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#11 Wandering Sagebrush

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Posted 07 March 2019 - 11:49 PM

Mark Twain is a never ending source of folksy wisdom.

“It is better to keep your mouth closed and let people think you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt.”
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Posted 08 March 2019 - 12:53 AM

Mark Twain is a never ending source of folksy wisdom.

“It is better to keep your mouth closed and let people think you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt.”

 

My Dad's favorite quote.


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Posted 08 March 2019 - 03:57 AM

...and then

Suppose you were an idiot, and suppose you were a member of Congress; but I repeat myself.
Mark Twain
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Posted 08 March 2019 - 05:04 AM

...and then
Suppose you were an idiot, and suppose you were a member of Congress; but I repeat myself.
Mark Twain


My Dad's second favorite quote.
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Posted 08 March 2019 - 03:28 PM

My son's grampa was jewish and grew up living above a deli in NYC.

I always loved when Joel would say:

 

"Don't quit your day job!"


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Posted 08 March 2019 - 03:30 PM

This is a bit different than AlleyKat first thought, but I've been struck by how many of our expressions come from a different, geezer-era.

For example:

 

"Hold your horses!"


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Posted 08 March 2019 - 05:25 PM

For every complex and difficult problem, there is a simple and easy solution---and it's wrong.


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#18 Wandering Sagebrush

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Posted 09 March 2019 - 03:07 PM

This is a bit different than AlleyKat first thought, but I've been struck by how many of our expressions come from a different, geezer-era.
For example:
 
"Hold your horses!"


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Posted 09 March 2019 - 04:13 PM

Then there is this  old Will Rogers favorite, " I'm not a member of any organized political party-I'm a Democrat "!

 

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Posted 09 March 2019 - 07:23 PM

It was someone like WIll Rodgers who said about Mormon Lake (AZ, where Expo West has been held several times) "If this was my lake I'd mow it!"


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