who said....????

[R0Y]

Where there is discord, may we bring harmony.
Where there is error, may we bring truth.
Where there is doubt, may we bring faith.
Where there is despair, may we bring hope.

Answers on a postcard etc etc, seriously, no prize on offer just a chance to set the next one.

[Otter]

Frances of Assisi and M.Thatcher and of course you just there.

[Newsreader]

Frances of Assisi and M.Thatcher
Must be the only thing those two have in common ... apart from a weird hairstyle :goofylook:

[R0Y]

Whoah, somebodies sharp out there today. Your up Bernie what's your quote?

[Newsreader]

Your up Bernie what's your quote?
Shurely you mean Otter? :D

[R0Y]

woops well spotted there sir. Mr Otter your go it is.

[Olan Giech]

to err is human, to really screw things up takes middle-management

[Otter]

Gaius Tacitus, Rome, in 35 BC !

[Olan Giech]

10 out of 10 for the clawed one there:yay:

[jjsaul]

Try this:

Golf is a game who's aim it is to hit a very small ball into an even smaller hole with weapons singularly ill-designed for the purpose.

[Luke]

Winston Churchill

[Luke]

Assuming I'm right, my quote is "I am free of all prejudices. I hate everyone equally."

[Newsreader]

Assuming I'm right, my quote is "I am free of all prejudices. I hate everyone equally."
WC Fields :)

[Newsreader]

Assuming I'm right, who said "Why don't we build our own?"

[jjsaul]

Yes, correct evilbombmaker

[Spotter]

Assuming I'm right, who said "Why don't we build our own?"

The Wilks brothers?

Andy
www.landroverheaven.com

[Spacemutt]

How about
All men dream, but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds wake in the day to find that it was vanity: but the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act their dream with open eyes, to make it possible.

[jjsaul]

T.E Lawrence (of Arabia).

I knew GCSE English would pay off sometime...

[Newsreader]

The Wilks brothers?

Andy
www.landroverheaven.com
You got it Andy :yay: as they were discussing what to do when their Jeep packed up, and thus was born the Landrover! :)

[jjsaul]

How about:

I often quote myself, it adds spice to my conversation.

[Newsreader]

How about:

I often quote myself, it adds spice to my conversation.
George Bernard Shaw

[Newsreader]

Easy one now:

"If you were my husband, I would poison your drink."
"If you were my wife, I'd drink it."

[jjsaul]

Well done Bernie.

[jjsaul]

Lady Astor and Winston Churchill.

[jjsaul]

What about:

Always do sober what you said you'd do drunk. That will teach you to keep your mouth shut.

[Newsreader]

Spot on James :yay:

[gaz]

Assuming I'm right, who said "Why don't we build our own?"

That would be oor Maggie. LOL :hugegrin:

[Newsreader]

That would be oor Maggie. LOL :hugegrin:
:hahaha:

[Newsreader]

Always do sober what you said you'd do drunk. That will teach you to keep your mouth shut.
Hemingway.

Who said ... "I have nothing to declare but my genius."

[t0ny99]

Hemingway.

Who said ... "I have nothing to declare but my genius."

Oscar Wilde...

What about "I am willing to love all mankind, except an American"?

[Spotter]

How about "So long, and thanks for all the fish" ?

Andy
www.landroverheaven.com

[R0Y]

How about "So long, and thanks for all the fish" ?

Andy
www.landroverheaven.com Douglas Adams or to be more precise the "dolphins" in his book of the same title.

[DUNCIA]

Who replied to the charge that he was drunk with the retort:

"Yes Madam, but in the morning I'll be sober but you'll still be ugly"?

[Newsreader]

Who replied to the charge that he was drunk with the retort:

"Yes Madam, but in the morning I'll be sober but you'll still be ugly"?
That's Winston Churchill again, to his dear friend Lady Astor :D

What about:
"Singing? Just my way of getting through the day dear - the Samaritans were engaged."

[Newsreader]

Oscar Wilde...

What about "I am willing to love all mankind, except an American"?

Samuel Johnson

[R0Y]

"Believe nothing, no matter where you read it, or who said it,
no matter if I have said it, unless it agrees with your own
reason and your own common sense."

