Light Heavyweight Title

Famous quotes containing the words light and/or title:

“When goose down is sent a thousand miles, the gift may be light but the sentiment is weighty.”
—Chinese proverb.

“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.