan B. Anthony American women's rights activist 1820 - 1906
— Stan Lee American comic book writer 1922
— Pablo Neruda, Selected Poems
Poem "Muere lentamente" (Dying Slowly), wrongly attributed to Pablo Neruda. See "Fake Pablo Neruda Poem Spreads on Internet" http://www.laht.com/article.asp?ArticleId=325275&CategoryId=14094 by Ana Mendoza, Latin American Herald Tribune (12 January 2009).