Famous Person Quote of the Day (1)

[pigoo3]

“Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience.” ― Mark Twain

 

[Slydude]

"Never let the things you can't do, stop you from doing what you can." ~ Ronald Reagan

 

[Randy B. Singer]

I date this girl for two years and then the nagging starts: "I wanna know your name."
-- Mike Binder


Marriage is a wonderful institution, but who wants to live in an institution?
-- Groucho Marx

 

[IWT]

"He is a modest little man, with a lot to be modest about".

Winston Churchill talking about Clement Attlee.

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"Democracy means government by discussion, but it is only effective if you can stop people talking." from Clement Attlee himself.

Ian

 

[badshoehabit]

In today's Observer: Groucho Marx "I’ve had a perfectly wonderful evening, but this wasn’t it.”

Apparently this phrasing is a 'paraprosdokian – a figure of speech in which the latter part of a sentence, phrase or larger discourse is surprising or unexpected in a way that causes the reader or listener to reframe or reinterpret the first part.'

 

[pm-r]

Precious things aren't found in heaps. ~ Unknown



- Patrick
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[Randy B. Singer]

I have always wanted to be somebody,
but I see now I should have been more specific.

-- Lily Tomlin

 

[pigoo3]

“There is only one way to avoid criticism: do nothing, say nothing, and be nothing.” – Aristotle

 

[Randy B. Singer]

If you think nobody cares about you, try missing a couple of payments.

-- Steven Wright

 

[Rod]

John Lydgate
“You can please some of the people all of the time, you can please all of the people some of the time, but you can’t please all of the people all of the time”.”

I love the quote from Lily Tomlin.


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[chscag]

The report of my death was an exaggeration.

The secret of getting ahead is getting started.

Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness.

Mark Twain

 

[pigoo3]

"I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work." -- Thomas Edison

 

[Randy B. Singer]

Even if you're on the right track,
you'll get run over if you just sit there.
- Will Rogers

Diplomacy is the art of saying "Nice doggie"
until you can find a rock.
- Will Rogers

 

[Randy B. Singer]

The other day I put instant coffee in the microwave oven
and almost went backwards in time!

- Steven Wright

 

[toMACsh]

“Humility is not thinking less of yourself, it's thinking of yourself less.”
C.S. Lewis

 

[RadDave]

John Lydgate
“You can please some of the people all of the time, you can please all of the people some of the time, but you can’t please all of the people all of the time”.”

I love the quote from Lily Tomlin.

Seems like a common theme for many, including Abe Lincoln - a favorite (of many) Mark Twain quip for me is quoted below:

"When I was a boy of fourteen, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be twenty-one, I was astonished at how much he had learned in seven years."--Mark Twain.

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[pigoo3]

That Mark Twain quote is a really awesome RadDave...thanks!

With Fathers Day not too far away...that's a good one to have in the "back-pocket"!

- Nick

 

[RadDave]

That Mark Twain quote is a really awesome RadDave...thanks!

With Fathers Day not too far away...that's a good one to have in the "back-pocket"!

- Nick

Hi Nick - Twain had so many good ones! Probably in the early '90s, Hal Holbrook came to our town w/ his 'Mark Twain Tonight' single man show - he was just great, providing a most memorable evening of entertainment. Dave

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[IWT]

@ RadDave,

Hi Dave,

I used your quotation at my father's funeral many years ago.

In fact, I got the quotation, which I thought was correct, completely wrong.

I was referring to the well known fact, as late teenagers, we think we know it all. In my case, because of WW2, I was born when my father was 36, so, naturally, when I started University at 18, my dad was 54/55 years old. He died at the age of 87.

At the funeral, I misquoted Mark Twain (unknowingly): I said, "when I was 18, I thought dad was out of touch with reality, but when I reached the age of 22, I realised how much he had matured in these 4 years."

So, your accurate quote means a lot to me.

Ian

 

[RadDave]

Hi Ian - great story - thanks for sharing. Dave