when i was a kid we always had this book lying around the house. it was a big book of quotes. famous quotes throughout history, like 'nothing is certain but death and taxes,' and all that. it was always entertaining for about 28 seconds if i got bored.
well i was thinking, how do quotes like that get started? i can understand the ones by authors or whatever, theyre probably just things they had written at some point. but what about someone like thomas edison, he has a bunch of stupid quotes attached to his name. did he just call people to his house one day and say something brilliant and then tell people 'hey that was a quote, write it down and tell everyone else i said it.'
did you have to already be famous to get a quote? i don't see any quotes from regular joes you've never heard of. and who makes the list of official quotes, the kind good enough to get into quote books. if i had a really good quote, how could i get it into a book? i feel like there arent any new quotes coming out lately. the most recent ones are from like 50 years ago.
i think this just goes to prove that people who lived hundreds of years ago were really, really bored.
About Me
- Cheifet
- i made this blog to make people think about the weird stuff i think about every day. i like to think of it as a combination of seinfeld, jack handy's deep thoughts, my cousin's blog (see links below), and the sports guy bill simmons, even though i don't really like him, his writing style is appealing
2 comments:
I agree...do you think if you lived hundreds of years ago you would have invented something simple that we use today? Like Velcro, I'm sure I would have thought of that and I would be a millionaire today.
my quote would be "If a man can pee in a bottle, why can't he get his pee in the toilet and not on the seat?"
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