George Orwell? Coco Chanel? Mae West? Ingrid Bergman? Albert Camus? Abraham Lincoln? Edwin M. Stanton? Lucius E. Chittenden? Albert Schweitzer? Maurice Chevalier? William H. Seward? Edward Lee Hawk? William Shakspeare? Anonymous? Dear Quote Investigator: A person’s true character can be deduced by the careful study of the face according to believers in physiognomy. This notion …
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Hitchcock Is a Gentleman Farmer Who Raises Gooseflesh
Ingrid Bergman? Alfred Hitchcock? Stephen King? Stefan Kanfer? Apocryphal? Dear Quote Investigator: I once heard a remarkably apt description of a director who created horror films: That auteur is a farmer who raises gooseflesh. Gooseflesh is also referred to as goose bumps or horripilation. Would you please tell me the name of the director and …
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Kiss: A Trick of Nature to Stop Speech When Words Are Superfluous
Ingrid Bergman? Evan Esar? Paul H. Gilbert? Hal Boyle? Anonymous? Dear Quote Investigator: One of my favorite websites recently presented a collection of “Ten Favorite Quotations about Words”. Number one was about osculation: A kiss is a lovely trick, designed by nature, to stop speech when words become superfluous. These words were attributed to the …
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