I Have A Book Of Quotes

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  1. Bill Boggs

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    It's called "The 2548 Best Things Anybody Ever Said."

    I read one this morning. It read,

    "Hello, he lied."
     
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    I used to have a nice quotations book but, although I rarely throw a book away, and can't imagine I would have thrown that one away, I haven't seen it in a long time.
     
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    Interesting. I don't quite understand why that quote qualifies as a "best thing ever said," but OK. :D
     
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    Bill, please explain to me what that means . :confused: I suspect you have a hidden meaning to it. :D
     
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    I don’t know either but the quote is so unusual it struck a chord with me and I found It made me smile.
     
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    I keep a journal of quotes that I like and mean a lot or are amusing to me. Here's one:

    I cannot help fearing that men may reach a point where they look on every new theory as a danger, every innovation as a toilsome trouble, every social advance [italics mine] as a first step toward revolution, and that they may absolutely refuse to move at all.
    ~~Alexis de Tocqueville
     
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    That quote needs to have its punctuation clarified.

    I used to like flipping through Bartlett's. But it's been a very long time.
     
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    I'm more the "deep thoughts by Jack Handy" type. Though I do admire Robert Heinlein quite a lot.

    “Never try to out-stubborn a cat.”
    ― Robert A. Heinlein
     
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    This is a perfect quote. It allows everyone to interpret however they wish.
     
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    But in what context? It seems "appropos of nothing" to me. :D
     
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    The greeter is issuing hello as a greeting. But he doesn’t mean it so he lies when he says hello. What he means or would like to say is up yours or get lost. But he is perhaps polite but he doesn't mean a friendly greeting, this the lie. @Beth Gallagher, @Shirley Martin
     
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    @Bill Boggs , that makes perfectly good sense now that you have explained it. You so smart! :)
     
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    This is the way I first thought of it.

    Hello (anybody home, think), he lied. :D

     
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    I still think it needs punctuation to clarify it.

    "Hello" he lied. (He lied when he said hello.)
    Hello, he lied. (I greeted you and then informed you that he lied about something.)
     
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    It was Arnold Schwarzenegger.

     
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