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To: ladyjane
What is it Churchill was alleged to have said: We have now determined what you are, let’s not haggle over the price.

Oscar Wilde

39 posted on 12/18/2013 1:58:59 AM PST by verga (The devil is in the details)
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To: verga

Hey, thanks. It does sound more like something Oscar Wilde would have said.

After a bit of investigating, it’s fascinating, the quote has been attributed to: George Bernard Shaw, Winston Churchill, Groucho Marx, Mark Twain, W.C. Fields, Bertrand Russell, H.G. Wells, Woodrow Wilson and others.

For anyone interested http://quoteinvestigator.com/2012/03/07/haggling/


48 posted on 12/18/2013 6:08:14 AM PST by ladyjane
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