[Newsreader]

"Believe nothing, no matter where you read it, or who said it,
no matter if I have said it, unless it agrees with your own
reason and your own common sense."
Buddha

[R0Y]

well done BH. :yay:

[t0ny99]

Samuel Johnson

Bingo!

[Newsreader]

No takers for this one then...? :D


"Singing? Just my way of getting through the day dear - the Samaritans were engaged."
Not quite in the Buddha league I have to say ... :)

[t0ny99]

I think we might need a clue for this one, BH...

[Hubber]

was it basil fawlty

[t0ny99]

Suddenly it looks incredibly obvious!

Well done Hubber!

[Spyder]

Who said?

"First, you must implicitly obey orders… Secondly, you must consider every man as your enemy who speaks ill of your King... And thirdly, you must hate a Frenchman as you do the devil".

[Hubber]

was it nelson ?

[Newsreader]

was it basil fawlty
:yay: Well done Mark! :) One of my favourite all-time comedy lines. He;s dancing around becuase he has won on the horses, and Sybil catches him and gets suspicious. Classic comedy :thumbsup:

[Newsreader]

OK, who said...

"Able was I ere I saw Elba" ?

And for a bonus point, what is special about that sentence? :D

[R0Y]

i get the bonus point as it reads the same backwards as forwards, the correct name of which escapes my feeble brain at the mo'.

[Newsreader]

i get the bonus point as it reads the same backwards as forwards, the correct name of which escapes my feeble brain at the mo'.
Yep well done bhod it's a palindrome... :yay:

But who said it... ?

[Hubber]

Napoleon

[Newsreader]

Napoleon
Spot on again Hubbs :)

[Hubber]

Who said :There is in the Englishman a combination of qualities, a modesty, an independence, a responsibility, a repose, combined with an absence of anything calculated to call a blush into the cheek of a young person, which one would seek in vain among the Nations of the Earth."

[Newsreader]

Who said :There is in the Englishman a combination of qualities, a modesty, an independence, a responsibility, a repose, combined with an absence of anything calculated to call a blush into the cheek of a young person, which one would seek in vain among the Nations of the Earth."
Sounds a bit literary - Austen? Bronte?

[Hubber]

no :(

[Hubber]

Sounds a bit literary - Austen? Bronte?


although you are on the right track so to speak :)

[Otter]

Kippling perhaps?

[R0Y]

Dickens?

[ginaa68]

Yep well done bhod it's a palindrome... :yay:

But who said it... ?

Another one for you - "the palindrome of Bolton would be Notlob!!"

Gaynor

[Newsreader]

Another one for you - "the palindrome of Bolton would be Notlob!!"

Gaynor
Nice one :) I knew a guy who was a fan of Bolton Wanderers - optimistic sort of bloke... :D

C'mon Hubbs, put us out of our misery, it must be one of them! :behead:

[Hubber]

Dickens?
yip your correct my friend

[Hubber]

ok

who said

Those countries which do best in the world - the ones that are safe and prosperous - have a coherent sense of their own culture".

[Hubber]

You do know that whilst playing this game i have burned tonight dinner :(
she is going to go bonkers whenever she comes home. looks like its a visit to the chinese tonight :(

[suds]

Jeremy Paxman?

if so who said...

"I have held many things in my hands, and have lost them all; but whatever I have placed in God's hands, that I still possess."

[Hubber]

yes

and

martin luther

[Hubber]

If the previous was correct then who :
"In left-wing circles it is always felt that there is something slightly disgraceful in being an Englishman, and that it is a duty to s****** at every English institution, from horse racing to suet puddings. It is a strange fact, but it is unquestionably true, that almost any English intellectual would feel more ashamed of standing to attention during "God Save the King" than stealing from a poor box".

[Hubber]

Actually the little bleeps are nothing to do with me and the word its hiding is not bad in any way honest

[suds]

George Orwell?

if right then who said...

The noblest thing a man can do is, just humbly to receive, and then go amongst others and give

[Hubber]

livingstone i presume :)

[Hubber]

George Orwell?

if right then who said...

The noblest thing a man can do is, just humbly to receive, and then go amongst others and give
yes again :)

[Hubber]

WHO SAID
:I will give him seven feet of English ground, or as much more as he may be taller than other men".

