European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 6, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse U Page 24words amp wit flipping through a list of books to quote from William Safire cd on language a Ith All thy getting a the publisher . Forbes liked to quote from proverbs 4 7, a get with All thy quoting get a quotation Book. The old editions Are Good but the new ones Are better because people Are making new quotations every Day. The heaviest hitters in the Field arc Bartlett Sfa Miliar quotations 16th edition Little brow edited by Justin Kaplan and the Oxford dictionary of quotations new edition edited by Angela Partington. Its the fourth edition duly noted on the title Page i done to know Why the publishers prefer the vague a new edition on the jacket if you have a Large Christmas stocking get both because each has its separate Virtues. If you have to choose the Best buy for americans is Bartlett a. That a not Only because the publisher offers 1,400 big pages for $40 while Oxford Falls Short of 1,100 pages for $35 the reason for Bartlett a dominance of the Field is its scholarship and zest. When Kaplan quotes Margaret fullers a i accept the universe a he footnotes Thomas Carlyle a comment a by god shed Oxford does it the wrong Way around under Carlyle making it harder to look up. In selections from the Book of Job an interest of mine Bartlett a has twice the text Oxford leaves out lines like a the is a King Over All the children of both stick to the familiar King James version of 1611.Oxford should consider shifting to its own Beautiful and More accurate Bible translation in future editions. Kaplan is a careful Man. He lists a a there a no such thing As a free lunch under economist Milton Friedman. I wrote to Milton about the origin of that adage some years Back and he cheerfully acknowledged it had not been original with him that a Why the quote Logist adds a careful a a attributed next to the line. Oxford is More specific about dates however and shows better judgment on the selection of the sayings of Ronald Reagan. Both books cite evil Empire but Bartlett a goes beyond Reagan a 1983 usage to its origin in the 1977 George Lucas film Star wars. Both also have the line a go ahead make my Day a delivered first by Clint Eastwood but Only Bartlett s has the right citation. Oxford cites the 1971 film dirty Harry As its origin instead it started in that films 1983 sequel sudden Impact written by Joseph Stinson a the Only thing necessary for the Triumph of evil is that Good men do if you want to find out How some of us have broken our Heads to find the Coiner of that get Nice Guys finish seventh false phrases spurious sayings and familiar mis quotations by Ralph Keyes Harper Collins. It Wasny to Edmund Burke and if you were there when it was first said speak up. Keyes title is drawn from the Way sportswriter Frank Graham edited Leo Durocher so the Nice Guys Are All Over there. In seventh we remember it As a Nice Guys finish who said a show me a Good loser and ill show you a loser in a mean spirited moment years ago i attributed that to Henry Kissinger but it Wasny this coinage. Keyes suggests Knute Rockne but Richard Nixon credits his College football coach chief Newman the new York time Clear predictions on everything from Lewis to Bush Tony k0rnheiser Tony Kornhiser has taken his children to his ancestral Home in Finland to celebrate a traditional finn thanksgiving Complete with Moose ragout and hazelnut herring compote. In his absence this is a compilation of the Best of Kornheiser through the years. Kornheiser began writing the column in 1956, the year of the Martin and Lewis breakup a you can talk about dry wit All you want. Give me Jerry Lewis with those thick glasses pretending to be a waiter and hollering a they lady mrs. Freund us mrs. Freund loin watch out mrs. For fru Freund loin this soup is 1 lot a now that a funny. This other Guy Martin a Meatball. Maybe his Friend Frank can give him a Job in 1959, Kornheiser wrote one of his most moving columns defending Eddie Fisher s decision to divorce Debbie Reynolds and marry the recently widowed Elizabeth Taylor Fate. Destiny. Kismet. Whatever you want to Call it its Clear that Eddie and Liz have a love that will Burn forever. In be never seen anybody As in love with another person As Liz is with Eddie. Not since Anto no and in 1962, Kornheiser was in liver Pix England at a Small club when he heard a musical sound that was destined to change the world a i have seen Tatj future of music and it is a talented drummer aptly named Pete Best who should become the next Gene Krupa. At the moment Best is stuck behind some mop topped guitarists whose original compositions Are nothing less than caterwauling screeds. If Best is smart hell ditch these no talents and strike off on his own. Years from now when no one remembers the beatles Pete Best will be a legend. A that same year Kornheiser happened on a Small Art exhibit in Greenwich Village a if you think the beatles Are bad wait till you get a Load of Andy Warhol who paints Campbells soup cans. If this Guys Fame lasts 15 minutes in a King in 1969, Kornheiser was at Woodstock and filed this report a what a dump. Teeming rain. There Are no bathrooms. Most of these kids look like animals. And to top it off its Highway robbery what they re charging for food. Twenty minutes ago a naked Guy hit me up for $5 for a single tic tac and it tasted like Chalk. Anyway i am eagerly awaiting today a appearance of a guitarist in be heard so much about. His name if i recall correctly is Jimi. Jimi. Jiminy Cricket. Here comes or. Cricket now on stage and he appears to be wrestling with a giant guitar shaped iguana or possibly a Large porcelain toilet fixture that is. Yes that is mooing the libretto from Carmen. What is that stage made of anyway its melting. And Why do they Call it a a stage because it is a Mere stopping Post in creative Many a quest to find salvation or is it salivation and if i salivate does that make me like a dog and we All know what dog spelled backwards in 1977, Kornheiser responded to the news of Elvis Presley a death with one of his most poignant columns a i told you he was a fat Guy and someday head explode like the Hindenburg. Now do you believe me a in 1981, a new television concept 24-hour news on the Cable news network was launched by celebrity Yachtsman Ted Turner a Ted Turner must be out of his mind. News simply Isnit important anymore. People they want entertainment. The Day anybody tunes in to All news to is the Day we declare War on some Sand hog potentate in the Middle by 1985, Kornheiser a column was syndicated in 350 newspapers and he was being compared to journalistic giants like Sydney Omarr. He turned his attention to corporate America and was nay out in front on the new Coke a three cheers for coca cola. Good old american Paramount Jerry Lewis packing in laughs. Ingenuity is Back. Let the japanese keep turning out the same old hondas. Its an american concept to always look for improvement and never be satisfied with Success. That a Why the new Coke is such a bold encouraging step and such a Winner. Best Damn soft drink in be tasted since or. in 1987, Kornheiser hit the presidential Campaign Trail determined to get inside the primary process a i was sitting in Gary Harts Capitol Hill town House listening for three hours to this sincere intellectual candidate expand on his theme of generational politics. We were interrupted Only once a by a Young woman who asked Hart where the Bath towels were. A she san Exchange student from us Florida a Hart said continuing to talk about the vacuum of Republican in 1991, Kornheiser travelled extensively in Eastern Europe a everywhere i turn i hear the sound of Freedom ringing. From Berlin to Budapest. It is America these people love and the american they love most is George Bush. With the Success of the Gulf War and the end of the cold War the democrats have about As much Chance of beating him As that has been Jerry Lewis has of replacing Johnny Carson. That s Why none of their formidable candidates has the guts to run. They re Down to a Jogger with a saxophone. Probably has a creators Syndicate a sunday december 6, 1992
