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Famous Quotations Questions
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Who said 'Damn the torpedoes Full speed ahead'?Popularity: 74
What is meant by 'children's literature is the stepchild of literature'?
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Why are jokes about people with no arms considered funny?
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Where does the quote 'new buildings in so-called modern style' by Graham Greene come from?
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What does learning without thought is labor lost thought without learning is perilous mean?
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Who said 'Ubi materia ibi geometria'?
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Who is the author of the quote 'be bold and mighty forces will come to your aid'?
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What is an example of a 'bandwagon'?
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What is the proverb that says that things will get better in the future?
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What are some quotes that use personification?
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What did the Commanding Officer of the 101st say when asked to surrender?
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What does 'It takes a village' mean?
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Where did Martin Luther King Jr give his 'I Have a Dream' speech?
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What is part two of Fiorello LaGuardia's quip?
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Who said 'Evil will prevail when good men do nothing'?
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Who said 'Ask for me tomorrow and you shall find me a grave man'?
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What is the meaning of the quote 'Not all pain is gain'?
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What are some quotes by Ayer on theology?
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What are some important quotes and expainations of the quotes from the book their eyes were watching god?
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Who said To steal ideas from one person is plagiarism to steal from many is research?
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Who said 'Ignorance is the root of all evil'?
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Who wrote this quote - 'The best preparation for good work tomorrow is to do good work today'?
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What are some of Samantha Abeel's famous quotes?
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Who said Nothing brings more pain than too much pleasure nothing more bondage than too much liberty?
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Who said 'The law is an ass'?
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Who said 'The third time's a charm'?
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Which classic dramatist from the movie 'The Godfather' said 'Keep your friends close and your enemies closer'?
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What are some quotes by Sam Rayburn?
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Who said 'When France sneezes all Europe catches a cold'?
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Who said 'That's a can do boss'?
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What is the famous quote by Lord Acton?
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What does this quote mean - 'In the land of the blind the one-eyed man is king'?
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What Shakespeare quotes are still used today?
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What is the meaning of the proverb 'If one finger brought oil it soiled the others'?
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Who said 'Music soothes the savage beast'?
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Can you explain this all guidance is education but not all education is guidance?
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Who wrote the mills of the gods grind exceeding slow?
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What are some quotes used by Hitler referring to the Holocaust?
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Who said 'All the world's a stage'?
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Why did people in the bibical days say 'Keep your enemies near'?
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What is meant by quote 'If you were meant to talk more than listen you would have two mouths and one ear'?
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Who said In the land of the blind the one eyed man is king?
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Where did the quotation 'I am your huckleberry' come from?
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Who said tea is the opiate of the masses?
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What does 'Beauty is in the eye of the beholder' mean?
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Who said 'Harm a hair on your head but do not harm your flag'?
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Who wrote 'To think perchance to dream'?
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What is the famous quote by Edward Everett Hale?
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What Irish writer said 'Your wallpaper is killing me. One of us will have to go.'?
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Who said 'The mills of the gods grind slowly but they grind exceedingly small'?
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Who said 'Those people who think they know everything are a great annoyance to those of us who do'?
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Who said 'Early to bed early to rise makes a man healthy wealthy and wise'?
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What is the meaning of the following saying I fear you speak upon the rack where men enforced do speak anything?
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Who said 'Blessed are the dead that the rain rains on'?
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Who created the famous saying 'Calme en avant et droit'?
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Where did the following quote originally come from - 'A girl should bury her heart so deep in God that a boy has to go through God to get it'?
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Why is Victor Borge's quote 'Laughter is the shortest distance between two people' important?
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What is the Quaker Oatmeal slogan?
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Why do you seek knowledge if 'Ignorance is bliss'?
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Who said this famous quote 'The buck stops here'?
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What does John Hancock mean in his quote 'There I guess King George will be able to read that without his glasses'?
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Can you explain this quote 'A wise man makes his own decisions a fool simply follows public opinion'?
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What are some famous quotes about life?
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Who said the famous quote it isn't necessary to have relatives in Kansas City in order to be unhappy''?
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What did Thomas Carruthers mean by 'A teacher is one who makes himself progressively unnecessary'?
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What was the famous quote of Barbara McClintock?
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Who wrote this quote 'It seemed rather incongruous that in a society of super-sophisticated communication you often suffer from a shortage of listeners'?
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Is this quote right - its the beauty that catches the eye but personailty that catches the heart?
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Who did Winston Churchill say 'never never never never give up' to?
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What is a quote from Harriet Tubman?
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