Famous quotes containing the word mention:
“He had forty-two boxes, all carefully packed,
With his name painted clearly on each:
But, since he omitted to mention the fact,
They were all left behind on the beach.”
—Lewis Carroll [Charles Lutwidge Dodgson] (18321898)
“It is perfectly right for a gentleman to say ladies and gentlemen, but a lady should say, gentlemen and ladies. You mention your friends name before you do your own. I always feel like rebuking any woman who says, ladies and gentlemen. It is a lack of good manners.”
—Susan B. Anthony (18201906)
“Dont mention the war.”
—John Cleese (b. 1939)
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