Classic Comments on the Quote

[Queethebean]

"The magic of first love is our ignorance that it can ever end."

— Benjamin Disraeli


vintage38
May 17, 2018, 6:25 am
28 seconds


kahvecowgirl
August 3, 2019, 12:25 pm
Usually last a little longer than that.

[Toeprint]

"In love, there is always one who kisses and one who offers the cheek. "
— Proverb

chopstix
December 28, 2012, 5:42 pm
and occasionally that cheek is not found on the face.

[Toeprint]

"The thing I hate about an argument is that it always interrupts a discussion."
— Gilbert Chesterton

Vienna
September 3, 2015, 7:05 pm
I doubt I can solve many of these as fast as bansaisequoia but I know I can't type as fast
abra
March 18, 2016, 10:19 am
There are only a few who can, Vienna.
Andy451
January 5, 2017, 9:49 am
Who cares if you solve the puzzles quickly or not? Isn't the secret prize being illuminated by a great quote? If a cryptogram is a box of Cracker Jacks, the caramel coated popcorn, peanuts and a prize here are the quote itself, and your written response to it. What if the quote you got today was so great, you changed your mind, that changed your life, and you changed the world for the better, forever? Wouldn't that be better than beating bansaisequoia by two shakes of a rabbit's tail?

[Toeprint]

"Before a brilliant person begins something great, they must look foolish in the crowd."
— I Ching

blueladyblue
December 24, 2019, 4:46 pm

I think I Ching has a wealthy sibling named Kuh Ching. And an overbearing mom named Wa Ching. A flea-ridden dog named It Ching? How about a knighted ancestor explorer named Sir Ching. His beautiful wife is Feh Ching, and his talented artist sister is Skeh Ching. And don't forget his fisherman dad, Kaa Ching.

[Toeprint]

"Conversation is the slowest form of human communication."
— Unattributed

bansaisequoia
May 30, 2012, 7:48 pm
I think semaphore, smoke signals and Pictionary are probably a little slower.
blueladyblue
July 17, 2019, 6:29 pm
I prefer mental telepathy myself.
kahvecowgirl
August 19, 2019, 3:03 pm
Really? What about leaving comments on a thread that you only get back to randomly--maybe in year or so, or maybe never--to find out how people responded to what you said?
abra
November 14, 2019, 5:47 pm
kahvecowgirl is definitely the winner. When I first came to this site, it always made me think of putting a message in a bottle.

[Eureka]

"Popularity comes from allowing yourself to be bored by people while pretending to enjoy it."
— Karol Newlin

LLapp
December 17, 2015, 11:29 am
Everything / population / popularity -- I wonder how many other words fit that letter pattern.

kb83
March 11, 2016, 8:35 am
thanks, LLapp, I had the same crypto-question. I automatically filled in 'everything' only to be horrified by how the quote was filling in.

mmfs83
January 21, 2017, 6:21 am
I did the same thing...everything/population etc. But I feel good knowing that I'm with the "smarts" crowd.

kb83
May 24, 2018, 10:54 am
Well, I guess we've learned that popularity isn't everything!

LLapp
October 22, 2018, 1:37 pm
HAHA!

[LLapp]

Another spontaneous limerick from kb83. I added limerick line breaks.
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"What makes us so bitter against people who outwit us is that they think themselves cleverer than we are." — Francois de la Rochefoucauld

puzzleme
June 24, 2013, 2:42 am
If they outwit us, they ARE cleverer than we are.

YorkiesRule
September 29, 2014, 12:31 am
My dog outwits me all the time, but I'm not bitter - I know she's cleverer than I am

Hash
December 7, 2014, 5:14 am
Yikes, Puzzleme! You are too clever to be outwitted!

wordfairy
June 3, 2015, 3:08 am
Priceless! Once again, the comments are better than the quote.

abra
December 16, 2016, 2:33 pm
Well, yeah!

LLapp
April 10, 2017, 4:27 pm
No wonder Francois is so bitter against us.

Capy
June 8, 2017, 9:18 pm
I was taught 'more clever' not 'cleverer'

kb83
June 14, 2017, 3:04 am
When climbing up Mount Everest,
Climb only with the cleverest
Who've gone before,
Ten times or more,
But never with the neverest.

[LLapp]

Eureka, thank you for posting this one! No, I never did get back to that quote.
Gosh, I'm so humbled . . . . and I can't find the speech I wrote . . . . and I don't have my reading glasses . . .
And I'll take a copy of Munchlet's book too. This is wonderful.

[Eureka]

And if Roxanne ever publishes a book, I'm buying it sight unseen.

[Eureka]

(In case LLapp does not get back to this puzzle)

"I want my world to be fun. No parents, no rules, no nothing. Like, no one can stop me."
— Justin Bieber

LLapp
January 4, 2019, 2:16 pm
I would like a trophy for not saying something political here. Thank you.

Roxanne
February 24, 2019, 10:59 am
And now, folks, it's time for a special award. LLapp, please come up to the podium, if you would. Is she in the audience? I don't see her. Oh, there she is! Yes, I see her in the back, she's making her way down the aisle now. Folks, for those of you who are listening at home, I'm sorry you can't see this scene before me. There's abra blowing LLapp a kiss, and montyb giving a jaunty salute in her direction as LLapp comes toward the stage. And here she is, shaking hands with maradnu and gryhnd51 as she comes forward. Please, folks, please, let's have a little quiet here, let's settle down ... shh, shh.... LLapp, on behalf of the Cryptograms Commentators Committee of the Smartass Solvers Society, may I present you with this Trophy for Not Saying Something Political. Folks, listen to that cheering. Cameras are flashing and confetti is raining down -- wait, it's not ordinary confetti, it's thousands of Oxford commas in the air around LLapp as she holds the trophy high. What athleticism! That trophy's gotta weigh 35 pounds there, and she hoists it in one hand like it's nothing. Wow, her cross-training with, I'm told, Fowler's Modern English Usage and the Chicago Manual of Style, 17th edition, has really paid off! Amazing!

abra
October 12, 2019, 3:20 am
So funny, Roxanne.

montyb
February 8, 2020, 4:49 pm
Woo hoo! I’m a member of the CCCSSS! Well done LLapp and Roxanne.

munchlet
June 27, 2020, 5:18 pm
Gotta love those Oxford commas.

[Synonymous]

abra, I don't think it will help him at this point. We can start a Go Fund Me page to have his casket moved from Argentina to Italy. He was born in Conflenti, Italy.

[LLapp]

"Italy, and the spring and first love all together should suffice to make the gloomiest person happy." — Bertrand Russell

abra
September 15, 2020, 1:39 am
I think I'll start a GoFundMe to send Antonio Porchia to Italy.

[lvoyster]

Puzzleme, is that a pairity argument?

[skeeter]

I completely agree. These words wafted over me all night long last night, the beauty of it is so strong. I am so glad Pootie wrote this and that Montyb posted it.

[LLapp]

Montyb, thank you for posting that beautiful, wise, healing comment from Pootie. It melts my heart every time I read it.