Ernest Hemingway quotes

[Splitpin]

Being trapped here with nothing else to do , except watch history channel.... and that's not a bad thing ...I'm learning lots of stuff.
Today I watched a one hour doco on the the subject title ...Hemingway.

What a guy...a real mans , man. Its a shame the the bottle got him in the end. ( and a bullet)

But..... some quotes from the man....

"Happiness in intelligent people , is the rarest thing I know"
"Never mistake motion for action"
"The best way to find out if you can trust somebody ...is to trust them"

And a favorite " I drink to make other people more interesting"
And to finish ..... " Always do sober, what you said you'd do drunk. That will teach you to keep your mouth shut"

[Charl]

Yeah the quotes can be fun, often misquoted or just plain made up.
Like the Churchill/Lady Astor interchanges:

“Winston, if I were your wife I would put poison in your coffee,” says Lady Astor.
“And if I were your husband, I would drink it,” Churchill is alleged to have replied.

Or there’s this one: “Sir, you are drunk!”
“Yes, but you are ugly,” replies Churchill, “and in the morning I will be sober.”

These exchanges never took place.

[chopper_nut]

I want to be in a position to use the second Churchill one though....

[Fozzer]

Quote:
"The best way to find out if you can trust somebody ...is to trust them"
End quote.

Every time I make an outrageous/ridiculous comment, I end it with; "Trust Me!".... ... ...!

....so beware of any of my comments, Chums.... ...they may not be for real!...... ...!!

Paul.... ... ... ...!

[emfrat]

Towards the end of WW II, Churchill was severely criticised for commandeering 3 of the newly-delivered B-24s to take himself and his cabinet to the USA for a conference. Previously they would all have gone by fast RN destroyer.
His excuse? - "I didn't want to put all the baskets in one egg"