Four Quotes

Never sweep. After four years the dirt gets no worse.

If forced to choose between the penitentiary and the White House for four years, I would say the penitentiary, thank you.

Thus number may be said to rule the whole world of quantity, and the four rules of arithmetic may be regarded as the complete equipment of the mathematician.

Al and Tommy and I sharing the biggest laugh because it was predicted by everything we did in the first three or four records in my career.

I can read a four-page scene once and have it memorized. It’s a skill you learn in school: disposable cramming.

In their last four Blackburn have lost 3-0, 3-1, 5-3 and 3-2. It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to work out that’s 12 goals conceded

You won,” Four mutters. “Stop.” I wipe the sweat from my forehead. He stares at me. His eyes are too wide; they look alarmed.

Getting from page four to page five is more important than spending three weeks getting page four perfect.

It’s the friends you can call up at 4 a.m. that matter.

I’m not a great shopper but I do buy a lot of books. I’m the publishers’ friend – I buy a hundred books a year and read four.