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Quote Help Please......

i was listening to a guy on the news speaking about an old prime minister saying that he was quite happy to go and see the queen as he knew ' she was the one person who would never leak to the press...

lei3333

Does anyone know of these quotes??

Hello, I am trying to remember two quotes that I once read.. The first is something along the lines of: A man does not fall in love with the woman with obvious beauty, but with the woman who intrigues...

hiflier

Cast your bread upon the waters, for you shall find it after many days

What is the meaning of this quotation from Ecclesiastes?

mollykins

lies, dam lies and statistics

Who said, 'There are three kinds of lies, lies, dam lies and statistics'?

JonnyBoy12

Hope posting this here is not a mistake?

Who was it who said the following quotes? "Experience is the name people give to their mistakes". "Every decision you make is a mistake"....

JonnyBoy12

Who said this famous line?

Can anyone here tell me who said the following line? "I was born alive; is that not punishment enough"?...

kammalla

Latin translation

Hi, Don't know if this is the right spot but here goes... I am trying to translate one of my favourite phrases into latin but so far online translators have given me different answers if anyone knows...

hiflier

When was thiis said?

Hugh Dalton once described Charles de Gaulle as 'having a head like a pineapple and hips like a woman' But when did he say this?

cdwrover123

What famous person said '' I've got a reputation of sacking people ''

trixilator

Partly remembered obtuary quote

My brain is in a turmoil trying to recall the full text of an obituary of which I can only remember parts. It starts "Could love" (recall, I think) "the essence of all our"...

Ninnynanny

Which Spanish said>>>>>>>>>>>>

"All that glitters is not Gold"? What was Wordsworth talking about when he said,"Earth has not anything to show more fair"?...

tigerlelly

Sharper than a serpant's tooth etc.

I've got a mental block so I hope someone can help. What is the full quotation: 'Sharper than a serpant's tooth..........an ungrateful child' or something similar. I think it comes from the Bible but...

kinell

enclose a £20 note

wonder who wrote? i was going to enclose a twenty pound note for you in this birthday card, but i have already sealed the envelope.........

sheilajh

Who wrote - I'm sorry this letter is so long; I didn't have time to write a short one.

Mark Twain did not write this quote.

twiggy55

"the best revenge is a life lived well"

Where does this come from?

Answerprancer

Dr Who (en Français!)

C'est lui, dans la nuit- Docteur Qui Il voyage dans le Tardis. Le boite de telephone. Fantastique d'espace! L'interieur est beaucoup plus grand que l'exterieur Et ca, c'est le mystere de Docteur Qui...