Famous Quotes Game - Page 19

Ivas · 06-24-2011, 07:36 PM

Ladybugsmom, this one is inscrutable. I'm gonna' have to cry, "Craven!". This is not a plea for mercy, it is a recognition of defeat. In a final twitch of deathbed mental effort, may I ask whether it is from one of the latter day self-help gurus, like Phil Donohue? (sp.)?

Future MDPilot · 06-24-2011, 08:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ladybugsmom

Ya gotta identify the quote in the previous post before posting your quote - and you aren't supposed to say who said it before you post it....

Now take a guess at the quote I posted!

FutureMDPilot, you're on the right track.... one more hint - one of his bestsellers was made into a movie...

Somewhat of a shot in the dark but is the movie Jonathan Livingston Seagull (named after the book) and the book The Messiah's Handbook (or something similar to this)? If so, then Richard Bach is your answer

.

Interesting fact about him (and me

). He had (and still has) a fascination with aviation that began as a hobby when he was seventeen and eventually led to a career in the Air Force. On the other hand, I'm getting my PPL when I'm seventeen on July 1st, but it's staying as a hobby to go along with Cardiac Surgery

.

Ladybugsmom · 06-24-2011, 10:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Future MDPilot

Somewhat of a shot in the dark but is the movie Jonathan Livingston Seagull (named after the book) and the book The Messiah's Handbook (or something similar to this)? If so, then Richard Bach is your answer

.

Interesting fact about him (and me

). He had (and still has) a fascination with aviation that began as a hobby when he was seventeen and eventually led to a career in the Air Force. On the other hand, I'm getting my PPL when I'm seventeen on July 1st, but it's staying as a hobby to go along with Cardiac Surgery

.

Ding ding ding! We have a winner!

It is Richard Bach, from The Messiah's Handbook (I think it was also in Illusions: The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah, but I can't find my copy of the book to confirm that)
Happy early Birthday, BTW.... Your turn!

Ivas · 06-24-2011, 10:06 PM

Okay,Future MDPilot, we is waitin' with bated breath.

Future MDPilot · 06-24-2011, 10:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ladybugsmom

Ding ding ding! We have a winner!

It is Richard Bach, from The Messiah's Handbook (I think it was also in Illusions: The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah, but I can't find my copy of the book to confirm that)
Happy early Birthday, BTW.... Your turn!

Thank you!

I'm correct? I feel so accomplished now

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This is one from an author of another book I recently completed (and is from that book).

"Doublethink means the power of holding two contradictory beliefs in one's mind simultaneously, and accepting both of them."

Ivas · 06-24-2011, 10:25 PM

Might we plebeians be granted a small boon? What type of book was this recently read tome? Non-fiction, dramatic novel, dialectic essay, theoretical analysis, science-fiction, philosophic musings, theatre, polemic diatribe, classical translation, bathroom scrawl?

Future MDPilot · 06-24-2011, 10:32 PM

You do not recall "Doublethink"? I was hoping that would give it away.

It's a Dystopian novel.

Ivas · 06-24-2011, 10:49 PM

Dystopian, I get. Hmm, could it be from that author of the dystopian novel, "The Windup Girl", Paolo Bacigalupi? I read it last month myself.

Future MDPilot · 06-24-2011, 10:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ivas

Dystopian, I get. Hmm, could it be from that author of the dystopian novel, "The Windup Girl", Paolo Bacigalupi? I read it last month myself.

I'll add this quote as a hint.

"Big Brother is watching you".

I've never heard of "The Windup Girl". Am currently reading "Atlas Shrugged"whenever I can find spare time.

Ivas · 06-25-2011, 02:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Future MDPilot

I'll add this quote as a hint.

"Big Brother is watching you".

I've never heard of "The Windup Girl". Am currently reading "Atlas Shrugged"whenever I can find spare time.

Ahh, George Orwell. I liked his "Hommage to Catalonia" best. It says a lot about the deleterious effects of Stalinism in a revolution on the verge of success.

"Oakland, there's no there there."

Ivas · 06-27-2011, 07:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Ivas

Ahh, George Orwell. I liked his "Hommage to Catalonia" best. It says a lot about the deleterious effects of Stalinism in a revolution on the verge of success.

"Oakland, there's no there there."

It's clear that y'all don't recall good ol' Gertrude Stein of Alice B. Toklas fame.
So, here goes a replacement quote that should get a more fulsome hearing.

"Is that a banana in your pocket, or are you just glad to see me?"

Ladybugsmom · 06-27-2011, 09:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ivas

It's clear that y'all don't recall good ol' Gertrude Stein of Alice B. Toklas fame.
So, here goes a replacement quote that should get a more fulsome hearing.

"Is that a banana in your pocket, or are you just glad to see me?"

Mae West

"The older I get, the greater power I seem to have to help the world; I am like a snowball -- the further I am rolled the more I gain."

Ivas · 06-27-2011, 09:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ladybugsmom

Mae West

"The older I get, the greater power I seem to have to help the world; I am like a snowball -- the further I am rolled the more I gain."

Wow, this is just a "bolt from the blue". Could this be from Warren Buffet?

Ladybugsmom · 06-27-2011, 09:40 PM

Not even close - think female, American, a long time ago - just to start....

06-24-2011, 10:32 PM	#259
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Ladybugsmom Older than I look.... Drives: 2010 VR Camaro 2SS/RS LS3 Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Washington Posts: 6,481 View My Garage	Not even close - think female, American, a long time ago - just to start.... __________________ High Heels and Fast Wheels!!

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06-24-2011, 07:36 PM	#253
Ivas el Ruco Drives: 2010 Camaro SS (now runnin' TENS ) Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Fontana, CA Posts: 7,388	Ladybugsmom, this one is inscrutable. I'm gonna' have to cry, "Craven!". This is not a plea for mercy, it is a recognition of defeat. In a final twitch of deathbed mental effort, may I ask whether it is from one of the latter day self-help gurus, like Phil Donohue? (sp.)?

06-24-2011, 10:06 PM	#256
Ivas el Ruco Drives: 2010 Camaro SS (now runnin' TENS ) Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Fontana, CA Posts: 7,388	Okay,Future MDPilot, we is waitin' with bated breath.

06-24-2011, 10:25 PM	#258
Ivas el Ruco Drives: 2010 Camaro SS (now runnin' TENS ) Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Fontana, CA Posts: 7,388	Might we plebeians be granted a small boon? What type of book was this recently read tome? Non-fiction, dramatic novel, dialectic essay, theoretical analysis, science-fiction, philosophic musings, theatre, polemic diatribe, classical translation, bathroom scrawl?

06-24-2011, 10:49 PM	#260
Ivas el Ruco Drives: 2010 Camaro SS (now runnin' TENS ) Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Fontana, CA Posts: 7,388	Dystopian, I get. Hmm, could it be from that author of the dystopian novel, "The Windup Girl", Paolo Bacigalupi? I read it last month myself.