Someone on this blog once accused me of being fond of quotes, well it's true!
That said, here are a few that I believe can be attached to quite a few people I have known in the past, present, and I am sure the future. As you read these think of the folks you have met that fit the quote, it's sort of fun, and it does bring a bit of levity to our deliberations here!
"He has all the virtues I dislike and none of the vices I admire."-- Winston
Churchill
"A modest little person, with much to be modest about."--Winston Churchill
"I have never killed a man, but I have read many obituaries with great
pleasure."-- Clarence Darrow
"He has never been known to use a word that might send a reader to the
dictionary."-- William Faulkner (about Ernest Hemingway)
"Poor Faulkner. Does he really think big emotions come from big words?"--
Ernest Hemingway (about William Faulkner)
"Thank you for sending me a copy of your book; I'll waste no time in reading
it."-- Moses Hadas
"He can compress the most words into the smallest idea of any man I know."--
Abraham Lincoln
"I've had a perfectly wonderful evening. But this wasn't it."-- Groucho
Marx
"I didn't attend the funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying I approved of
it."-- Mark Twain
He has no enemies, but is intensely disliked by his friends."-- Oscar Wilde
"I am enclosing two tickets to the first night of my new play. Bring a
friend... If you have one."-- George Bernard Shaw to Winston Churchill, and the latter's response:
"Cannot possibly attend first night, will attend second... If there is
one."
"I feel so miserable without you; it's almost like having you here."-
Stephen Bishop
"He is a self-made man and worships his creator."- John Bright
"I've just learned about his illness. Let's hope it's nothing trivial."--
Irvin S. Cobb
"He is not only dull himself; he is the cause of dullness in others."--
Samuel Johnson
"He is simply a shiver looking for a spine to run up."-- Paul Keating
"He had delusions of adequacy."-- Walter Kerr
"There's nothing wrong with you that reincarnation won't cure."-- Jack E.
Leonard
"He has the attention span of a lightning bolt."-- Robert Redford
"They never open their mouths without subtracting from the sum of human
knowledge." - Thomas Brackett Reed
"He inherited some good instincts from his Quaker forebears, but by diligent
hard work, he overcame them."-- James Reston (about Richard Nixon)
"In order to avoid being called a flirt, she always yielded easily."--
Charles, Count Talleyrand
He loves nature in spite of what it did to him."- Forrest Tucker
"Why do you sit there looking like an envelope without any address on it?"--
Mark Twain
"His mother should have thrown him away and kept the stork."-- Mae West
"Some cause happiness wherever they go; others, whenever they go."-- Oscar
Wilde
"He has Van Gogh's ear for music."-- Billy Wilder
Tom Ford
NO. 272
"He has all the virtues I dislike and none of the vices I admire."-- Winston
Churchill
"A modest little person, with much to be modest about."--Winston Churchill
"I have never killed a man, but I have read many obituaries with great
pleasure."-- Clarence Darrow
"He has never been known to use a word that might send a reader to the
dictionary."-- William Faulkner (about Ernest Hemingway)
"Poor Faulkner. Does he really think big emotions come from big words?"--
Ernest Hemingway (about William Faulkner)
"Thank you for sending me a copy of your book; I'll waste no time in reading
it."-- Moses Hadas
"He can compress the most words into the smallest idea of any man I know."--
Abraham Lincoln
"I've had a perfectly wonderful evening. But this wasn't it."-- Groucho
Marx
"I didn't attend the funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying I approved of
it."-- Mark Twain
He has no enemies, but is intensely disliked by his friends."-- Oscar Wilde
"I am enclosing two tickets to the first night of my new play. Bring a
friend... If you have one."-- George Bernard Shaw to Winston Churchill, and the latter's response:
"Cannot possibly attend first night, will attend second... If there is
one."
"I feel so miserable without you; it's almost like having you here."-
Stephen Bishop
"He is a self-made man and worships his creator."- John Bright
"I've just learned about his illness. Let's hope it's nothing trivial."--
Irvin S. Cobb
"He is not only dull himself; he is the cause of dullness in others."--
Samuel Johnson
"He is simply a shiver looking for a spine to run up."-- Paul Keating
"He had delusions of adequacy."-- Walter Kerr
"There's nothing wrong with you that reincarnation won't cure."-- Jack E.
Leonard
"He has the attention span of a lightning bolt."-- Robert Redford
"They never open their mouths without subtracting from the sum of human
knowledge." - Thomas Brackett Reed
"He inherited some good instincts from his Quaker forebears, but by diligent
hard work, he overcame them."-- James Reston (about Richard Nixon)
"In order to avoid being called a flirt, she always yielded easily."--
Charles, Count Talleyrand
He loves nature in spite of what it did to him."- Forrest Tucker
"Why do you sit there looking like an envelope without any address on it?"--
Mark Twain
"His mother should have thrown him away and kept the stork."-- Mae West
"Some cause happiness wherever they go; others, whenever they go."-- Oscar
Wilde
"He has Van Gogh's ear for music."-- Billy Wilder
Tom Ford
NO. 272
posted by Crestwood Independent at 17:22
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Suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress. But, I repeat myself. --Mark Twain
We contend that for a nation to try to tax itself into prosperity is like a man standing in a bucket and trying to lift himself up by the handle. --Winston Churchill
No man's life, liberty, or property are safe while the legislature is in session. --Mark Twain (1866)
If Patrick Henry thought that taxation without representation was bad, he should see it with representation. - The Farmer's Almanac
True, evry word of it, true!
Tom Ford
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