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How many of the following quotations
can you match to the correct "Joseph?"
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For each quotation, click on the name of the person
to whom you think the quotation is attributed. Clicking takes you to the
Creative Quotations page for that person. If you see the quotation on that
page, then you're correct! If you don't see the quotation -- enjoy the
browsing, then try again. To score, keep track of the number of "correct
the first time" answers, then check your Quotational Quotent (QQ) rating
at the bottom of this page.
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1) Who said . . .
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One day some young poet
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will make your impossible wish
come true
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by knowing your books,
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books as rare as flowers underground,
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written for a hundred friends.
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Joseph Addison (1672-1719) English poet, essayist
& playwright
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Jean-Joseph Rabearivelo (1901-1937) Malagasy
poet
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Sarah Josepha Hale (1788-1879) U.S. journalist,
author, poet
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2) Who said . . .
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Publicity is like poison; it
doesn't hurt unless you swallow it.
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Joe Paterno (1926-____) U.S. college football
coach
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Joseph P. Kennedy (1888-1969) U.S. financier,
diplomat
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Joseph Goebbels (1897-1945) German political
leader
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3) Who said . . .
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People are still willing to do
an honest day's work. The trouble is they want a week's pay for it.
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Joseph W. Alsop, Jr. (1910-1989) U.S. journalist,
author
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Joseph Stalin (1879-1953) Russian political
leader
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Joey Adams (1911-____) U.S. comedian, author
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4) Who said . . .
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We live at a time when man believes
himself fabulously capable of creation, but he does not know what to create.
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Jose Ortega y Gasset (1883-1955) Spanish philosopher
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Joseph Priestley (1733-1804) English chemist,
political theorist, clergyman
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Joseph Conrad (1857-1924) Polish novelist,
short story writer
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5) Who said . . .
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He was a self-made man who owed
his lack of success to nobody.
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Joseph Heller (1923-____) U.S. Novelist
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Joseph Conrad (1857-1924) Polish novelist,
short story writer
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Joseph W. Alsop, Jr. (1910-1989) U.S. journalist,
author
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6) Who said . . .
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In completing one discovery we
never fail to get an imperfect knowledge of others of which we could have
no idea before, so that we cannot solve one doubt without creating several
new ones.
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Jose Ortega y Gasset (1883-1955) Spanish philosopher
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Joseph Priestley (1733-1804) English chemist,
political theorist, clergyman
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Joseph P. Kennedy (1888-1969) U.S. financier,
diplomat
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7) Who said . . .
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More men die of jealousy than
of cancer.
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Joseph Marie De Maistre (1753-1821) French
diplomat, writer
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Joseph Goebbels (1897-1945) German political
leader
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Joseph P. Kennedy (1888-1969) U.S. financier,
diplomat
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8) Who said . . .
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Science is for those who learn;
poetry, for those who know.
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Jean-Joseph Rabearivelo (1901-1937) Malagasy
poet
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Joseph Roux (circa 1886) Parish Priest
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Sarah Josepha Hale (1788-1879) U.S. journalist,
author, poet
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9) Who said . . .
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Education is a weapon, whose
effect depends on who holds it in his hands and at whom it is aimed.
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Joseph Marie De Maistre (1753-1821) French
diplomat, writer
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Joe Paterno (1926-____) U.S. college football
coach
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Joseph Stalin (1879-1953) Russian political
leader
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10) Who said . . .
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There is something in the decay
of nature that awakens thought, even in the most trifling mind.
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Sarah Josepha Hale (1788-1879) U.S. journalist,
author, poet
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Joseph Addison (1672-1719) English poet, essayist
& playwright
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Joseph Heller (1923-____) U.S. Novelist
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How many "correct
the first time" answers did you get?
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Your Quotational Quotient (QQ) rating
is as follows:
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9-10 correct:
Incredible! Your Quotational Quotient is out-of-sight!
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7-8 correct:
Excellent.
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5-6 correct:
Very Good.
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3-4 correct:
Not so Good.
1-2 correct:
Incredible! Even "guessers" do better than this!
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