Recent questions tagged quote

Description : What do you think of this quote?

Last Answer : Blather. Two disjointed sentences with a couple of common words, but conceptually, nothing that ties them together.

Description : Does this comment make any sense to you?

Last Answer : It means that sticks and stones will break my bones, but names never can. Or to have a thick skin.

Description : Why do quotes sometimes [do] this?

Last Answer : It makes sense without the [...] if the sentence is in its original context, but when they take it out of the context, they have to supply a subject or referent in brackets so that the sentence makes sense by iself.

Description : Einstein quote - "In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity”?

Last Answer : To me, it is a different and more elegant expression of AFOG. Humans tend to be at their best when striving against difficulties. Perfectly safe, controlled circumstances can produce the real world equivalent of the roly poly people in Wall E.

Description : What does this Mark Twain quote mean?

Last Answer : pretty simple, once you give up on your hopes and dreams, you die on the inside…

Description : Who coined this quote?

Last Answer : I’ve never seen it attributed to Teddy Roosevelt, but I have always seen it attributed to Al Capone. If I had to put money on it, I’d go with Al.