Origins, uses and abuses of famous quotations and phrasesnoreply@blogger.com (Robert Deis (aka "SubtropicBob"))Wed, 25 Feb 2026 16:31:09 -0500Blogger http://www.blogger.com29015https://www.quotecounterquote.com/en-usnoOrigins, uses and abuses of famous quotations and phrasesnoreply@blogger.comhttps://www.quotecounterquote.com/2010/07/i-never-promised-you-rose-garden.htmlBook quotesHannah GreenI Never Promised You a Rose GardenJoe SouthLiterary quotesLiteratureLynn AndersonMel GibsonMusic quotesnoreply@blogger.com (Robert Deis (aka "SubtropicBob"))Sat, 29 Oct 2022 14:19:00 -0400tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8139868369170392172.post-7954216616550909612                  THE ORIGIN OF THE FAMOUS LINE: “I Never Promised You a Rose Garden”         Hannah Green (pen name of Joanne Greenberg; 1927–1996)        American authorhttps://www.quotecounterquote.com/2011/11/original-thing-heard-round-world-shot.htmlGerald R. FordHistorical quotesJon StewartPerez HiltonPoetry QuotationsPoetry QuotesRalph Waldo EmersonThe shot heard round the worldnoreply@blogger.com (Robert Deis (aka "SubtropicBob"))Sun, 10 Apr 2022 12:24:00 -0400tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8139868369170392172.post-7809010280511496818  THE ORIGINAL THING HEARD ROUND THE WORLD: “The shot heard round the world.”        Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882)        American poet, essayist and lecturer        This famous line is from Emerson’s poem commonly called the “https://www.quotecounterquote.com/2019/04/a-mind-is-terrible-thing-to-waste.htmlA mind is a terrible thing to wasteAdvertising quotesAdvertising slogansMel BrooksPaul RomerUnited Negro College Fundnoreply@blogger.com (Robert Deis (aka "SubtropicBob"))Sun, 20 Mar 2022 11:14:00 -0400tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8139868369170392172.post-1666531660366185066 THE FAMOUS UNCF SLOGAN: “A mind is a terrible thing to waste.”         Advertising tagline used by the United Negro College Fund since 1972         The slogan was coined in 1971 by Forest Long, an executive with the Young & Rubicam ad agency. The https://www.quotecounterquote.com/2012/02/laws-are-like-sausages.htmlBenjamin ScugliaGeorge R.R. MartinJohn Godfrey SaxeJon EvansLaws are like sausagesOtto von BismarckPolitical quotesProverbs and Sayingsnoreply@blogger.com (Robert Deis (aka "SubtropicBob"))Thu, 24 Feb 2022 11:20:00 -0500tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8139868369170392172.post-2375266220853302584           THE FAMOUS SAUSAGE SIMILE: “Laws are like sausages. It’s better not to see them being made.”        Traditionally attributed to Otto von Bismarck (1815-1898)        German statesman