Who said it? Special summer edition (July 23rd)

I have a special edition of Who Said It? For you tonight, all these quotes are perfect for the hot summer days! Good luck and enjoy!

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The people of the State of Texas consist principally of men, women, and children, with a sprinkling of cowboys. The weather is very good, thermometer rarely rising above 2,500 degrees in the shade and hardly ever below 212.

A: O. Henry

B: Mark Twain

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I am cruel thirsty this hot weather…. Nothing makes me so excessively peevish as hot weather.

A: Emily Bronte

B:Jonathan Swift

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“It ain’t the heat, it’s the humility.”

A: Yogi Berra

B: Babe Ruth

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What dreadful hot weather we have! It keeps one in a continual state of inelegance.

A: Jane Austen

B: Charlotte Bronte

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Thanks for reading! I hope you enjoyed these quotes.

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Who said it? (July 21st)

Can you guess the famous person who said the following quotes? Leave your guesses in the comments. Tonight we have weather related quotes. The correct answers will be revealed in the comments late Sunday night or Monday.

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Weather forecast for tonight: dark.

A: George Carlin

B: Mark Twain

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Climate is what we expect, weather is what we get.

A: Mark Twain

B: Will Rogers

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I’m leaving because the weather is too good. I hate London when it’s not raining.

A: Winston Churchill

B: Groucho Marx

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One can’t predict the weather more than a few days in advance.

A: Stephen Hawking

B: Bing Crosby

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I cannot command winds and weather.

A: John Paul Jones

B: Horatio Nelson

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In the Spring, I have counted 136 different kinds of weather inside of 24 hours.

A: Mark Twain

B: Abraham Lincoln

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“One must maintain a little bit of summer, even in the middle of winter.”

A: Henry David Thoreau

B: O. Henry

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I hope you had fun with these quotes tonight. I may have a special Who Said It? Tomorrow night.

Who said it? (July 14th)

Can you guess the famous person who said the following quotes? Leave your guesses in the comments. I’m trying to make it slightly easier this week by only giving you two choices per quote, let me know your thoughts on this change. The correct answers will be revealed in the comments late Sunday night or Monday.

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Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better.

A: Albert Einstein

B: Henry David Thoreau

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Study nature, love nature, stay close to nature. It will never fail you.

A: Henry David Thoreau

B: Frank Lloyd Wright

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The woods are lovely, dark and deep. But I have promises to keep, and miles to go before I sleep.

A: Robert Frost

B: William Shakespeare

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The sea, once it casts its spell, holds one in its net of wonder forever.

A: Jacques Yves Cousteau

B: John Paul Jones

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Good luck and have fun!

Who said it? (June 16th)

Can you guess the famous person who said the following quotes? Leave your guesses in the comments. The correct answers will be revealed in the comments late Sunday night or Monday.

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There isn’t a person anywhere who isn’t capable of doing more than he thinks he can.

A. Henry Ford

B. Mark Twain

C. Abraham Lincoln

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Courage is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm.

A. Cary Grant

B.Winston Churchill

C. Henry Ford

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Most folks are about as happy as they make their minds up to be.

A. Will Rogers

B. Mark Twain

C. Abraham Lincoln

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When it is obvious that the goals cannot be reached, don’t adjust the goals, adjust the action steps.

A. Confucius

B. Winston Churchill

C. Robert E. Lee

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You must do the thing you think you cannot do.

A. Harold Lloyd

B. Confucius

C. Eleanor Roosevelt

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Good luck!

Who said it? (June 9th)

Can you guess the famous person who said the following baseball quotes? Leave your guesses in the comments. The correct answers will be revealed in the comments late Sunday night or Monday.

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Any minute, any day,
some players may break
a long standing record.
That’s one of the fascinations
about the game,
the unexpected surprises.

A: Cornelius McGillicuddy, Sr

B: Babe Ruth

C: Yogi Berra

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Poets are
like baseball pitchers.
Both have their moments.
The intervals are the tough things.

A: Mark Twain
B: Robert Lee Frost

C: William Taft

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Now there’s three things
you can do
in a baseball game:
You can win
or you can lose
or it can rain.

A: Roger Morris

B: Ted Williams
C: Charles Dillon “Casey” Stengel

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If it wasn’t for baseball,
I’d be in either
the penitentiary
or the cemetery.

A: Babe Ruth

B: James Cagney

C: Mickey Mantle

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There are only two seasons:
winter and Baseball.

A: Ted Williams

B: Babe Ruth

C: William Louis “Bill” Veeck, Jr.

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Baseball is like a poker game.
Nobody wants to quit
when he’s losing;
nobody wants you to quit
when you’re ahead.

A: Jackie Robinson

B: Mark Twain

C: Pete Rose

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I hope you enjoyed these quotes, with any luck you’ll hit the answers out of the ballpark! So sit back, ponder the quotes while you root for the home team, don’t forget it’s a shame if they lose!

Thanks for reading my blog.

Who said it? (May 19th)

It’s time for Who Said It? You know how it works, guess who said the following quotes and tell me in the comments below. Answers will be posted on Monday if no one guesses correctly. In honor of the Preakness, here are some horse related quotes.

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It is not best that we should all think alike; it is a difference of opinion that makes horse races.

A. Mark Twain

B. Winston Churchill

C. Groucho Marx

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A difference of opinion is what makes horse racing and missionaries.

A. Mark Twain

B. Groucho Mark

C. Will Rogers

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I can make a General in five minutes but a good horse is hard to replace

A. Tomas Jefferson

B. Abraham Lincoln

C. George Washington

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Good luck!

Who said it? May 12th

Another new feature for your enjoyment. In ‘Who Said It?’ I’ll give you a quote and three people who might have said it, you decide who actually said it. Tonight I’ll have two quotes for you to guess:

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Too much of anything is bad, but too much good whiskey is barely enough.

A. Mark Twain

B. Ernest Hemingway

C. Otis Campbell

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The future ain’t what it used to be.

A. Captain Kirk

B. Yogi Berra

C. Tomas Jefferson

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I hope you’re enjoying these new features, good luck figuring out the correct answer and have fun! Leave your guesses in the comments, the answers will be posted on Monday.