Delectable Quotables

I just recently learned that my mother has a book full of quotes by famous people. Needless to say, I’m not in it (yet). So, I spent a little time going through it’s pages in search of the following gems:

For everyone (meatlovers, at least):

Alfred Emanuel Smith (1873-1944)

No matter how you slice it, it’s still baloney.

For our President:

Thomas Jefferson (1734-1826)

The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to tome with the blood of patriots and tyrants. It is its natural manure.

For Mr.Terry:

William Cowper (1731-1800)

He likes the country, but in truth must own
Most likes it, when he studies it in town.

Martin Luther (1483-1546)

Who loves not women, wine, and song
Remains a fool his whole life long.

For Mr.Owen:

G.K. Chesterton (1874-1936)

And they think we’re burning witches when we’re only burning weeds.

Because it is only Christian men that guard even heathen things.


Francis Bacon (1561-1626)

There is a superstition in avoiding superstitions.

For all of you who think nothing good has come from a Baptist:

Charles Haddon Spurgeon (1834-1892)

He who does not write, will never be written of; he who does not read, will never be read; and he that refuses to use other men’s brains proves that he has no brain of his own.

For Papist Pete:

Sic Transit Gloria Mundi

For all you Elders out there:

Revenons a ces moutons. Let us return to our sheep.

For those who act like money is more important than children:

Winston Churchill (1874-1965)

There is no finer investment for any community than putting milk in babies.