Fletcher Knebel Quotes

• Our forefathers made one mistake. What they should have fought for was representation without taxation.

  Fletcher Knebel

  Mistake, Should Have, Political

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• Find a man with both feet firmly on the ground and you've found a man about to make a difficult putt.

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  Golf, Men, Feet

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• Finally it has penetrated my thick skull. This life-this moment-is no dress rehearsal. This is it.

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  Life, Skulls, Dresses

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• It is now proved beyond doubt that smoking is one of the leading causes of statistics.

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  Science, Marijuana, Smoking

  Reader's Digest December 1961

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• Statesmanship is harder than politics. Politics is the art of getting along with people, whereas statesmanship is the art of getting along with politicians.

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  Art, People, Politician

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• Hollywood, to hear some writers tell it, is the place where they take an author's steak tartare and make cheeseburger out of it. Upon seeing the film, they say, the author promptly cuts his throat, bleeding to death in a pool of money.

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  Cutting, Hollywood, Bleeding

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• Para empezar, está el acento extranjero. "Árbol" es el número entre dos y cuatro. "Jeintz" es el nombre del equipo de fútbol profesional de New York. Un "fit" es una botella que mide siete onzas menos que un cuarto de galón. Esta lengua exótica no tiene relación con ninguna de las lenguas aprobadas en las Naciones Unidas, y es sólo ligeramente menos difícil de dominar que el urdu.

  Fletcher Knebel

  Fútbol, New York, Equipo

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• A decision is what a man makes when he can't find anybody to serve on a committee.

  Fletcher Knebel

  Success, Men, Decision

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• Nunca te rindas. Durante cincuenta años dijeron que el caballo estaba acabado. Ahora míralo: un símbolo de estatus.

  Fletcher Knebel

  Horse, Giving Up, Years

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• No other city in the U.S. can divest the visitor of so much money with so little enthusiasm. In Dallas, they take away with gusto; in New Orleans, with a bow; in San Francisco, with a wink and a grin. In New York, you're lucky if you get a grunt.

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  New York, New Orleans, Cities

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• The convention is the voice, the bone and the sinews of a political party-and sometimes it even nominates an Abraham Lincoln.

  Fletcher Knebel

  Partido, Voz, Política

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