Simpson’s Contemporary Quotations, compiled by James B. Simpson. 1988.
NUMBER:
6271
AUTHOR:
James Agee
QUOTATION:
When he ran from a cop his transitions from accelerating walk to easy jog trot to brisk canter to headlong gallop to flogged-piston sprint … were as distinct and as soberly in order as an automatic gearshift.
ATTRIBUTION:
On deadpan comedian Buster Keaton, “Comedy’s Greatest Era” reprinted in Life Fall 86
SUBJECTS:
Communications & the Arts: Films: Observers & Critics