[Hubber]

WHO SAID
:I will give him seven feet of English ground, or as much more as he may be taller than other men".

would have thought you history buffs would have this one by now :)

[lvr989]

king harold?

[Hubber]

Yes very well done my friend :)

[Hubber]

king harold?


Your turn ????

[lvr989]

"for the female of the species is more deadly than the male"

[R0Y]

David Attenborough?

[lvr989]

if he did say it he was quoting someone else...

[lvr989]

....come on.....the answer is a piece of cake!

[Hubber]

Kipling ??

[lvr989]

your turn

[Hubber]

An easy one :

"This blessed plot, this earth, this realm. This England, this nurse, this teaming womb of royal kings".

[lvr989]

richard 2nd....shakespeare...as someone said earlier....about time the
english lessons came in useful......30years....a long time to wait

[Hubber]

richard 2nd....shakespeare...as someone said earlier....about time the
english lessons came in useful......30years....a long time to wait

Very good although i did say it was an easy one :)

your turn :)

[R0Y]

Bl**dy hell Hubber you still playing? Just think of all the constructive things you could have done with your day off today!!! Glad it's all keeping you entertained though.

As a parting shot..... " the ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in the moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy "

[jjsaul]

Martin Luther King Jr

[Hubber]

luther king jun

[lvr989]

"man's inhumanity to man makes countless thousands mourn!"

[Hubber]

burns

[jjsaul]

Try this:

Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read.

[Hubber]

marx brother groucho

[jjsaul]

marx brother groucho

Yes , correct Hubber.

[lvr989]

go on hubber....your turn

[jjsaul]

This one:

Plans are useless, but planning is essential.

[Hubber]

God is decreeing to begin some new and great period in his Church, even to the reforming of Reformation itself. What does he then but reveal Himself to his servants, and as is his manner, first to his Englishmen".

[lvr989]

oops a bit slow....no that's not a quote.....loosk like my reply was a little slow

[Hubber]

This one:

Plans are useless, but planning is essential.

general eisenhower or hower he spells it

[jjsaul]

Areopagitica

[jjsaul]

general eisenhower or hower he spells it

yes correct Hubber

General Dwight D Eisenhower

It's near impossible to keep on top of this thread and check the other new ones...

[Hubber]

Areopagitica
answer to what ??

[jjsaul]

God is decreeing to begin some new and great period in his Church, even to the reforming of Reformation itself. What does he then but reveal Himself to his servants, and as is his manner, first to his Englishmen".

Areopagitica

Sorry i forgot to
Quote

[Hubber]

NO sorry

[jjsaul]

Oops i'll try again

[Hubber]

ok :)

[jjsaul]

God is decreeing to begin some new and great period in his Church, even to the reforming of Reformation itself. What does he then but reveal Himself to his servants, and as is his manner, first to his Englishmen

Sorry - was it john milton (in Areopagitica)

[Hubber]

God is decreeing to begin some new and great period in his Church, even to the reforming of Reformation itself. What does he then but reveal Himself to his servants, and as is his manner, first to his Englishmen

Sorry - was it john milton (in Areopagitica)


yes :)

[Hubber]

your turn

[jjsaul]

Try this:

"The only difference between me and a madman is that I'm not mad."

[Hubber]

Dali

[Hubber]

Same theme

"Germany will dominate Europe, and England the world outside".

[jjsaul]

While i'm thinking try this:

Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.

[Hubber]

Same theme

"Germany will dominate Europe, and England the world outside".


both done a bit of painting :)

[Hubber]

While i'm thinking try this:

Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.
einstien

[jjsaul]

einstien

correct.

I'm still working on yours.

[Hubber]

correct.

I'm still working on yours.


common its easy

[Spotter]

"for the female of the species is more deadly than the male"

was it Space?

Andy
www.landroverheaven.com

[Hubber]

was it Space?

Andy
www.landroverheaven.com

done that one :)

[jjsaul]

How about this:

Sometimes you're the windshield; sometimes you're the bug.

[Hubber]

How about this:

Sometimes you're the windshield; sometimes you're the bug.
dire strraights did sing about it :)

[jjsaul]

Close enough - it is credited to Mark Knopfler

[Hubber]

what about the german one ????

[jjsaul]

what about the german one ????

