Elvis Costello Quotes
Somebody should clip Sting around the head and tell him to stop using that ridiculous Jamaican accent.
Costello, Elvis. Unfaithful Music & Disappearing Ink. Blue Rider Press, 2015.
The 1977 Quebec language law decreed that all immigrants be educated in French, that all businesses transact in French, that English-named towns, rivers, and mountains be Frenchified, and that all English (or even bilingual) commercial signs be outlawed. Other minorities could only transact business in French. After great protest and ridicule the Quebec Parliament amended the law to allow French signs to contain another language provided that the font of the other language was no bigger than half that of the French.
Robert Gates was the longest serving Secretary of Defense in American History. He served 6 different Presidents—–5 Republicans and 1 Democrat. He was the Director of the CIA and at the time of Trump's statement was the President of the University of Oklahoma. Yet Trump, in his inimitable style, insulted this great public administrator and servant and dismisses him as incompetent. Gate had written a book in which he criticized Trump and, unable to control himself, Trump stuck out with this vicious insult and never once tried to answer any of Gate's criticism.
Declan Patrick Aloysius McManus, OBE, known professionally as Elvis Costello, is an English singer-songwriter. He has won multiple awards in his career, including Grammy Awards in 1999 and 2020, and has twice been nominated for the Brit Award for Best British Male Artist. In 2003, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. In 2004, Rolling Stone ranked Costello number 80 on its list of the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time.
