Favorite historic quotations that you’ve actually used in the past year
“Nothing could be worse than to be completely understood” - Friedrich Nietzsche
“Alea iacta est.” (“The die is cast.”) - Julius Caesar
“If I owned both Hell and Texas, I would live in Hell and rent out Texas.” - General Philip Sheridan
“I have friends in overalls whose friendship I would not swap for the favor of the kings of the world.” - Thomas A. Edison
"Fart for freedom, fart for liberty—and fart proudly.” - Benjamin Franklin
“I see no ships.” Admiral Nelson
“I disagree with what you say, but I would defend to the death your right to say it.” - attrib. to Voltaire
“Those who cannot learn from history are doomed to repeat it.” - George Santayana/Edmund Burke
“This is the type of errant pedantry up with which I will not put.” - Winston Churchill (on the grammatical rule forbidding ending a sentence with a proposition)
Favorite historic quotations that you’ve actually used in the past year
“Nothing could be worse than to be completely understood” - Friedrich Nietzsche
“Alea iacta est.” (“The die is cast.”) - Julius Caesar
“If I owned both Hell and Texas, I would live in Hell and rent out Texas.” - General Philip Sheridan
“I have friends in overalls whose friendship I would not swap for the favor of the kings of the world.” - Thomas A. Edison
"Fart for freedom, fart for liberty—and fart proudly.” - Benjamin Franklin
“I see no ships.” Admiral Nelson
“I disagree with what you say, but I would defend to the death your right to say it.” - attrib. to Voltaire
“Those who cannot learn from history are doomed to repeat it.” - George Santayana/Edmund Burke
“This is the type of errant pedantry up with which I will not put.” - Winston Churchill (on the grammatical rule forbidding ending a sentence with a proposition)
“He had the calm confidence of a Christian with four aces.” - Mark Twain
#9 is attributed - I’ve seen it denied by some Churchill biographers.
Favorite historic quotations that you’ve actually used in the past year
“Nothing could be worse than to be completely understood” - Friedrich Nietzsche
“Alea iacta est.” (“The die is cast.”) - Julius Caesar
“If I owned both Hell and Texas, I would live in Hell and rent out Texas.” - General Philip Sheridan
“I have friends in overalls whose friendship I would not swap for the favor of the kings of the world.” - Thomas A. Edison
"Fart for freedom, fart for liberty—and fart proudly.” - Benjamin Franklin
“I see no ships.” Admiral Nelson
“I disagree with what you say, but I would defend to the death your right to say it.” - attrib. to Voltaire
“Those who cannot learn from history are doomed to repeat it.” - George Santayana/Edmund Burke
“This is the type of errant pedantry up with which I will not put.” - Winston Churchill (on the grammatical rule forbidding ending a sentence with a proposition)
“He had the calm confidence of a Christian with four aces.” - Mark Twain
“Sorry, I didn’t catch your name.” --Groucho Marx, after being introduced to President Calvin Coolidge. (Someone had bet Groucho he couldn’t make Coolidge smile. Groucho won the bet.)
Favorite historic quotations that you’ve actually used in the past year
“Nothing could be worse than to be completely understood” - Friedrich Nietzsche
“Alea iacta est.” (“The die is cast.”) - Julius Caesar
“If I owned both Hell and Texas, I would live in Hell and rent out Texas.” - General Philip Sheridan
“I have friends in overalls whose friendship I would not swap for the favor of the kings of the world.” - Thomas A. Edison
"Fart for freedom, fart for liberty—and fart proudly.” - Benjamin Franklin
“I see no ships.” Admiral Nelson
“I disagree with what you say, but I would defend to the death your right to say it.” - attrib. to Voltaire
“Those who cannot learn from history are doomed to repeat it.” - George Santayana/Edmund Burke
“This is the type of errant pedantry up with which I will not put.” - Winston Churchill (on the grammatical rule forbidding ending a sentence with a proposition)
“He had the calm confidence of a Christian with four aces.” - Mark Twain
“Sorry, I didn’t catch your name.” --Groucho Marx, after being introduced to President Calvin Coolidge.
“I’d rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal lobotomy.” - Dorothy Parker
Favorite historic quotations that you’ve actually used in the past year
“Nothing could be worse than to be completely understood” - Friedrich Nietzsche
“Alea iacta est.” (“The die is cast.”) - Julius Caesar
“If I owned both Hell and Texas, I would live in Hell and rent out Texas.” - General Philip Sheridan
“I have friends in overalls whose friendship I would not swap for the favor of the kings of the world.” - Thomas A. Edison
"Fart for freedom, fart for liberty—and fart proudly.” - Benjamin Franklin
“I see no ships.” Admiral Nelson
“I disagree with what you say, but I would defend to the death your right to say it.” - attrib. to Voltaire
“Those who cannot learn from history are doomed to repeat it.” - George Santayana/Edmund Burke
“This is the type of errant pedantry up with which I will not put.” - Winston Churchill (on the grammatical rule forbidding ending a sentence with a proposition)
“He had the calm confidence of a Christian with four aces.” - Mark Twain
“Sorry, I didn’t catch your name.” --Groucho Marx, after being introduced to President Calvin Coolidge.
“I’d rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal lobotomy.” - Dorothy Parker
“Unthinking respect for authority is the greatest enemy of truth.” - Albert Einstein
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