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DrGrafenberg
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The problem with the French is they don't have a word for entrepeneur.
George Dubya Bush |
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voltaire
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| In Paris they simply stared when I spoke to them in French; I never did succeed in making those idiots understand their own language! - Mark Twain |
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DrGrafenberg
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Lady Nancy Astor: Winston, if you were my husband, I'd poison your tea.
Churchill: Nancy, if I were your husband, I'd drink it.� |
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johntpartee
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Dowager: "You, sir, are drunk."
Churchill: "And you, Madam, are ugly. But tomorrow I shall be sober." |
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artemisia
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I never forget a face, but in your case I'll be glad to make an exception.
Groucho Marx
I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I am saying.
Oscar Wilde
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, and it may become necessary from time to time to give a stupid or misinformed beholder a black eye.
Miss Piggy (The Muppets) |
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voltaire
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johnpartee's Churchill anecdotal quotations above inspired me to find this:
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Dorothy Parker was famous for her sense of humour and acerbic wit. US President, Calvin Coolidge, was taciturn to the extreme. Coolidge�s attitude so rankled Alice Roosevelt Longworth (daughter of former President Theodore Roosevelt) that she described Coolidge as looking �as if he had been weaned on a pickle.� Coolidge�s reticence was legendary.
For example, when Coolidge returned from church one Sunday morning he was asked by his father on what topic the Minister had preached. After thinking for a moment, Coolidge replied, �Sin.� �And what did he say about sin?� was the next question. Again, Coolidge thought for a moment and then responded, �He was against it.�
Another example took place at a high-society dinner table where the lady sitting next to Coolidge tried her best to coax him into talking to her. She gushed, �I have made a bet, Mr. Coolidge, that I could get more than two words out of you.� Coolidge replied sharply, �You lose.� So, when someone came up to Ms. Parker and blurted out that Coolidge was dead, she quipped, �How can they tell?� |
(http://www.kaieteurnewsonline.com/2011/10/03/wanted-dead-or-alive/) |
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artemisia
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Quotation is a serviceable substitute for wit.
Oscar Wilde |
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spiral78
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   From Time�s �Portraits of Depression�
A fine is a tax for doing something wrong. A tax is a fine for doing something right." -- Anonymous
"Income tax returns are the most imaginative fiction being written today." -- Herman Wouk
"People who complain about taxes can be divided into two classes: men and women." -- Anonymous
"It is a good thing that we do not get as much government as we pay for." -- Will Rogers
"I am proud to be paying taxes in the United States. The only thing is, I could be just as proud for half the money." -- Arthur Godfrey
http://life.time.com/curiosities/taxpayers-1943-no-happy-returns/#ixzz1nn58cSV6 |
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teacheratlarge
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Those who cannot remember the past are condemmed to repeat it.
Santayana
Strangely, those who keep thumping the book of grammar usually have little of pragmatic value to pass onto others.
When bureaucrats obsessed with rules govern, don`t expect much justice beyond endearment to petty details.
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johntpartee
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| "I watched the Beatles from the side of the stage, I saw the girls going crazy, and I said to myself, this is it, I want a piece of that." Davy Jones (his reaction when he appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show with the cast of "Oliver!" the same night the Fab Four made their US debut) Okay, all you pseudo-erudite-intellectual types, admit it! The Monkees had some pretty good songs! |
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spiral78
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| Well, hey, hey, they were catchy, anyway hey, hey!!. |
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johntpartee
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| Catchy = Top Ten! |
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Sashadroogie
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johntpartee
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| Depends on your definition of pragmatic. How many people were inspired to pick up an instrument because of that groovy teen beat? A bunch, I'll betcha. |
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spiral78
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Pragmatics: they inspired me to turn off the television and go outside to do something not involving music worms.
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music worm
29 up, 2 down
It is responsible for when a song gets stuck in your head and won't go away.
There is no known cure for music worms, but some treatments are:
Trying to replace one music worm with that of another song,
Trying to pass on your worm to another person ("host"),
Isolation from all music, TV and other forms of media (including elevators and muzak blaring grocery stores).
Oh, Mamma don't make me another meatloaf,
forget the Mac N' Cheese,
I want some fun on a bun,
I want a Manwich please!
(Repeated for 24 hours)
Damn music worm!!!! Get this out of my head!
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