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ExDancer Sat 10-Sept-22 10:35:48

I shall always remember, and use, these two phrases used by the queen:-
'Mobility problems'
and
'Recollections may vary'
They are wonderfully descriptive and say exactly what they mean.

Germanshepherdsmum Sat 10-Sept-22 13:40:59

I always remember Mandy Rice-Davies - ‘Well he would, wouldn’t he?’.

Callistemon21 Sat 10-Sept-22 13:46:24

I thought that if anyone mentioned the Queen's 'mobility problems' once more I would scream!

Chocolatelovinggran Sat 10-Sept-22 14:48:10

Germanshepherdsmum : my favourite quote!

Galaxy Sat 10-Sept-22 14:55:21

Now is not the time for soundbites but I feel the hand of history on my shouldergrin.

AGAA4 Sat 10-Sept-22 15:38:43

"What first attracted you to the millionaire, Paul Daniels?"

Norah Sat 10-Sept-22 16:02:14

Michael Caine - "To me, growing old is great. It's the very best thing - considering the alternative."

Renee - "Can't go back and keep making same mistakes. Must keep moving forward and make new ones."

Oldnproud Sat 10-Sept-22 16:06:55

I'm quite fond of the Groucho Marx sentence:
I don't want to belong to any club that would have me as a member.

Floradora9 Sat 10-Sept-22 21:33:54

We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars’
Oscar Wilde

NanKate Sat 10-Sept-22 21:55:45

Bette Davis ‘Growing old isn’t for wimps’.

Lucca Sat 10-Sept-22 22:12:57

Shirley Conrad. “ life’s too short to stuff a mushroom “

Lucca Sat 10-Sept-22 22:22:36

That’s Conran sorry

Granmarderby10 Sat 10-Sept-22 22:44:40

None of us get out of this alive ?

Squiffy Sat 10-Sept-22 23:28:02

The smallest good deed is better than the best good intention!

Aldom Sun 11-Sept-22 08:21:27

Never say anything that cannot stand as the last thing you said.

Survivor of Auschwitz.

Grannmarie Sun 11-Sept-22 08:29:04

There are no pockets in a shroud.

lovebeigecardigans1955 Sun 11-Sept-22 08:57:44

You cannot discover new oceans without the courage to lose sight of the shore - Andre Gide

Luck is a lifetime of preparation waiting for a moment of opportunity - Matt Baker

We'll get to the end of the day and things will get better; tomorrow will be a good day - Captain Sir Tom Moore

Clawdy Sun 11-Sept-22 08:58:57

Elton John : "I'm fifty-five, I'll do what I want! " (Yes, I know it was twenty years ago! But he was so right!)

Pittcity Sun 11-Sept-22 09:00:55

"Grief is the price we pay for love," Queen Elizabeth II said in support of those who lost loved ones in the terrorist attacks of 9/11.

Today is the 21st anniversary.

HettyBetty Sun 11-Sept-22 10:14:58

My friend's lovely nan: I'm 84 and I shall have sex with whoever I want. (after a raised eyebrow or two).

Totally agree with many of the above, particularly Groucho Marx.

dolphindaisy Sun 11-Sept-22 10:38:21

Graham Norton - "being a chat show host means I've never seen a film I didn't like"

Blondiescot Sun 11-Sept-22 11:21:56

'What fresh hell is this? - Dorothy Parker

Floradora9 Sun 11-Sept-22 12:34:10

Although variations on the following anecdote exist with different people, the story is being told of Winston Churchill's encounter with Lady Astor who, after failing to shake him in an argument, broke off with the petulant remark, "Oh, if you were my husband, I'd put poison in your tea." "Madame," Winston responded, "if I were your husband, I'd drink it with pleasure."[72] On another occasion, Lady Astor allegedly came upon Churchill, and he was highly intoxicated. She highly disapproved of alcohol, and she said to him "Winston, you're drunk!" To which he replied "And you are ugly. However, when I wake up tomorrow, I shall be sober, and you will still be ugly!"

nanna8 Sun 11-Sept-22 14:25:16

If he/she had another brain it’d be lonely. Everyone.

Clawdy Mon 12-Sept-22 12:40:54

My little Irish gran, to people she disliked: "If ye were a dog, I'd have ye put down!"