Quotes of the Week - June 17, 2008:
"I think that, in retrospect, I could have used a different rhetoric.
Phrases such as 'bring them on' or 'dead of alive' indicated to people
that I was, you know, not a man of peace." -- US President George
W Bush regrets being so hawkish over Iraq.
"The nation will live to regret what the court has done today."
-- US Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia after the court rules foreign
terror suspects at Guantanamo Bay can challenge their detention in US
courts.
"He didn't like the nose" -- Courtroom sketch artist Janet
Hamlin on the response of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the self-confessed
mastermind of the 9/11 attacks, after he saw a sketch of himself.
Authors:
Death of a Salesman Quotes, Famous Death of a Salesman Quotes
I'm
the New England man. I'm vital in New England. Death of a Salesman Willy Loman, Act 1
He's
liked, but he's not well liked. Death of a Salesman Biff Loman, referring to his schoolfriend
Bernard, Act 1
The
man who makes an appearance in the business world, the man who
creates personal interest, is the man who gets ahead. Be liked
and you will never want. Death of a Salesman Willy Loman, Act 1
The
man knew what he wanted and went out and got it! Walked into
a jungle and comes out, the age of twenty-one, and he's rich! Death of a Salesman Willie Loman, about his brother Ben making
a fortune from diamonds in Africa, Act 1
I
don't say he's a great man. Willie Loman never made a lot of
money. His name was never in the paper. He's not the finest
character that ever lived. But he's a human being, and a terrible
thing is happening to him. So attention must be paid. He's not
to be allowed to fall in his grave like an old dog. Attention,
attention must finally be paid to such a person. Death of a Salesman Linda, referring to her husband Willie Loman,
Act 1
A
small man can be just as exhausted as a great man. Death of a Salesman Linda, referring to her husband Willy Loman,
Act 1
Before
it's all over we're gonna get a little place out in the country,
and I'll raise some vegetables, a couple of chickens… Death of a Salesman Willy Loman, to his wife Linda, Act 2
You
can't eat the orange and throw the peel away - a man is not
a piece of fruit. Death of a Salesman Willy Loman, Act 2
After
all the highways, and the trains, and the appointments, and
the years, you end up worth more dead than alive. Death of a Salesman Willy Loman, Act 2
I
realized what a ridiculous lie my whole life has been. Death of a Salesman Biff Loman, realizing his father's illusions
of success for him are just that - illusions, Act 2
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