Notable Notes on Quotable Quotes
by Have you ever considered that one day you may be forced into greatness just for one little phrase that you said or wrote?
- “You can fool some of the people all of the time, and all of the people some of the time, but you can not fool all of the people all of the time.”
- “That this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom, and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.”
- “Let us have faith that right makes might; and in that faith let us to the end, dare to do our duty as we understand it.”
Mark Twain. (Samuel Langhorne Clemens 1835 – 1910)
- “I have never let my schooling interfere with my education.”
- “It’s not the size of the dog in the fight, it’s the size of the fight in the dog.”
- “Wrinkles should merely indicate where smiles have been.”
- “The only way to keep your health is to eat what you don’t want, drink what you don’t like, and do what you’d rather not.”
Winston Churchill. (Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill 1874 – 1965)
- “Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few.”
- “I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat.”
- “The greatest lesson in life is to know that even fools are right sometimes.”
- “A fanatic is one who can’t change his mind and won’t change the subject.”
- “The greatest lesson in life is to know that even fools are right sometimes.”
As in life, I’ll let a woman have the last word. This was said to me by a woman, not famous for her comic genius, my ex-wife. It went on to be used as a family quote.
I was living at Gravesend in Kent, on the south bank of the River Thames and worked at Tilbury in Essex, which is situated on the north bank. My journey to work involved a short commute on the ferry across the river. For some reason on this particular day, in the days before the ATM and after one of our frequent spats, I found myself with no ready cash, so I asked my wife if I could borrow some money to pay for the ferry fare.
Without pondering on the request she replied “No. You think that you’re God, walk across!”
So you see, if she had the ability to come up with a memorable quote, there is hope for all of us!
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Post Commentdenus
On March 2, 2009 at 2:34 am
very well done!
payge
On March 2, 2009 at 3:02 am
Most of these I have never heard of but was aewsome all the same.Wel done George!
Louie Jerome
On March 2, 2009 at 6:53 am
An interesting read! As the saying goes: If we write, we make ourselves immortal like these writers.
Alina Beck
On March 2, 2009 at 9:32 am
Great article – I really enjoyed this.
Anne McNew
On March 4, 2009 at 3:35 am
wonderful thoughts. thanks for sharing your powerful ideas.
lh
On March 5, 2009 at 3:59 pm
some good add ons come to my mind as i go off the air i”ll let my thoughts them combine. very good sir
lh
Denise Kawaii
On March 8, 2009 at 12:15 am
I love quotes
I hope to one day be immortalized and incorrectly quoted as quickly and often as those mentioned above.
lh
On March 9, 2009 at 10:00 pm
i did an add on…
they refused to publish it.
thank u sir for reading my poems
i am indebted to you.
tomorrow one on a poets impressions
i m sure u will not miss. that too.
also if u desire ill send the add on i wrote ,
to u as a message u may like it.lh
Olivia Reason
On April 8, 2009 at 8:40 am
Mark twain always had interesting things to say, didn’t he?
He’s one of my favorite people to quote…
maranatha
On April 14, 2009 at 7:37 pm
My favorite is, “Always forgive your enemies, nothing annoys them so much”. That’s priceless!!!! Thank you for this.
marisolflamenco
On May 3, 2009 at 10:54 am
wonderful and powerful thougths
swatilohani
On May 28, 2009 at 12:10 am
cool
rizzei
On June 27, 2009 at 7:45 am
i remember the quotable quotes written reader’s digest when my mom had a 1-yr. subscription..nice notable notes on quotable quotes:)