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List of Nigel Rees Quotes

Explore our hand-picked selection of 14 inspiring quotes by Nigel Rees.

About Nigel Rees

  • Born: June 5, 1944
  • Occupation: Writer
    • My job involves searching for 'lost' quotations - that is, trying to find out who came up with a quotable saying that lingers in someone's mind and which they wish to use for their own purpose and which they cannot find in conventional dictionaries of quotation.
    Jobs Mind Wish
    My toils in the quotation field have led me to formulate two or three laws about the way people use and abuse quotations. my first law is: when in doubt, ascribe all quotations to bernard shaw - which i don't mean to be taken literally, but as a general observation of the habit people have of attaching remarks to the nearest obvious speaker. churchill, wilde, orson welles and alexander woollcott are other useful figures upon whom to father remarks when you don't know who really said them.
    Father Taken Mean
    I got into new college, oxford. the ethos was that you could work - or not.
    College Ethos Oxford
    How come there's only one monopolies commission?
    Funny Laughter Monopoly
    I am only too aware that i am open to rees's second law of quotation: "however sure you are that you have attributed a quotation correctly, an earlier source will be pointed out to you."
    Law Source Quotations
    I was absolutely a non-starter at games. my report for rugby said, 'nigel's chief contribution is his presence on the field.' i used to pray for rain and sometimes it did rain - and we played anyway.
    Rain Games Fields
    People will say what they want to say, in the way they want to.
    People Want Way
    I was broadcast-struck from an early age; i had saved up for a tape recorder and started making programmes.
    Age Tape Recorders
    Euphemism in the workplace does not end with job descriptions. it reaches a pusillanimous peak at the other end of the work process - in dismissal.
    Jobs Doe Workplace
    It is part of politics to make things look better than they really are. what is a spin doctor but a serial euphemiser?
    Doctors Looks Spin Doctors
    Rees's first law of quotations: when in doubt, ascribe all quotations to george bernard shaw.
    Law Doubt Firsts
    Lord castlerosse was taken to task by nancy astor over the size of his stomach. 'what would you say if that was on a woman?' she asked, pointedly. 'half an hour ago it was,' he replied.
    Taken Tasks Half
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