Quotes of the day, November 20

I know that you've got to watch how you spend all the dollars. That's not the easiest thing to do. That's not what people think is the most fun thing to do, but it's the right thing to do.

Rick Scott

• Thing
• Dollars
• Easiest

I didn't respond well to a firm hand and insults.

Terry Bradshaw

• Hands
• Insult
• Firm

I'm just kind of a hippie. Age is not that relevant to the music.

Stephen Malkmus Pavement

• Music
• Hippie
• Relevant

I wanted him to see in that plate of pasta everything that, by leaving, he would no longer be able to look at, or touch, or caress, listen to, smell: never again.

Elena Ferrante

• Smell
• Careless
• Pasta

My enthusiasm for L.A. stems from my father, who was a lecturer in American literature at the University of Birmingham. Through his work, our family did several house swaps with L.A. families. It was a dreadfully daring thing to do in the early 1980s; there was no Internet, so you had no idea of what you were getting into.

Ben Miller

• Idea
• Enthusiasm
• My Father