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Advice & More August 2013

Quotation Quotient

Quotation Quotient

By Arlen Grossman

 "An idea isn't worth much until a man is found who has the energy and ability to make it work." -  William Feather

1. "Most people spend more time and energy going around problems than in trying to solve them."

A. Lance Armstrong

B. Mitch McConnell

C. Henry Ford

 

2. "He that lieth down with dogs shall rise up with fleas."

A. Benjamin Franklin

B. Bonnie Franklin

C. Aretha Franklin

 

3. “Distrust all in whom the impulse to punish is powerful.”

A. Lieutenant Columbo

B. Friedrich Nietzsche

C. Sheriff Joe Arpaio

 

4. “I think and think for months and years, ninety-nine times, the conclusion is false. The hundredth time I am right.”

A. Alex Jones

B. Leonardo da Vinci

C. Albert Einstein

 

5. "The trade of governing has always been monopolized by the most ignorant and the most rascally individuals of mankind."

A. Thomas Paine

B. Thomas Edison

C. Thomas Friedman

 

6. "Life is a great big canvas; throw all the paint you can at it."

A. Muhammad Ali

B. Michelangelo

C. Danny Kaye

 

7. “I got more thrill out of flying before I had ever been in the air at all – while lying in bed thinking how exciting it would be to fly.”

A. Orville Wright

B. John Glenn

C. Henry David Thoreau

 

8. "I'd rather have a bottle in front of me, than a frontal lobotomy."

A. Jennifer Lawrence

B. Dorothy Parker

C. George Washington

 

9. "By the pricking of my thumbs, something wicked this way comes. Open, locks, whoever knocks!"

A. William Shakespeare

B. Beyonce

C. Ray Bradbury

 

10. "Life is very short, and there's no time/ For fussing and fighting, my friend."

A. Rogers & Hammerstein

B. David & Bacharach

C. Lennon & McCartney

 


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

"An idea isn't worth much until a man is found who has the energy and ability to make it work." - William Feather (Feather, 1889-1981, was an American author and publisher.)

Arlen Grossman lives in Monterey, California. Enjoy more quizzes at quotationquotient.com. Comments and suggestions are welcomed at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. .

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