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05 Dec 2018, 6:50 pm

Actually..

I just now learned that Twain only popularized that quote.

He attributed it to British prime minister Benjamin Disreali.

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05 Dec 2018, 6:54 pm

"Everybody talks about the weather, but nobody does anything about it."

That's another one that is erroneously attributed to Twain.

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05 Dec 2018, 6:56 pm

Talk about a thread going off topic. But that's cool. I'm all in favor of that.

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05 Dec 2018, 7:01 pm

naturalplastic wrote:

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auntblabby wrote:

VegetableMan wrote:

auntblabby wrote:

I thought Clarence Darrow said that.

I looked it up. You are correct sir!

it is one of my fave quotes.

It's a great quote. It does sound like something Twain would have said, too.

Actually it doesn't quite sound right as coming from Twain to me. Not quite his style nor attitude.

When Bea brought it up I realize that she was right that I have seen it attributed to SOME one other than Twain.

So I looked it up in both books on online. I was voting for HL Mencken because he had a more of an attitude than Twain. But no, it was Menken's contemporary Darrow. But that also fits because Darrow was all about defending clients from the death penalty, and thought and spoke a lot about how we all of thoughts of committing murder. Hense why he would have occasion to talk about taking pleasure from reading obits.

Were the two murderers in question Leopold and Leob?

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05 Dec 2018, 7:02 pm

VegetableMan wrote:

"Everybody talks about the weather, but nobody does anything about it."

That's another one that is erroneously attributed to Twain.

Who ever it was who originated it was probably an aspie who hated small talk! :lol:

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05 Dec 2018, 7:06 pm

"The trouble with quotes on the Internet is that you can never know if they are genuine." [Abraham Lincoln, 1866]

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05 Dec 2018, 7:11 pm

naturalplastic wrote:

VegetableMan wrote:

"Everybody talks about the weather, but nobody does anything about it."

That's another one that is erroneously attributed to Twain.

Who ever it was who originated it was probably an aspie who hated small talk! :lol:

Acquaintance: "Hey, is it hot enough for you?"

Me: "Yeah."

Me in my head: "f**k off!"

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05 Dec 2018, 7:13 pm

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"The trouble with quotes on the Internet is that you can never know if they are genuine." [Abraham Lincoln, 1866]

I truly believe Abraham Lincoln was a time traveler.

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05 Dec 2018, 7:19 pm

VegetableMan wrote:

auntblabby wrote:

"The trouble with quotes on the Internet is that you can never know if they are genuine." [Abraham Lincoln, 1866]

I truly believe Abraham Lincoln was a time traveler.

I do believe he was psychic as he predicted his own death to a T.

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05 Dec 2018, 7:20 pm

auntblabby wrote:

VegetableMan wrote:

auntblabby wrote:

"The trouble with quotes on the Internet is that you can never know if they are genuine." [Abraham Lincoln, 1866]

I truly believe Abraham Lincoln was a time traveler.

I do believe he was psychic as he predicted his own death to a T.

He predicted his own death?

How so?

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05 Dec 2018, 7:23 pm

naturalplastic wrote:

auntblabby wrote:

VegetableMan wrote:

auntblabby wrote:

"The trouble with quotes on the Internet is that you can never know if they are genuine." [Abraham Lincoln, 1866]

I truly believe Abraham Lincoln was a time traveler.

I do believe he was psychic as he predicted his own death to a T.

He predicted his own death?

yes, a few days before his assassination, Lincoln shared a recent dream with a small group that included his wife, Mary Todd. In this dream, he walked into the East Room of the White House to find a covered corpse guarded by soldiers and surrounded by a crowd of mourners. When Lincoln asked one of the soldiers who had died, the soldier replied, “The president. He was killed by an assassin.”

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05 Dec 2018, 7:36 pm

“You are correct sir” was the most famous Ed McMahon quote.

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05 Dec 2018, 7:42 pm

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“You are correct sir” was the most famous Ed McMahon quote.

Was it? Crap! Now I'm reduced to quoting an iconic talk show host's sidekick. Oh, the shame!

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05 Dec 2018, 7:45 pm

Clarence Darrow was on the side of the evolutionist teacher in the "Scopes Monkey Trial."

That's why I like him.

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05 Dec 2018, 10:31 pm

I Will Not Speak Kindly of the Dead. Bush Was Detestable.

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05 Dec 2018, 10:39 pm

I was around then and it was not an especially pleasant time for me. nevertheless, I wish that his survivors find some measure of grace.

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