Fletcher Knebel quotes
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“Our forefathers made one mistake. What they should have fought for was representation without taxation.”
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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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“Never give up. For fifty years they said the horse was through. Now look at him - a status symbol.”
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“A decision is what a man makes when he can't find anybody to serve on a committee.”
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“It is now proved beyond doubt that smoking is one of the leading causes of statistics.”
-- Fletcher KnebelSource : Reader's Digest December 1961
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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.”
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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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“To start with, there's the alien accent. "Tree" is the number between two and four. "Jeintz" is the name of the New York professional football team. A "fit" is a bottle measuring seven ounces less than a quart. This exotic tongue has no relationship to any of the approved languages at the United Nations, and is only slightly less difficult to master than Urdu.”
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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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“Statesmanship is harder than politics. Politics is the art of getting along with people, whereas statesmanship is the art of getting along with politicians.”
-- Fletcher Knebel
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