Famous quotes containing the words texas, university and/or terms:
“Fifty million Frenchmen can’t be wrong.”
—Anonymous. Popular saying.
Dating from World War I—when it was used by U.S. soldiers—or before, the saying was associated with nightclub hostess Texas Quinan in the 1920s. It was the title of a song recorded by Sophie Tucker in 1927, and of a Cole Porter musical in 1929.
“The most important function of the university in an age of reason is to protect reason from itself.”
—Allan Bloom (1930–1992)
“For my part, if a lie may do thee grace,
I’ll gild it with the happiest terms I have.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)