*Quotation Quotient
(Published October 6, 2013 in the Monterey County Herald.)
1. “What is a weed? A plant whose virtues have not yet been discovered.”
A. Luther Burbank
B. Charles Dickens
C. Ralph Waldo Emerson
2. “The blindness in human beings… is the blindness with which we all are afflicted in regard to the feelings of creatures and people different from ourselves.”
A. William James
B. Jesse James
C. LeBron James
3. “Every thought I have imprisoned in expression I must free by my deeds.”
A. Hannibal Lecter
B. Kahlil Gibran
C. Harmon Killebrew
4. “An argument always leaves each party convinced that the other has a closed mind.”
A. Harry Reid
B. Dr. Ruth Westheimer
C. Laurence J. Peter
5. “History unfolds itself by strange and unpredictable paths. We have little control over the future and none at all over the past.”
A. H. G. Wells
B. Winston Churchill
C. Judy Garland
6. “The two biggest sellers in any bookstore are the cookbooks and the diet books. The cookbooks tell you how to prepare the food and the diet books tell you how not to eat any of it.”
A. Andy Rooney
B. Mickey Rooney
C. Art Rooney
7. “Do not go gentle into that good night,/ Old age should burn and rave at close of day;/ Rage, rage against the dying of the light.”
A. Maya Angelou
B. Dylan Thomas
C. Jerry Garcia
8. “There are a thousand paths that have never been trodden – a thousand healths and hidden isles of life. Even now man and man’s earth are unexhausted and undiscovered.”
A. Friedrich Nietzsche
B. Justin Timberlake
C. Thomas Edison
9. “Do not think of knocking out another person’s brains because he differs in opinion from you. It would be as rational to knock yourself on the head because you differ from yourself ten years ago.”
A. Napoleon Bonaparte
B. Chiang Kai-shek
C. Horace Mann
10. “There is no cure for birth and death save to enjoy the interval.”
A. George Lucas
B. George Santayana
C. George Zimmerman
Answers: 1-C, 2-A , 3-B , 4-C , 5-B , 6-A , 7-B , 8-A , 9-C , 10-B
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:
“The soul has a taste for goodness, just as the body has an appetite for pleasure.” – Joseph Joubert
(Joubert, 1754-1824, was a French philosopher and essayist.)
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