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I am proposing to you as a rallying emblem the letter V, because V is the first letter of the words 'Victoire' in French, and 'Vrijheid' in Flemish... the Victory which will give us back our freedom, the Victory of our good friends the English. Their word for Victory also begins with V. As you see, things fit all round.

I assume I can give you a letter from a big law firm saying that we're under audit.

I bought a gun safe with velvet shelves and a built-in dehumidifier to house the hundreds of original [Barbara] Stanwyck letters I amassed that I first kept in the lettuce crisper of a refrigerator in my basement.

I can scarcely manage to scribble a tolerable English letter. I know that I am not a scholar, but meantime I am aware that no man living knows better than I do the habits of our birds.

I can take a lot of pats on the back. I love it when I get admiring letters from people. And, of course, I'd love it if the critics would notice me, too.

I did get a letter which was pretty alarming once. Well, it was sent to the Fifty Shades production office. And it was pretty ... I'd say interesting. I don't really want to go into that. But otherwise the response has been good, thankfully.

I consider it a good rule for letter-writing to leave unmentioned what the recipient already knows, and instead tell him something new.

I didn't offer transparency. I provided one quarterly report in letter form. That was all you got. I basically demanded that if you're going to invest in my fund you need to accept my terms. The terms not being super highs, but just, I'm not going to cater to you.

I didn't have time to write a short letter, so I wrote a long one instead.

I'd like to be rich enough so I could throw soap away after the letters are worn off

I do not think that life has a suspense more sickening than that of expecting a letter which does not come.

I don't even know how to Direct Message someone on Instagram. I still write letters.

I don't have a Facebook or a Twitter account, and I don't know how I feel about this idea of, "Now, I'm eating dinner, and I want everyone to know that I'm having dinner at this time." or "I just mailed a letter and dropped off my kids." That, to me, is a very strange phenomenon.

I dont get distracted until the weight of other things left undone finally tips the balance; my mind is flooded with calls, bills, supermarkets, letters, and I have to stop and sort things out.

I don't read "letters" sections of magazines, but I'll read anyone's blog post about me.

I don't know why Sinclair Lewis fell in love with me. He didn't get even the slightest response from me. But his letters were lovely. And the poems he wrote me were lovely. I used some of them in my book.

I don't read the "letters" section of Time magazine. I think it's just my habit as a reader. I don't read comments on stories, in general.

I don't think a woman [Hillary Clinton] who has revealed numerous classified information, doesn't know that the letter "C" means confidential.

I don't save money. Save is a four letter word! I like to borrow money because I can get richer faster on borrowed money. I have what is called retained earnings, so I don't have to save money. If I need money, I will go out and borrow it.

I don't take part in texting and those other things myself, so I don't really know if people put as much thought into messaging as they used to into writing letters.

If I ever saw an amputee getting hanged, I'd probably just start calling out letters.

I'd rather sit down and write a letter than call someone up. I hate the telephone.

If a good face is a letter of recommendation, a good heart is a letter of credit.

If doubtful whether to end with "yours faithfully," or "yours truly," or "yours most truly," &c. (there are at least a dozen varieties, before you reach "yours affectionately"), refer to your correspondent's last letter, and make your winding-up at least as friendly as his: in fact, even if a shade more friendly, it will do no harm!

If I had more time, I would have written a shorter letter.

If I had the power to influence Indian journals, I would have the following headlines printed in bold letters on the first page: Milk for the infants , Food for the adults and Education for all

If. A two-letter word for futility.

If I could only write, I'd write a nasty letter to the mayor, if he could only read.

If I had more time I would write a shorter letter.

If I'm in a relationship, that girl gets showered with letters from the road. I pour my heart into it.

If love is like a possession, maybe my letters are like my exorcisms.

If I was dealing with a trader, every other word had to be a four-letter word.

If I wrote you a love letter, would you write back?

If someone took the 'F' letter off me, I'd be ucked.

If plan A fails, remember there are 25 more letters.

I found that my name signed to a check was even more welcome than when signed to a letter.

If someone sends you a love letter you've got to answer back.

If something comes along that you don't like, there are a few sort of four-letter words that you can use to push it out of the sphere of discussion. If you were in a bar downtown, they might have different words, but if you're an educated person what you use are complicated words like "conspiracy theory" or "Marxist." It's a way of pushing unpleasant questions off the agenda so that we can continue in our own happy ideology.

If truth were everywhere to be shown, a scarlet letter would blaze forth on many a bosom.

If you don’t care about something, one way to demonstrate your feelings is to say the word and then repeat the word with the letters S-C-H-M replacing the first letters. Somebody who didn’t care about dentists, for instance could say ‘Dentist, schmentists.

If your letters are as long as the bible, they will appear short to me. Only let them be brim full of affection.

If you must reread old love letters, better pick a room without mirrors.

I got four volumes of the letters and speeches of Oliver Cromwell. He is prominent among the great unread, and treated so oddly by history that I wanted to hear his side of things.

I get letters from people who say, 'What have you got against women?' What could I possibly have against women? I've married three of them.

I get letters. I get several a week, I think. A lot of people want a picture, a lot of people just want an autograph.

I got stood up by the letter Y, he was hanging around with his X.

If you trace the history of Islamist terrorism, you see that its founders were great admirers of European fascism. They read the texts of European fascism, they quoted them in speeches and letters. This is not from the Koran - the Koran doesn't teach you how to repress people; there's nothing in there about women having to cover their faces, there's certainly nothing about suicide bombing.

If you want to act, you have to devote yourself to it. Send out letters and photos every day, work all the hours under the sun, whatever it takes. If you're not determined, you won't get anywhere.

If you want to know your true opinion of someone, watch the effect produced in you by the first sight of a letter from him.

I get a lot of letters from people. They say "I want to be a writer. What should I do?" I tell them to stop writing to me and to get on with it.