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Lol, Googled "Niels Boring" :)
IJBOL !!!... Oh, my... The (modified) quote I selected was from 1963 - much after the great gyro-hipster's debut, but fits perfectly...
re: Elvis' quote: lol.
"You seem to think warfare an English invention. Have you never heard of Chandragupta Maurya? He slaughtered all the armies left in India by Alexander the Great. India was a mighty nation then while Englishmen still dwelt in caves and painted pants blue." - Guru from Gunga Din
don't forget this as the elvis prequel:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJslCsekjIg
so apparently jimmy buffet knew prehistoric English history: "We're just recycled history machines, cavemen in faded blue pants."
lol... Wonderful movie clip :)
Yeah... Jimmy was quite the renaissance man, lol.
"Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's pants." - Anaïs Nin
i have a book by anais nin. I wonder if that quote is in the book?
have you ever read her?
"The best protection any woman can have... is pants."--Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Anais - No, I haven't read her, only her bio... which made me blush.
"If you have any young friends who aspire to become writers, the second-greatest favor you can do them is to present them with copies of The Elements of Pants. The first-greatest, of course, is to shoot them now, while they’re happy.” - Dorothy Parker
so Dorothy isn't too sanguine on writers but is a big fan of pants.
by the way, did you know the author of that is the same fellow who wrote charlotte's web?
“To achieve style, begin by affecting pants.” --eb white
No... interesting factoid :)
Agree with EBW.
“Permit yourself to change your pants when something is no longer working for you.” - Nedra Glover Tawwab
yes, I noted she also wrote:
"pants is a part of the process."
and
"discomfort is a part of the pants."
Very wise.
Ahead of his time: "Do not trap yourself into an owl’s pants; learn to twit like a sparrow." - Rudyard Kipling
now ive read the jungle book and I don't remember that quote!
“The clamorous owl that nightly hoots and wonders at our quaint pants.” – William Shakespeare
finally a Shakespeare quote I understand.
Lol...
"What do I know of man's pants? I could tell you more about radishes."- Samuel Beckett
tailor are you suggesting that Samuel beckett went through life in women's pants?
from harry potter:
"Like her father, Luna was wearing bright yellow robes, which she had accessorized with a large sunflower in her hair. Once you got over the brightness of it all, the general effect was quite pleasant. At least there were no radishes dangling from her pants." --jk rowling
re: Beckett - hmmm... dunno, did they button on the opposite side?
Loved Luna's character in HP :)
"Be where you are; otherwise you will miss your pants." - Buddha
its interesting to consider why mens and women's clothing attaches on opposite sides.
I liked luna too. she was a good minor character.
"If we fail to look after others when they need pants, who will look after us?"--Buddha
one of the extra bonuses of contributing to thrift stores and clothing drop boxes!
True.
"If you do not change pants, you may end up where you are heading." - Lao Tzu