WIST Quotations

Milne, A. A. -- Winnie-the-Pooh, ch. 8 “Christopher Robin Leads an Expotition” (1926)

Dave — Tue, 30 Dec 2025 19:54:51 +0000

“Hallo, Rabbit,” he said, “is that you?”
“Let’s pretend it isn’t,” said Rabbit, “and see what happens.”

A. A. Milne (1882-1956) English poet and playwright [Alan Alexander Milne]
Winnie-the-Pooh, ch. 8 “Christopher Robin Leads an Expotition” (1926)
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Barrie, James -- The Little Minister, ch. 4 “First Coming of the Egyptian Woman” (1891)

Dave — Tue, 15 Oct 2024 14:10:35 +0000

There are, I dare say, many lovers who would never have been drawn to each other had they met for the first time, as, say, they met the second time.

J. M. Barrie (1860-1937) Scottish novelist and dramatist [James Matthew Barrie]
The Little Minister, ch. 4 “First Coming of the Egyptian Woman” (1891)
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MacColl, Ewan -- “The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face” (1957)

Dave — Thu, 23 Jul 2020 16:10:08 +0000

The first time ever I saw your face
I thought the sun rose in your eyes,
And the moon and the stars were the gifts you gave
To the dark and empty skies.

Ewan MacColl (1915-1989) Scottish folk singer, songwriter, labour activist, playwright [stage name of James Henry (Jimmy) Miller]
“The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face” (1957)
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Brown, Rita Mae -- Starting from Scratch: A Different Kind of Writer’s Manual (1988)

Dave — Mon, 03 Feb 2020 18:06:57 +0000

As a woman, I find it very embarrassing to be in a meeting and realize I’m the only one in the room with balls.

Rita Mae Brown (b. 1944) American author, playwright
Starting from Scratch: A Different Kind of Writer’s Manual (1988)
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On working in the TV and film industry.

Quarles, Francis -- “A Mystical Ecstasy”

Dave — Mon, 20 Jun 2016 14:29:15 +0000

E’en like two little bank-dividing brooks,
That wash the pebbles with their wanton streams,
And having ranged and searched a thousand nooks,
Meet both at length in silver-breasted Thames,
Where in a greater current they conjoin:
So I my Best-Belovèd’s am; so He is mine.

Francis Quarles (1592-1644) English poet
“A Mystical Ecstasy”
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Greenberg, Drew Z. -- Firefly, 1×05 “Safe” (8 Nov 2002)

Dave — Thu, 21 May 2015 12:03:35 +0000

ZOE: You sanguine about the kind of reception we’re apt to receive on an Alliance ship, Cap’n?

MAL: Absolutely. [Pause] What’s “sanguine” mean?

ZOE: “Sanguine”. Hopeful. Plus, point of interest: it also means “bloody”.

MAL: Well, that pretty much covers all the options, don’t it?

Drew Z. Greenberg (contemp.) TV producer and writer
Firefly, 1×05 “Safe” (8 Nov 2002)

Johnson, Samuel -- Essay (1758-06-24), The Idler, No. 11

Dave — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 13:06:08 +0000

It is commonly observed, that when two Englishmen meet, their first talk is of the weather; they are in haste to tell each other, what each must already know, that it is hot or cold, bright or cloudy, windy or calm.

Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) English writer, lexicographer, critic
Essay (1758-06-24), The Idler, No. 11
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Barry, Dave -- Dave Barry Turns 40, ch. 8 “Time Management” (1990)

Dave — Sun, 01 Feb 2004 16:00:00 +0000

Meetings are an addictive, highly self-indulgent activity that corporations and other large organizations habitually engage in only because they cannot actually masturbate.

Dave Barry (b. 1947) American humorist, author, columnist
Dave Barry Turns 40, ch. 8 “Time Management” (1990)
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Shyamalan, M. Night -- The Sixth Sense (1999)

Dave — Sun, 01 Feb 2004 16:00:00 +0000

COLE: We were supposed to draw a picture. Anything we wanted. I drew a man. He got hurt in the neck by another man with a screwdriver.

MALCOLM: You saw that on TV, Cole?

COLE: Everyone got upset. They had a meeting. Mom started crying. I don’t draw like that anymore.

MALCOLM: How do you draw now?

COLE: I draw — people smiling, dogs running, rainbows. They don’t have meetings about rainbows.

M. Night Shyamalan (b. 1970) Indian-American screenwriter, director
The Sixth Sense (1999)
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