I really don't know i'm afraid.

What about this:

"The Internet? We are not interested in it"

When you know who you will realise just how wrong he/she was!!!

[Hubber]

I really don't know i'm afraid.

What about this:

"The Internet? We are not interested in it"

When you know who you will realise just how wrong he/she was!!!
hitler well he did do a bit of painting :)

[Hubber]

our friend bill gates

[jjsaul]

our friend bill gates

Yes correct.

I never knew hitler did painting - i was thinking through all the real artists!!!

[Hubber]

Yes correct.

I never knew hitler did painting - i was thinking through all the real artists!!!
he painted house before being a soldier

[Hubber]

this one


Five times by her mastery of the sea she has prevented a continental military conqueror from imposing a despotic authoritarian rule on Europe and the rest of the world".

[jjsaul]

How about:

Educating, enlightening and entertaing you to a greater health, happiness and success through the understanding and application of humour.

:cheesegri

[jjsaul]

Very famous...

[Hubber]

How about:

Educating, enlightening and entertaing you to a greater health, happiness and success through the understanding and application of humour.

:cheesegri


to hard that one :)

[Hubber]

this one


Five times by her mastery of the sea she has prevented a continental military conqueror from imposing a despotic authoritarian rule on Europe and the rest of the world".


arthur bryant - historian

[Hubber]

My poor wee brain is getting tired

your turn :(

[lvr989]

hitler?

[Spyder]

Ooops very late on this one but is was indeed Nelson, Hubber.

[lvr989]

oops too late....off to eat my tea...

[Hubber]

hitler?
Germany will dominate Europe, and England the world outside".[/QUOTE]

[Hubber]

oops too late....off to eat my tea...
cheers, it was fun :)

[SWBTigger]

cheers, it was fun :)
was it... oooh i dunno

[lvr989]

i've cheated and looked up this quotation....it's not by who i thought it was..
....good job i looked it up then....
"in vino veritas"........"truth comes out in wine"....
had to look one up as could not find the answer to the one...."he's not a
messiah...he's a very naughty boy"....know the "group" but not sure of the
individual who said the line...!!!! perhaps too much wine.

[R0Y]

Eric Idle i believe came out with the line "he's not the messiah etc".

Edited to say... then again it could have been terry gilliam i'm confused myself now.

[Hubber]

Eric Idle i believe came out with the line "he's not the messiah etc".

Edited to say... then again it could have been terry gilliam i'm confused myself now.


The piece is named after the famous line from The Life of Brian, in which the mother of Brian, who has been mistaken for Christ, says: "He’s not the Messiah, he’s a very naughty boy. :)

[ChrisD]

If I may digress, on tthe subject of palindromes.

I took a deployment to Gabon (on the west coast Equator in Africa)

The company information pack reminded us all "Remember, Gabon spelt backwards is No Bag!"

True. Someone's luggage went missing every trip but it wasn't the Gabonese, It was ALWAYS THE FRENCH at Paris CdG.

I enquired about my bags one trip and got a very Gallic shrug from the girl at the enquiries desk "..but as usual monsieur, there is a strike. . ."
(Just like Phoney Tony's Britain)

[lvr989]

pliny said....in vino veritas
and the line did come from monty python.....he's not the messiah etc.
whilst not quite palindromic....did you know that robert mugabe came from
Yorkshire......spell his name backwards and it gives.....e ba gum.......only
joking

[t0ny99]

Have we stalled? In which case, who said:

"Common sense is not so common"?

[Newsreader]

robert mugabe came from
Yorkshire......spell his name backwards and it gives.....e ba gum.......only
joking
And his first name backwards gives Trebor... :goofylook:

[Newsreader]

Have we stalled? In which case, who said:

"Common sense is not so common"?
OK 20 questions here - was it a politician?

[jjsaul]

Have we stalled? In which case, who said:

"Common sense is not so common"?

François-Marie Arouet otherwise known by pen name of Voltaire.

[t0ny99]

Very good! AND you knew his real name. Bonus points - I think that means you get to post 2 quotes...

[jjsaul]

GCSE English is useful, (he says after doing one of the exams yesterday...)

[t0ny99]

I have vague recollections of Harper Lee...but apart from that ;)