Famous quotes containing the word absolutely:
“If it was not absolutely necessary, it was the foolishest thing ever done.”
—William Lamb Melbourne, 2nd Viscount (17791848)
“There were some schools, so called [in my youth]; but no qualification was ever required of a teacher, beyond readin, writin, and cipherin, to the Rule of Three. If a straggler supposed to understand latin, happened to sojourn in the neighborhood, he was looked upon as a wizzard. There was absolutely nothing to excite ambition for education.”
—Abraham Lincoln (18091865)
“Shoppings absolutely impossible nowadays. You cant get near the counter, and when you do, they havent got it and you pay twice as much for it.”
—Arthur Wimperis (18741953)