who said this

[Talbot]

"There's less to this than meets the eye"

 

[Stanley Doble]

"Last year you made more money than the President. How do you justify that?"

"I had a better year than he did"

 

[LizzieMaine]

"Last year you made more money than the President. How do you justify that?"

"I had a better year than he did"

That would be Babe Ruth, when negotiating his contract for 1931. He hit .349 in 1930, with 49 home runs. Mr. Hoover hit about .150, and struck out a lot.

 

[HudsonHawk]

That would be Babe Ruth, when negotiating his contract for 1931. He hit .349 in 1930, with 49 home runs. Mr. Hoover hit about .150, and struck out a lot.

Being the baseball fan, I'm sure you also appreciate:

"Although he is a bad fielder, he's also a very poor hitter."

Same guy who said:

"He gave her a look you could have poured on a waffle."

 

[Stanley Doble]

Ring Lardner

 

[Stanley Doble]

"A million here, a million there, pretty soon you are talking about real money"

" I see they are proposing to buy six gondolas for the lagoon in the park. Why be so extravagant? Why not buy a pair and let nature take its course?"

 

[3fingers]

"A million here, a million there, pretty soon you are talking about real money"

" I see they are proposing to buy six gondolas for the lagoon in the park. Why be so extravagant? Why not buy a pair and let nature take its course?"

The first one has long been attributed to Everett Dirksen, but while he said many things that were highly quotable, that one has pretty much been decided to be a myth. And the original quote was a "billion here, a billion there"