05-30-2007, 06:44 AM | #1 |
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Sentences We Love
This might be an interesting thread to start, if there's enough interest.
I started thinking about this as I was reading a book that Harry made available on the upload site - The Avenger - by Edgar Wallace. The Avenger is about a number of heads that turn up - without bodies. It's not a humorous story, but the line below struck me as humorous. Almost forgot: there's also a gorilla that's a butler, named Bhag. (Maybe the novel is humorous, after all.) Here's the line: "If you're not a liar," said Jack Knebworth, "you're a piece of cheese!" Don Last edited by Dr. Drib; 05-30-2007 at 06:47 AM. |
05-30-2007, 07:01 AM | #2 |
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Deathless phrases should always be remembered and shared.
That's a wonderful quote to share with us. Thanks! I'll use it in some conversation somewhere. Non-sequiturs unite! |
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I actually have a collection of lines that caught my fancy over the years, some are from books (such as the air-hanging un-bricklike ships from Hitchhiker's Guide), others are from TV shows, real life experiences, and even a few that I came up with myself. I'm pretty good at turning a phrase, but stringing them together into an actual story ... not so much.
I won't subject you to the entire list, but here's one from The Cosby Show: Quote:
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I love this line, although it doesn't really come originally from a book...
"Sir, you're drunk!" "Yes, Madam, I am. But in the morning, I will be sober and you will still be ugly." (Lady Astor and Winston Churchill) |
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Winston Churchill had some great lines. One of my favourites, when talking about Clement Atlee, who beat him in the 1946 election:
"Mr Atlee is a very modest man. Of course, he has a great deal to be modest about" |
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Calvin Coolidge, a US President in the first part of the 20th century, was called “Silent Cal” because he spoke few words – unlike modern politicians who never seem to stop.
At a dinner party it is said that a lady next to him said, “I made a bet with a friend that I could get you to say three words tonight.” To which he replied, “You lose.” |
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I was thinking of that very one also, RWood!
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Another famous exchange between Lady Astor and Winston Churchill:
Lady Astor: "If I were married to you, I'd put poison in your coffee." Reply: "If I were married to you, I'd drink it." |
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What better place for the 'lowest form of humor' ... than the gutter?
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Quote From Thud! by Terry Pratchett:
You could barely understand the man, he was that posh. It was not so much speech as modulated yawning |
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My favorite sentence - "Life, without parole!"
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