Samuel Clemmons - I have never let my schooling interfere with my education.
It is better to keep your mouth closed and let people think you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt.
Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.
Albert Einstein (1879 - 1955)
(known for her smart and sassy play on words, Dorothy Parker was asked to use the word Horticulture in a sentence....)
Her reply: You can lead a horticulture, but you can't make her think.
2007-02-28 14:59:38 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Quotations
Ruth, I checked the website where I got these. It's quite possible someone before him said those things but the site attributes them to Samuel Clemons: aka Mark Twain. Someone else says Abe Lincoln could have said the 2nd quote.
2007-02-28 23:07:51 · update #1
"Don't believe everything you think". "If I try to be like him, who will be like me"? "There is nothing as useless as doing efficiently that which should not be done at all". "Admit your mistakes before someone else exaggerates them".
2007-03-01 01:06:00 · answer #1 · answered by lawolifer 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Don't want to doubt you but are you sure of your first and seconds ones being S.Clemmons. Anyway: mine: If I were two-faced,would I be wearing this one.Abe Lincoln and Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt. Abe Lincoln.
2007-02-28 23:08:00 · answer #2 · answered by ruth4526 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Samuel Clemens aka Mark Twain- "Rumors of my death have been greatly exaggerated."
2007-03-01 02:29:47 · answer #3 · answered by Jayson Kane 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Whenever you want to marry someone, go have lunch with his ex-wife.
-- Shelley Winters
When I'm really hot, I can walk into a room and if a man doesn't look at me, he's probably gay.
-- Kathleen Turner
It is not he who reviles or strikes you who insults you, but your opinion that these things are insulting.
--Epictetus
2007-02-28 23:35:36 · answer #4 · answered by ? 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
W.C. Fields once said "I keep a bottle of whiskey with me at all
times in case of a snake bite.....I also keep a small snake.
"Is that a banana in your pocket or are you just happy to see me?"
I can't recall the actress that said that. Sorry
2007-02-28 23:43:12 · answer #5 · answered by kingfan1999 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Im sorry, Im such a loser when it comes to POTC!
Will Turner: Where's Elizabeth?
Jack Sparrow: She's safe, just like I promised. She's all set to marry Norrington, just like she promised. And you get to die for her, just like you promised. So we're all men of our word really... except for, of course, Elizabeth, who is in fact, a woman.
2007-02-28 23:59:51 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm not sure if it's very famous, but here goes...
"I was not taught how to hate at home. I went to school for that."
2007-02-28 23:07:53 · answer #7 · answered by Mafia Agent 4207 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
When pigs fly
2007-02-28 23:21:33 · answer #8 · answered by ray 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When I die I hope they bury me upside down so the world can kiss my as*
2007-03-01 00:29:23 · answer #9 · answered by scotty w 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I yam what I yam and thats all what I yam - Popeye
2007-03-01 00:35:30 · answer #10 · answered by Jerry G 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