During the long siege of Verdun in World War I, French military leaders urged their troops to fight the invading German army with the rallying cry “Ils ne passeront pas!”…
“I can see Russia from my house!” The famous Sarah Palin quote that she didn’t actually say…
On September 13, 2008, actress Tina Fey took a break from her hit TV show 30 Rock to make a guest appearance on Saturday Night Live, where she was formerly…
To boldly split infinitives that no man has split before…
You may have had English teachers who tried to repeatedly make you believe that you need to strictly avoid using split infinitives — such as “to repeatedly make” or “to…
When the whole world was (and wasn’t) watching…
On August 28, 2010, conservative talk show host Glenn Beck held a controversial media event and “rally” for his Tea Party followers in Washington, D.C. Because Beck had made racially…
The origins of “Rum, sodomy and the lash” – Churchill’s alleged quip about British naval tradition…
Many books of quotations include a caustic quote attributed to Winston Churchill (1874-1965) in which he supposedly called British naval tradition nothing but “rum, sodomy, and the lash.” (Sometimes given…
Dr. Mardy Grothe’s NEVERISMS – a highly-recommended new book of quotations…
Every once in a while, I depart from the usual format of this blog to tell readers about new books of quotations that I particularly like and personally recommend. Today’s…
George H.W. Bush and “the vision thing”…
It’s impossible to predict what quotes will come to be indelibly associated with each president of the United States. However, the famous quotes most presidents are remembered for include some…