Some pirates achieved immortality by great deeds of cruelty or derring-do. Some achieved immortality by amassing great wealth. But the captain had long ago decided that he would, on the whole, prefer to achieve immortality by not dying
I haven’t been able to find the original source of the Woody Allen quote, but it seems “The Colour of Magic” was published in 1983, and Google Books finds some copies of the Woody Allen quote predating that.
-- The Colour of Magic, Terry Pratchett
So that’s where Woody Allen got it from.
I haven’t been able to find the original source of the Woody Allen quote, but it seems “The Colour of Magic” was published in 1983, and Google Books finds some copies of the Woody Allen quote predating that.
Ahh, nevermind then. (I only looked it up on Wikiquote, which referenced a bio-photo-book from 1993).
...I thought you were being ironic. o_o