1. "People want to know why I do this, why I write such gross stuff. I like to tell them I have the heart of a small boy... and I keep it in a jar on my desk."
A. George Will
B. Stephen King
C. Edgar Allan Poe
2. "Unfortunately these days, there is a hell of a lot that keeps me awake."
A. Leon Panetta
B. Leon Russell
C. Leon Trotsky
3. "Forty is the old age of youth; fifty the youth of old age."
A. Kaiser Wilhelm II
B. Victor Hugo
C. Bruce Springsteen
4. "Constitutions should consist only of general provisions; the reason is that they must necessarily be permanent, and that they cannot calculate for the possible change of things."
A. Ron Paul
B. Patty Duke
C. Alexander Hamilton
5. "Get up, stand up, Stand up for your rights. Get up, stand up, Don't give up the fight."
A. Muhammad Ali
B. Bob Marley
C. Yoko Ono
6. "The future ain't what it used to be."
A. Yogi Berra
B. H. G. Wells
C. Jude Law
7. "Laws are like cobwebs, which may catch small flies, but let wasps and hornets break through."
A. Taylor Swift
B. Tom Swift
C. Jonathan Swift
8. "Of course I lie to people. But I lie altruistically — for our mutual good. The lie is the basic building block of good manners. That may seem mildly shocking to a moralist — but then what isn’t?"
A. Quentin Crisp
B. Oprah Winfrey
C. Lance Armstrong
9. "Jesus was the first socialist, the first to seek a better life for mankind."
A. Rick Warren
B. J. Edgar Hoover
C. Mikhail Gorbachev
10. "It may be that the old astrologers had the truth exactly reversed, when they believed that the stars controlled the destinies of men. The time may come when men control the destinies of stars."
A. Arthur C. Clarke
B. Casey Kasem
C. Galileo Galilei
Answers: 1-B, 2-A , 3-B , 4-C , 5-B , 6-A , 7-C , 8-A , 9-C , 10-A
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 OF THE DAY:
"As to the Seven Deadly Sins, I deplore Pride, Wrath, Lust, Envy, and Greed. Gluttony and Sloth I pretty much plan my day around." - Robert Brault (Blaut is a free-lance writer from Connecticut.)
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