Published August 2, 2015 at Montereyherald.com/lifestyle (Interactive version)
1. “Great minds have purpose, others have wishes. Little minds are tamed and subdued by misfortunes; but great minds rise above them.”
A. George Custer
B. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
C. Washington Irving
2. “Education is what remains after one has forgotten what one has learned in school.”
A. Sheldon Cooper
B. Albert Einstein
C. Charlie Brown
3. “Cherish forever what makes you unique, ‘cuz you’re really a yawn if it goes.”
A. Kim Jong-un
B. The Association
C. Bette Midler
4. “The most terrible poverty is loneliness and the feeling of being unloved.”
A. Mother Teresa
B. Mamma Cass
C. Grandma Moses
5. “When we are sick, we want an uncommon doctor; when we have a construction job to do, we want an uncommon engineer, and when we are at war, we want an uncommon general. It is only when we get into politics that we are satisfied with the common man.”
A. Herbert Hoover
B. Rick Perry
C. Napoleon Bonaparte
6. “You give but little when you give of your possessions. It is when you give of yourself that you truly give.”
A. Kenny G
B. Kahlil Gibran
C. James Naismith
7. “No pessimist ever discovered the secrets of the stars, or sailed to an uncharted island, or opened a new heaven to the human spirit.”
A. Helen Mirren
B. Helen of Troy
C. Helen Keller
8. “How many cares one loses when one decides not to be something but to be someone.”
A. Coco Chanel
B. Alexander Haig
C. Boutros Butrous-Ghali
9. “It has been said, ‘time heals all wounds.’ I do not agree. The wounds remain. In time, the mind, protecting its sanity, covers them with scar tissue and the pain lessens. But it is never gone.”
A. John Oliver
B. Rose Kennedy
C. Pablo Picasso
10. “You cannot dream yourself into a character: you must hammer and forge yourself into one.”
A. Leon Trotsky
B. Lawrence Welk
C. Henry David Thoreau
Answers: 1-C, 2-B , 3- C, 4-A , 5-A , 6-B , 7-C , 8-A , 9-B , 10-C
Scoring: 10–QQQQ = Quote-Master
(number correct) 8-9–QQQ = Scholar
6-7–QQ = Literate
4-5–Q = Semi-Literate
0-3–No Q = Quote-Dunce
BONUS QUOTE:
“If one only wished to be happy, this could be easily accomplished; but we wish to be happier than other people, and this is always difficult, for we believe others to be happier than they are.”
— Montesquieu, 1689-1755, was a French lawyer and political philosopher during the Age of Enlightenment.
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