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Advice & More August 2014

Quotation Quotient

What’s Your QQ?

By Arlen Grossman

"When I have to choose between voting for the people or the special interests, I always stick with the special interests. They remember. The people forget." - Senator Henry F. Ashurst

1. "Now it is summer, and, as usual, life fills me with transport and I forget to work. This year I have struggled for a long time, but the beauty of the world has conquered me."

A. Leo Laporte

B. Leo Carrillo

C. Leo Tolstoy

 

2. “Even if you are on the right track, you’ll get run over if you just sit there.”

A. Mario Andretti

B. Will Rogers

C. Jon Bon Jovi

 

3. “The only thing that makes life possible is permanent, intolerable uncertainty: not knowing what comes next.”

A. Ursula K. Le Guin

B. Henry Ford

C. Carnac the Magnificent

 

4. "Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect."

A. Harry Reid

B. Mark Twain

C. Galileo Galilei

 

5. “It's not true that life is one damn thing after another; it's one damn thing over and over.”

A. Confucius

B. Edna St. Vincent Millay

C. Thomas Jefferson

 

6. “Insanity in individuals is something rare, but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule.”

A. Friedrich Nietzsche

B. John Boehner

C. David Letterman

 

7. "You can’t handle the truth!" -- Jack Nicholson

A. "The Shining"

B. "Five Easy Pieces"

C. "A Few Good Men" 

 

8. “No matter how calmly you try to referee, parenting will eventually produce bizarre behavior, and I'm not talking about the kids. Their behavior is always normal.”

A. Bill Cosby

B. Rodney Dangerfield

C. Fidel Castro

 

9. "When we win, I'm so happy I eat a lot. When we lose, I'm so depressed, I eat a lot. When we're rained out, I'm so disappointed I eat a lot."

A. Tommy Lasorda

B. Willie Mays

C. Ralph Waldo Emerson

 

10. "I have no faith in human perfectability. I think that human exertion will have no appreciable effect upon humanity. Man is now only more active - not more happy - nor more wise, than he was 6000 years ago.

A. Cliff Clavin

B. Alex Trebek

C. Edgar Allan Poe


 

Answers: 1-C, 2-B , 3-A , 4-B , 5-B , 6-A , 7-C , 8-A , 9-A , 10-C

Scoring:              

10 — QQQQ = Quote-Master   

8-9 — QQQ = Scholar                      

6-7 —QQ = Literate

4-5 — Q = Semi-Literate

0-3 — No Q = Quote-Dunce

BONUS QUOTE:

"When I have to choose between voting for the people or the special interests, I always stick with the special interests. They remember. The people forget." - Senator Henry F. Ashurst (Ashurst, 1874-1962, was one of the first two Senators from Arizona.)

 

Arlen Grossman lives in Monterey, CA, and welcomes comments at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. . Enjoy more quizzes at quotationquotient.com.

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