Ok now, no googling for the answers. Hints will be given. No adding other posts until the identity of each quote is found.


"While day by day the overzealous student stores up facts for future use, he who has learned to trust nature finds need for fewer external directions. He will discard formula after formula, until he reaches the conclusion: Let nature take its course."

Henry David Thoreau?Sounds like him,anyway,if not quite his style.

bdb:

Well, the real author was something of a poet in his own realm. So hint #1: male.

Hint #2: athlete.

Mohammed Ali?
- see http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qxczlps5_bg

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I'm curious for your answer, w.c.

Nice try, Phil. No, there were no butterflies, or elegance, in this guy's movements, which were nonetheless as effective and, even more unpredictable than his few, elegant peers.

Well . . . google is our friend!

Larry Bird! I'd have never guessed. Do you know what the occasion was?

Oh, you cheated Phil. I was hoping you'd hold out a little longer.

No, I don't know what the occasion was, but it would be interesting to know.

OK, bonus question: who said this?

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"The budget should be balanced, the Treasury should be refilled, public debt should be reduced, the arrogance of officialdom should be tempered and controlled, and the assistance to foreign lands should be curtailed lest (country) become bankrupt. People must again learn to work, instead of living on public assistance."

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No, it wasn't Rush Limbaugh or any Republican or conservative. Scroll down a bit and you'll find the answer.
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- Cicero - 55 BC, and the country was Rome. Apparently, some things never change.

Great quote from Cicero. The more things change....