Bobcat's Pause
When Insults Had Class“He has all the virtues I dislike and none of the vices I admire.”
—Winston Churchill
“A modest little person, with much to be modest about.”
—Winston Churchill
“He has never been known to use a word that might send a reader to the dictionary.”
—William Faulkner
(about Ernest Hemingway)
“Poor Faulkner. Does he really think big emotions come from big words?”
—Ernest Hemingway
(about William Faulkner)
“Thank you for sending me a copy of your book; I’ll waste no time reading it. ”
—Moses Hadas
“I’ve had a perfectly wonderful evening. But this wasn’t it.”
—Groucho Marx
Golden Gate Bridge
Favorite Structures
The structures Americans like best:
1. Empire State Building
2. The White House
3. Washington National Cathedral
4. Jefferson Memorial
5. Golden Gate Bridge
6. U.S. Capitol
7. Lincoln Memorial
8. Biltmore Estate
9. Chrysler Building
10. Vietnam Veterans Memorial
Source: Harris Interactive
What They Said
“An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest.”
—Benjamin Franklin
“ The advantage of a bad memory is that one enjoys several times the same good things for the first time.”
—Friedrich Nietzsche
“ Most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to be.”
—Abraham Lincoln
“ It is a common delusion that you make things better by talking about them.”
—Dame Rose Macaulay
“ Drama is life with the dull bits cut out.”
—Alfred Hitchcock