ON PUBLISHING:
“Send in the details. Never mind the facts.”
(Telegram from editor of New York World to his Washington correspondent)
ON SPELLING:
“This ain’t the way to spell my name.”
(Baseball legend Yogi Berra when given a check saying “Pay to Bearer”)
ON SUCCESS, EARLY SIGNS OF:
“In the second grade I punched my music teacher because I didn’t think he
knew much about music. I am not proud of that, but it’s clear that early on
I had a tendency to stand up.”
(Donald Trump, real estate mogul)
ON DEATH, THE WALKING VARIETY:
“When an Englishman wants to get married, to whom does he go? To the
clergy. When he wants to get his child baptized, to whom does he go? To
the clergy. When he wants to get buried, to whom does he go?”
(Prime Minister William E. Gladstone, in a speech extolling the clergy)
ON RACE CAR DRIVERS, UNUSUAL ANATOMICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF:
“The drivers have one foot on the brake, one on the clutch, and one on the
throttle.”
(ESPN commentator Bob Varsha, covering a Grand Prix race)
ON ABRAHAM LINCOLN, LITTLE-KNOWN ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF:
“It is indeed fitting that we gather here today to pay tribute to Abraham
Lincoln, who was born in a log cabin that he built with his own hands.”
(Senator Morris K. “Mo” Udall)
ON CONVICTION, POLITICAL:
“If the Governor is right, I am going to stand by him because he is
right. If he is wrong, I am going to stand by him because he is a
Democrat.”
(Senator Augustus Owsley Stanley, D-Kentucky)
ON COLORS, LOUD:
“HARK! I hear a white horse coming!”
(from the old Lone Ranger radio program)
ON COMEDY:
“Our comedies are not to be laughed at.”
(Movie mogul Samuel Goldwyn)
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Dr Bob Griffin
[email protected] www.grif.net
“Jesus Knows Me, This I Love!”