Longest Recorded Confirmed

Famous quotes containing the words longest, recorded and/or confirmed:

    “Daisies in water are the longest lasting
    flower you can give to someone.
    Fact.
    Buy daisies.
    Not roses.”
    —Anne Sexton (1928–1974)

    “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.

    “What is called resignation is confirmed desperation.”
    —Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)