WIST Quotations

Pratchett, Terry -- Bromeliad No. 2, Diggers, ch. 4 (1990)

Dave — Tue, 06 Apr 2021 18:47:35 +0000

And the funny thing was that people who weren’t entirely certain they were right always argued much louder than other people, as if the main person they were trying to convince were themselves.

Terry Pratchett (1948-2015) English author
Bromeliad No. 2, Diggers, ch. 4 (1990)
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~Proverbs and Sayings -- English proverb

Dave — Wed, 19 Apr 2017 21:41:13 +0000

The noisiest streams are the shallowest.

Proverbs, Sayings, and Adages
English proverb

LaBelle, Patti -- (Attributed)

Dave — Tue, 01 Mar 2016 14:54:50 +0000

“Sing loud!” my father always told me, “just in case someone is listening.”

Patti LaBelle (b. 1944) American singer, author, actress [stage name for Patricia Louise Holt-Edwards]
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Fuller, Thomas (1654) -- Gnomologia: Adages and Proverbs (compiler), # 2153 (1732)

Dave — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 15:00:57 +0000

He that hath the worst Cause, makes the most Noise.

Thomas Fuller (1654-1734) English physician, preacher, aphorist, writer
Gnomologia: Adages and Proverbs (compiler), # 2153 (1732)
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