Thursday, September 17, 2009

Newbury....Quotes 18


It was a book to kill time for those who like it better dead. -Dame Rose Macaulay






Cats are smarter than dogs. You can't get eight cats to pull a sled
through snow. -Jeff Valdez



The secret of a good sermon is to have a good beginning and a good ending, then having the two as close together as possible.
-George Burns




It was on my fifth birthday that Papa put his hand on my shoulder and said, 'Remember, my son, if you ever need a helping hand, you'll find
one at the end of your arm.' -Sam Levenson

There it was, hidden in alphabetical order. -Rita Holt

When they call the roll in the Senate, the Senators do not know
whether to answer 'Present' or 'Not guilty.' -Theodore Roosevelt

Misquotations are the only quotations that are never misquoted. -Hesketh Pearson


Biography lends to death a new terror. -Oscar Wilde

All power corrupts, but we need the electricity. -Unknown

There is nothing more demoralizing than a small but adequate income. -Edmund Wilson