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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Mark Twain or Lincoln? Part II #166789 03/14/07 09:03 AM Joined: Aug 2006 Posts: 631 Hydra OP addict OP Hydra addict Joined: Aug 2006 Posts: 631 Quote: If you're not a liberal when you're 25, you have no heart. If you're not a conservative by the time you're 35, you have no brain. Again, this is attributed to both Twain and Lincoln. A solid source, anyone? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Mark Twain or Lincoln? Part II Hydra #166791 03/14/07 12:25 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 I never heard it attributed to anyone other than Churchill. Or either the Wizard of Oz, one. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Mark Twain or Lincoln? Part II Faldage #166801 03/14/07 03:55 PM Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 1,773 Apple Valley, CA, USA D dalehileman Pooh-Bah dalehileman Pooh-Bah D Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 1,773 Apple Valley, CA, USA For what it's worth, the phrase gets 41 Ghits with lincoln, 12 with twain, but 10,700 with churchill dalehileman Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Mark Twain or Lincoln? Part II dalehileman #166815 03/15/07 12:16 AM Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 2,154 British Columbia, Canada Z Zed Pooh-Bah Zed Pooh-Bah Z Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 2,154 British Columbia, Canada Now those numbers sound statistically significant. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,322 Members9,182 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Ineffable, ddrinnan, TRIALNERRA, befuddledmind, KILL_YOUR_SUV 9,182 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 517 guests, and 0 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 25 A C Bowden 15 ddrinnan 1 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 tsuwm 10,542 wofahulicodoc 10,535 LukeJavan8 9,916 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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