Trait Quotes
[Miller, whose profile eerily matches early portraits of Byron, skillfully blends his restless passion and moments of sour self-awareness. Byron is caustic about his future wife from the first, noting that he would] like her more if she were less perfect. ... Could she not find one in Jane Austen?
- Vanessa Redgrave
[Like Ernie, Liezl looks forward to Decembers at home. But she is wise enough to make a home of wherever they are, and presumes England will always represent that to her children. During a rain delay once at the Masters, Ernie took down a book on Ben Hogan and was especially struck by the portrait of Ben's wife, Valerie.] What a wife, Valerie Hogan, ... She was a lady, a total lady. A professional golfer needs a great wife, because the rest of the world doesn't care.
- Ernie Els
[But yesterday's tributes painted a portrait of a quiet, private man who never grew accustomed to the limelight that accompanied his success.] He was very shy... A man uneasy with the fame that came with the job. A man who liked to observe in the shade. He reminded me of Alec Guinness in that sense. But, my word, when he stood centre stage you'd better watch him.
- Michael Parkinson
[And 2000's close campaign has put both candidates in straitjackets, he said.] I think it's kind of sad that we've come to a point now that presidential candidates when they get this close to the election have to be so careful about what they say, ... They have to weigh each syllable so carefully that the thought of delivering an unscripted line is anathema to them, they feel as though they're walking through a mine field and they cannot afford to tick anybody off between now and Election Day.
- Ted Koppel
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