"Iâ€™d rather sing a sad song than eat,"

-- George Jones

#Song Quotes #Sad Song Quotes

“King Louis Philippe once said to me that he attributed the great success of the British nation in political life to their talking politics after dinner.”
“I had this urge to play the game of football because so many people said I couldn't do it.”
“American agents... are the only persons authorized to hold councils of a political nature.”

Source : Zebulon Montgomery Pike, Elliott Coues (1987). “The expeditions of Zebulon Montgomery Pike”, Dover Pubns
“A day without the sun is like you know, night”
“For a comedian to kind of catch onto something right as something's catching on in our culture, a lot of it is luck, and you hope the joke is funny.”
“When Christ at Cana's feast by pow'r divine, Inspir'd cold water, with the warmth of wine, See! cry'd they while, in red'ning tide, it gush'd, The bashful stream hath seen its God and blush'd.”
“Exactly what part of that is supposed to make me feel better?" Though, honestly, hearing that she was jealous of me did make me feel a teeny, tiny bit better.”
“However the Southern man may have been master of the negro, there were compensatory processes whereby certain negroes were masters of their masters' children.”

Source : John Sergeant Wise, Paul Dennis Sporer (2005). “End of an Era: The Last Days of Traditional Southern Culture as Seen Through the Eyes of a Young Confederate Soldier”, p.85, Anza Publishing

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