„I do not want any “yes- man„ around me. I want everybody to tell me the truth even if it costs them their jobs.“
Samuel Goldwyn17
1879 - 1974Citações relacionadas
— Stephen Chbosky, livro The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Variante: I don't want to be somebody's crush. if somebody likes me, i want them to like the real me, not what they think i am. And i don't want them to carry it around inside. I want them to show me, so i can feel it too. - Sam
Fonte: The Perks of Being a Wallflower
„I don't want you fellows sitting around asking me what to do. I want you to tell me what to do.“
— George Marshall US military leader, Army Chief of Staff 1880 - 1959
To his staffers, as quoted in General of the Army : George C. Marshall, Soldier and Statesman (1991) by Ed Cray, p. 591
— Clint Eastwood actor and director from the United States 1930
Reflecting on his later career
The Eastwood Factor (Extended Edition). [DVD]. Warner Home Video. June 1, 2010. Event occurs at 1:26:15.
— Bill Hicks American comedian 1961 - 1994
Variante: I don't want any gay people hanging around me while I'm killing kids. I just don't want to see it.
„Everybody wants me to show my vagina to the world. And the truth is, I don’t have to.“
— Lady Gaga American singer, songwriter, and actress 1986
Interview for Maxim Magazine.
„Sure, everybody wants to play God, but for me it's a full-time job.“
— Chuck Palahniuk, livro Lullaby
Fonte: Lullaby (2002), Chapter 20
— Richard Nixon 37th President of the United States of America 1913 - 1994
As quoted in The Rehnquist Choice (2001) by John Dean; also in "Double Dipping at the Waffle House" by Dahlia Lithwick http://slate.msn.com/id/117140/ in Slate (11 October 2001)
2000s
— Paul Vixie American internet pioneer 1963
CircleID article http://www.circleid.com/posts/putting_multiple_root_nameserver_issue_to_rest/
Notes: referring to proponents of multiple DNS roots.
„It is not a woman I want — it is all women. And I seek for them in those around me, one by one…“
— Henri Barbusse French novelist 1873 - 1935
As translated by John Rodker <!-- p. 72 -->
The Inferno (1917)
Contexto: Moving in both directions, the street is full of dresses which sway, offering themselves airily, the skirts lifting; dresses which lift and yet do not lift.
In the tall and narrow shop mirror I see myself approaching, rather pale and heavy-eyed. It is not a woman I want — it is all women. And I seek for them in those around me, one by one...
