Showing posts with label Quotations. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Quotations. Show all posts

Tuesday, 20 March 2007

unforgettable utterances

" You can live happily with any woman..." was, as usual, Oscar Wilde.

Thursday, 22 February 2007

unforgettable utterances

Who said this? - "A man can live happily with any woman, as long as he does not love her".
Was it-

a)Arthur Schopenhauer?
b)John Lennon?
c)Oscar Wilde?

Sunday, 18 February 2007

Unforgettable Utterances: Answer to"Kiss me Hardy"

This was said by Admiral Lord Nelson to his Flag Captain Thomas Hardy.There are no homosexual overtones to this utterance: it was socially quite acceptable in Nelson´s times for men to kiss in situations where strong emotions were involved.

Tuesday, 6 February 2007

Unforgetable Utterances

Which famous Englishman, in his dying moments, said the words," Kiss me Hardy".

a) Freddy Mercury?
b) Admiral Lord Horatio Nelson?
c) Lord Byron?

Thursday, 1 February 2007

Unforgetable Utterances:Answers.

The sentence, "We are not amused," was majestatically uttered by Queen Victoria.The words, "Sir, you are intoxicated..." although often wrongly attributed to Sir Winston Churchill, were actually pronounced by Benjamin Disraeli, later made Earl of Beaconsfield by Queen Victoria.

Friday, 26 January 2007

Unforgettable Utterances

Which member of the Royal Family once said, " We are not amused"

a) Lady Jane Grey?
b) Queen Victoria?
c) Lady Diana Spencer?

Which aristocratic British statesman uttered the words, " Sir, you are intoxicated with the exuberance of your own verbosity!"

a) Benjamin Disraeli?(Lord Beaconsfield)
b) Sir Winston Churchill?
c) Harold Wilson?( The working man´s peer)

(Answers next week with ten Typhoo tea coupons)