The Quote Game

bookmadgirlie · Post by **bookmadgirlie** » 19 Jan 2012, 03:43

Here is one which is so obvious it is easy!

"'Of the things we fashioned for them that they might be comforted, dawn is the one that works'"

Fran · Post by **Fran** » 19 Jan 2012, 07:15

bookmadgirlie wrote:Here is one which is so obvious it is easy!

"'Of the things we fashioned for them that they might be comforted, dawn is the one that works'"

So flattered that someone read my sig ... that's a quote I came across in 'The Infinities' by John Banville it's not credited to anyone so I assume Mr Banville himself came up with it!

Now here is one ...
'If a victory is told in detail, one can no longer distinguish it from a defeat'

bookmadgirlie · Post by **bookmadgirlie** » 19 Jan 2012, 10:03

Fran wrote:
bookmadgirlie wrote:Here is one which is so obvious it is easy!

"'Of the things we fashioned for them that they might be comforted, dawn is the one that works'"
So flattered that someone read my sig ... that's a quote I came across in 'The Infinities' by John Banville it's not credited to anyone so I assume Mr Banville himself came up with it!

Now here is one ...
'If a victory is told in detail, one can no longer distinguish it from a defeat'

A French philosopher called Jean-Paul Sartre - had to look the guy up, but I actually recognised the quote!

Gannon · Post by **Gannon** » 19 Jan 2012, 15:58

How about this one.

AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED, THE ENTIRE REASON FOR BECOMING A WRITER IS NOT HAVING TO GET UP IN THE MORNING.

Fran · Post by **Fran** » 19 Jan 2012, 16:23

Gannon wrote:How about this one.

AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED, THE ENTIRE REASON FOR BECOMING A WRITER IS NOT HAVING TO GET UP IN THE MORNING.

Ha Ha .... that's Neil Gaiman

Now try this one
'I'm not a very good writer, but I'm an excellent rewriter'.

Gannon · Post by **Gannon** » 20 Jan 2012, 02:08

Fran wrote:
Gannon wrote:How about this one.

AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED, THE ENTIRE REASON FOR BECOMING A WRITER IS NOT HAVING TO GET UP IN THE MORNING.

Ha Ha .... that's Neil Gaiman

Now try this one
'I'm not a very good writer, but I'm an excellent rewriter'.

Howdy howdy Fran, that quote is made by James Michener. If I am not mistaken.

Now how about....

MARRIAGE, IN LIFE, IS LIKE A DUEL IN THE MIDST OF BATTLE.

bookmadgirlie · Post by **bookmadgirlie** » 20 Jan 2012, 03:43

Charles Caleb Colton

Now....

"You can't give a Dementor the old one-two!" -

Tralala · Post by **Tralala** » 20 Jan 2012, 03:43

My ex husband.

Whoops! That was for Gannon's.

...That's gotta be a Harry Potter thing.

bookmadgirlie · Post by **bookmadgirlie** » 20 Jan 2012, 04:03

Yep.

"Exit pursued by a bear."

Fran · Post by **Fran** » 20 Jan 2012, 09:51

bookmadgirlie wrote:Yep.

"Exit pursued by a bear."

I do believe that was our good friend Mr Bill Shakespeare

Now try this one ...

'For most of history, Anonymous was a woman'.

bookmadgirlie · Post by **bookmadgirlie** » 20 Jan 2012, 10:00

Fran wrote:
bookmadgirlie wrote:Yep.

"Exit pursued by a bear."
I do believe that was our good friend Mr Bill Shakespeare

Now try this one ...

'For most of history, Anonymous was a woman'.

It most certainly was.
And your quote was by Virginia Woolf.

"When a girl walks in, with an itty bitty waist, and a round thing in your face..."

Gannon · Post by **Gannon** » 20 Jan 2012, 17:02

bookmadgirlie wrote:Charles Caleb Colton

Now....

"You can't give a Dementor the old one-two!" -

The quote was actually made by Edmond About not Charles Caleb Colton, but close enough.

Tralala · Post by **Tralala** » 20 Jan 2012, 17:45

bookmadgirlie wrote:
"When a girl walks in, with an itty bitty waist, and a round thing in your face..."

Too funny! Sir Mix-A-Lot, with my theme song. Or was he just quoting Oscar Wilde?

"My a** is way too big. They tell me men like it like that. Crazy, huh?"

...I got this from a book of quotes; they swear it's accurate!

Gannon · Post by **Gannon** » 25 Jan 2012, 21:25

Tralala wrote:
bookmadgirlie wrote:
"When a girl walks in, with an itty bitty waist, and a round thing in your face..."
Too funny! Sir Mix-A-Lot, with my theme song. Or was he just quoting Oscar Wilde?

"My a** is way too big. They tell me men like it like that. Crazy, huh?"

...I got this from a book of quotes; they swear it's accurate!

Tralala, you have done it again, I am stumped as to who made that quote and I have looked and searched for about half an hour. Unless anyone else knows it, I think you are going to have to tell us who said it. Please.

Tralala · Post by **Tralala** » 26 Jan 2012, 02:49

Zow...it's Marilyn Monroe. I'll have to get that book out again...

Okay, here's a few of 'em, all from the same person. Should be fairly recognizable...unfortunately.

"What a waste it is to lose one's mind. Or not to have a mind is very wasteful. How true that is."
"We're going to have the best-educated American people in the world."
"I have made good judgements in the past. I have made good judgements in the future."
"Illegitimacy is something we should talk about in terms of not having it."
"Verbosity leads to unclear, inarticulate things."