Fat Monroe

Famous quotes containing the words fat and/or monroe:

“The opera isn’t over till the fat lady sings.”
—Anonymous.

A modern proverb along the lines of “don’t count your chickens before they’re hatched.” This form of words has no precise origin, though both Bartlett’s Familiar Quotations (16th ed., 1992)

“The mention of Greece fills the mind with the most exalted sentiments and arouses in our bosoms the best feelings of which our nature is capable.”
—James Monroe (1758–1831)