Obnoxiously difficult quotes

[momn8r]

obnoxiously difficult quotes

Proverb (code for unattributed):

Quackery has no friend like gullibility.

[gryhnd51]

"A young man is a theory, an old man is a fact."
quote by Edgar Watson Howe

[GtrZan]

This one just killed me!

"Fidelity purchased with money, money can destroy. "
— Seneca



Never forget it now! sheeeesh

[wvwoman]

"I'm in shape. Round is a shape... isn't it?" — Unattributed

fooled around with this one for 23 minutes. criminy.

"Chlorine: The breakfast of champions." - Unattributed

[skeeter]

This one has me by the throat

I just can't get this one: igh zhqbm ux igh rthho pn ehax qov igh eha pn rthhox

It's driving me nuts.

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Okay, never mind. I finally figured it out. The pearl is the queen of gems and the gem of queens. (Slaps head with a "duh.")

[gryhnd51]

Ah, the old "rudder maun" quote!! If I remember, it's...
He who winna be ruled by the rudder maun be ruled by the rock...Scottish proverb

[momn8r]

obnoxiously difficult quotes

Okay, so it wasnt "rudder Maun" but here it is :

Chris Perry: The worst club in my golf bag is my brain. 5% success. Still on the lookout for that proverb, tho'.

[momn8r]

obnoxiously difficult quotes

Ben Franklin: Many foxes grow gray, few foxes grow good.

Had the Spanish/English proverb yesterday and am expecting the scottish "rudder maun" proverb with my next play!

[gryhnd51]

"changing husbands is only changing troubles." quote by Kathleen Norris

[wvwoman]

names are horrible!

"Nixon, Ford, Carter, Reagan - a Mount Rushmore of incompetence." — David Steinberg

[mikehallbackhoe]

"quackery has no friend like gullibility" proverb

[abra]

Exactly, wvwoman. I may have had them, but I would have given up. The longest I've ever kept 100% was nearly 2 days. Who knows, maybe it was one of those that sent me packing .

[wvwoman]

yeah...

i'm with you, abra, although i generally give it more time than that.
i'd never heard of those two quotes that mike posted, obviously because they are some of those (many) that i could never figure out.

[abra]

I know you're all 100 percenters. Except for some rare times, I usually give up, between three and four minutes. I'd never get most of those, if I spent hours.