Fletcher Knebel famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

Our forefathers made one mistake. What they should have fought for was representation without taxation.
-- Fletcher Knebel

#Mistake #Liberty #Taxation
Find a man with both feet firmly on the ground and you've found a man about to make a difficult putt.
-- Fletcher Knebel

#Golf #Men #Feet
Never give up. For fifty years they said the horse was through. Now look at him - a status symbol.
-- Fletcher Knebel

#Horse #Giving Up #Years
A decision is what a man makes when he can't find anybody to serve on a committee.
-- Fletcher Knebel

#Success #Men #Decision
It is now proved beyond doubt that smoking is one of the leading causes of statistics.
-- Fletcher Knebel

#Science #Marijuana #Smoking
The convention is the voice, the bone and the sinews of a political party-and sometimes it even nominates an Abraham Lincoln.
-- Fletcher Knebel

#Political #Sometimes #Bones
Finally it has penetrated my thick skull. This life-this moment-is no dress rehearsal. This is it.
-- Fletcher Knebel

#Life #Skulls #Dresses
To start with, there's the alien accent. "Tree" is the number between two and four. "Jeintz" is the name of the New York professional football team. A "fit" is a bottle measuring seven ounces less than a quart. This exotic tongue has no relationship to any of the approved languages at the United Nations, and is only slightly less difficult to master than Urdu.
-- Fletcher Knebel

#Football #New York #Team
No other city in the U.S. can divest the visitor of so much money with so little enthusiasm. In Dallas, they take away with gusto; in New Orleans, with a bow; in San Francisco, with a wink and a grin. In New York, you're lucky if you get a grunt.
-- Fletcher Knebel

#New York #New Orleans #Cities
Statesmanship is harder than politics. Politics is the art of getting along with people, whereas statesmanship is the art of getting along with politicians.
-- Fletcher Knebel

#Art #People #Politician

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