*Quotation Quotient
(Published October 13, 2013 in the Monterey County Herald.)
1. “To argue with a man who has renounced the use and authority of reason, and whose philosophy consists in holding humanity in contempt, is like administering medicine to the dead, or endeavoring to convert an atheist by scripture.”
A. Franklin D. Roosevelt
B. Thomas Paine
C. Bill Murray
2. “I thank God for my handicaps. For through them, I have found myself, my work and my God.”
A. Helen Keller
B. Stephen Hawking
C. Larry Flynt
3. “What light through yonder window breaks?/ It is the east, and Juliet is the sun.”
A. William Shakespeare
B. Margaret Thatcher
C. Galileo Galilei
4. “The urge to save humanity is almost always only a false-face for the urge to rule it.”
A. Rudolph Hess
B. Frank Lloyd Wright
C. H.L. Mencken
5. “Nobody, as long as he moves about among the chaotic currents of life, is without trouble.”
A. Carl Jung
B. Humphrey Bogart
C. Dr. Drew Pinsky
6. “There is one thing about being President — nobody can tell you when to sit down.”
A. Mitt Romney
B. Thomas Jefferson
C. Dwight Eisenhower
7. “There is much to be said in favour of modern journalism. By giving us the opinions of the uneducated, it keeps us in touch with the ignorance of the community.”
A. Scarlett Johansson
B. Oscar Wilde
C. Anderson Cooper
8. “Sickness is a belief, which must be annihilated by the divine Mind.”
A. Mary Baker Eddy
B. Tom Cruise
C. Dr. Oz
9. “The only way to keep your health is to eat what you don’t want, drink what you don’t like, and do what you’d rather not.”
A. Richard Simmons
B. John Kerry
C. Mark Twain
10. “We have just enough religion to make us hate, but not enough to make us love one another.”
A. Jonathan Livingston Seagull
B. Jonathan Winters
C. Jonathan Swift
Answers: 1-B, 2-A , 3-A , 4-C , 5-A , 6-C , 7-B , 8-A , 9-C , 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:
“A good scare is worth more to a man than good advice.” –
Edward W. Howe
(Howe, 1853-1937, was an American author and editor.)
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