Dot Parker?
― RoxyMuzak© (roxymuzak), Thursday, 25 May 2006 19:36 (seventeen years ago) link
― Pleasant Plains /// (Pleasant Plains ///), Thursday, 25 May 2006 19:58 (seventeen years ago) link
― M. White (Miguelito), Thursday, 25 May 2006 20:02 (seventeen years ago) link
― Pleasant Plains /// (Pleasant Plains ///), Thursday, 25 May 2006 20:16 (seventeen years ago) link
― RoxyMuzak© (roxymuzak), Thursday, 25 May 2006 20:29 (seventeen years ago) link
― M. White (Miguelito), Thursday, 25 May 2006 20:34 (seventeen years ago) link
However, I know that Tom Waits said it on the old "Fernwood2Night" show. So I'm going to have to say Waits via that bathroom wall is the source. (Until proven otherwise.)
― Pleasant Plains /// (Pleasant Plains ///), Thursday, 25 May 2006 21:19 (seventeen years ago) link
― StanM (StanM), Thursday, 25 May 2006 21:42 (seventeen years ago) link
― Shakey Mo Collier (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, 25 May 2006 21:46 (seventeen years ago) link
http://www.chiasmus.com/typesofchiasmus/phonetic.shtml
― StanM (StanM), Thursday, 25 May 2006 21:47 (seventeen years ago) link
is part of those lyrics by Randy Hanzlick, but it was changed from this writing he found on a bathroom wall:
"I'd rather have a free bottle in front of me than a pre-frontal lobotomy." which was a line from comedian Fred Allen (died in 1956), who probably wrote it first, judging from the other quotes attributed to him
http://www.comedyorama.com/fredallen/fred-quote.htm
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― StanM (StanM), Thursday, 25 May 2006 22:02 (seventeen years ago) link
― jaymc (jaymc), Thursday, 25 May 2006 22:03 (seventeen years ago) link
― Shakey Mo Collier (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, 25 May 2006 22:06 (seventeen years ago) link
― StanM (StanM), Thursday, 25 May 2006 22:07 (seventeen years ago) link
― Forksclovetofu (Forksclovetofu), Thursday, 25 May 2006 22:15 (seventeen years ago) link
― chap who would dare to be a nerd, not a geek (chap), Thursday, 25 May 2006 23:08 (seventeen years ago) link
I'm trying to recall a specific quote and who said it - the general concept is that "a society is only as strong as its willingness/ability to help the least fortunate members of it." It's a big one, but my sloppy Googling is taking me all over the place and I can't pinpoint it... any help?
― Shannon Whirry and the Bad Brains, Wednesday, 31 March 2010 11:07 (fourteen years ago) link
hans gruber, die hard
― rip sarah silverman 3/19/10 never forget (history mayne), Wednesday, 31 March 2010 11:17 (fourteen years ago) link
rly tho this gets you a lot of results:
"society is only as strong as its weakest"
― rip sarah silverman 3/19/10 never forget (history mayne), Wednesday, 31 March 2010 11:18 (fourteen years ago) link
A chain is only as strong as its weakest link etc.
― Collectible Spoons of the 3rd Reich (Tom D.), Wednesday, 31 March 2010 11:31 (fourteen years ago) link
found a few people suggesting it was mlk but no concrete refs.
― the big pink suede panda bear hurts (ledge), Wednesday, 31 March 2010 11:34 (fourteen years ago) link
I imagine it's a lot older than that
― Collectible Spoons of the 3rd Reich (Tom D.), Wednesday, 31 March 2010 11:35 (fourteen years ago) link
JFK - "If a free society cannot help the many who are poor, it cannot save the few who are rich"
― Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Farting in Space (NickB), Wednesday, 31 March 2010 11:35 (fourteen years ago) link
I believe you're looking at gandhi there
"A nation's greatness is measured by how it treats its weakest members." ~ Mahatma Ghandi
but it really could be anyone across all spectra.
― Jesse James Woods (darraghmac), Wednesday, 31 March 2010 12:09 (fourteen years ago) link
pretty sure it's from A. Wise Mann
― Tracer Hand, Wednesday, 31 March 2010 12:09 (fourteen years ago) link
anon & anon, the two dudes shakespeare was always waiting on
― Jesse James Woods (darraghmac), Wednesday, 31 March 2010 12:10 (fourteen years ago) link
I reckon it's either Unattrib. or Trad. Arr.
― Collectible Spoons of the 3rd Reich (Tom D.), Wednesday, 31 March 2010 12:11 (fourteen years ago) link
Thanks very much - it was indeed the Ghandi quote I was thinking of. Much appreciated!
― Shannon Whirry and the Bad Brains, Wednesday, 31 March 2010 12:12 (fourteen years ago) link
Searching for a quote which I believe to be related to a professor, teaching students how to think?
Something to the effect of "when encountering a new topic, do not ask 'what is my opinion on this thing' - but rather ask 'what is my *relation* to this thing?'".
It's one of the wisest things I've ever encountered, and I cannot for the life of me remember who said it?
― Branwell with an N, Monday, 9 September 2019 18:10 (four years ago) link
The Immediate Experience: Movies, Comics, Theatre & Other Aspects of Popular Culture by Robert Washaw
https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=4T7IwJNuCqsC&lpg=PA8&ots=b8LjzpTRtZ&dq=%22what%20is%20my%20opinion%22%20%22what%20is%20my%20relation%22&pg=PA8#v=onepage&q=%22what%20is%20my%20opinion%22%20%22what%20is%20my%20relation%22&f=false
― The Pingularity (ledge), Tuesday, 10 September 2019 10:07 (four years ago) link
THANK YOU!!! That had been driving me nuts.
Of course it is from Fan Studies. It is a very, very Fan Studies attitude to take.
― Branwell with an N, Tuesday, 10 September 2019 10:12 (four years ago) link