The NEW Quote Thread

[lester1/2jr]

Yogi Berra didn't say a lot of the things attributed to him. if it sounds like something they WOULD say then it ends up getting credited to them

[pacman000]

Same thing with Samuel Goldwyn.

[ER]

I also have my doubts that Oscar Wilde ever really called Queen Victoria "short sista."

[ER]

Not only are many supposed quotes retroactively applied to those who likely never said them, sometimes quotes on misappropriated quotes are suspect.


Wilde: "I wish I'd said that."

Whistler: "You shall, Oscar, you shall!"


In fact...... Well, here's a discussion on it.

http://quoteinvestigator.com/2013/09/05/oscar-will/

[ER]

Man was made for Joy and Woe;
And when this we rightly know
Thro the World we safely go.

---William Blake

[indianasmith]

"If, at the end of your life's journey, you find that you made some enemies along the way - Congratulations!  That means, at some point, you stood for something."  - Winston Churchill

[Rev. Powell]

"The less justified a man is in claiming excellence for his own self, the more ready he is to claim all excellence for his nation, his religion, his race or his holy cause."--Eric Hoffer

[indianasmith]

"Wait, was that on the 30th or the 40th of May?" - Brady T. (one of my sophomore students)

[bob]

Collect the monkey --- some jackass

[Rev. Powell]

"There are lots of ways of being miserable, but there's only one way of being comfortable, and that is to stop running round after happiness. If you make up your mind not to be happy there's no reason why you shouldn't have a fairly good time." - Edith Wharton

[ER]

"....because I'm easy come, easy go, little high, little low, any way the wind blows doesn't really matter to me...."

(some Queen or other)

[Allhallowsday]

"You can lead a horticulture but you can't make her think."

- DOROTHY PARKER

[niccolom]

The only war I ever approved of was the Trojan War; it was fought over a woman and all the men what they were fighting for.

     - William Lyon Phelps. Sermon, 25 June 1933.

[Allhallowsday]

The only war I ever approved of was the Trojan War; it was fought over a woman and all the men what they were fighting for.

     - William Lyon Phelps. Sermon, 25 June 1933.

What? 

[niccolom]

The only war I ever approved of was the Trojan War; it was fought over a woman and all the men what they were fighting for.

     - William Lyon Phelps. Sermon, 25 June 1933.

What? 

"it was fought over a woman and all the men knew what they were fighting for."

I really, really got to re-check my posts before hitting the Post button!!