Early Comers

Famous quotes containing the words early and/or comers:

    “He had long before indulged most unfavourable sentiments of our fellow-subjects in America. For, as early as 1769,... he had said of them, “Sir, they are a race of convicts, and ought to be thankful for any thing we allow them short of hanging.””
    —Samuel Johnson (1709–1784)

    “He’s a comer. That’s what comers do: they get in your face.”
    —Michael Tolkin, U.S. screenwriter, and Robert Altman. Dick Mellen (Sydney Pollack)