Thread: Remember who said this?

Originally Posted by thebigspendur

I think those remarks were taken from others. The original was from W.C Fields probably the 1920s and the other was taken from a Groucho Marx Routine from the 1930s. They were changed somewhat.

I can see that!

The 30th President of the United States, Calvin Coolidge, was not nicknamed 'Silent Cal' for nothing. He was well known for being a man of few words. Whilst seated at a dinner party next to poet and satirist Dorothy Parker, Parker said to him,

"Mr. Coolidge, I've made a bet against a fellow who said it was impossible to get more than two words out of you."

Coolidge replied, "You lose".

When Coolidge died in 1933, Dorothy Parker remarked, "How can they tell?"

Churchill has always been one of my heroes. Without the great motivating force of his formidable personality during the darkest days of the Blitz in 1940, I believe the 3rd Reich might have successfully taken Britain, and that might have been, as they say, all she wrote.

Originally Posted by dinnermint

It's pretty simply in my eyes.

Men of that caliber can make more money with less stress nowadays. The only people that want it go for power or prestige.

I disagree. For money ,power, or prestige you need to strive on stress.

This is just a thought but how about a feeling of patronizing superiority?

Lady Nancy Astor:
"Winston, if you were my husband, I'd put poison in your coffee."
Winston Churchill:
"Nancy, if you were my wife, I'd drink it."