“The European boys have small ideas but they sure know how to dress 'em up.”

— George Gershwin

Remark quoted in Vernon Duke "Gershwin, Schillinger and Dukelsky: Some Reminiscences", The Musical Quarterly vol. 33 (1947).

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American composer and pianist 1898–1937

Jack T. Chick (1924–2016) Christian comics writer

Chick tracts, " The Little Ghost http://www.chick.com/reading/tracts/1010/1010_01.asp" (2001)

“The type for the great newspaper is set up by linotype operators. Apprenticeship is rigorously limited. Some operators can never get beyond the 2500-em class, others with no more personal effort can set 5000 ems. Do the employers test out applicants for apprenticeship so as to be sure to secure boys who will develop into the 5000-em class? They do not: they select applicants for any near reason except the fundamental important one of innate fitness.”

Harrington Emerson (1853–1931) American efficiency engineer and business theorist

Source: The twelve principles of efficiency (1912), p. 156; ; cited in Münsterberg (113; 53)

“No matter how you feel today, get up, dress up & show up”

Paulo Coelho (1947) Brazilian lyricist and novelist

“Every boy knows he is immortal, but his parents, they are not so sure.”

Gregory Benford (1941) Science fiction author and astrophysicist

Part 2 “Aleph”, Chapter 1 (p. 45)
Against Infinity (1983)

“It's always fun to climb into a dress when you're having a party, right? So we were having a party and I did just that, I poured myself into a dress. When I woke up - and I woke between the kitchen cabinets - I wasn't wearing the dress any longer. No idea where it went. It was a nice dress as well, a little black number. Do I look good in a dress? Always.”

Bert McCracken (1982) American musician

On the oddest experience while at a party, reported in WENN staff (December 6, 2007) "The Things They Say", World Entertainment News Network.

“How dreadful… to be caught up in a game and have no idea of the rules.”

Caroline Stevermer (1955) American writer

Source: Sorcery & Cecelia: or The Enchanted Chocolate Pot

“There are well-dressed foolish ideas just as there are well-dressed fools.”

Nicolas Chamfort (1741–1794) French writer

As quoted in The Cynic's Breviary : Maxims and Anecdotes from Nicolas de Chamfort (1902) as translated by William G. Hutchison, p. 37

“There are well-dressed foolish ideas just as there are well-dressed fools.”

Diane Ackerman (1948) Author, poet, naturalist

Sometimes attributed to Ackerman this actually originates with Nicolas Chamfort, as quoted in The Cynic's Breviary : Maxims and Anecdotes from Nicolas de Chamfort (1902) as translated by William G. Hutchison, p. 37
Misattributed

“The rest of the people know the condition of the country, for they live in it, but Congress has no idea what is going on in America, so the President has to tell 'em.”

Will Rogers (1879–1935) American humorist and entertainer

As quoted in Defending Liars : In Defense of President Bush and the War on Terror in Iraq (2006) by Howard L. Salter, p. 40
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“This idea that we're not any gender when we're born is very new and very radical that you're born, it's just jump ball, you have a penis, it could mean you’re a boy That's a very new idea and I'm not sure if I'm down with all of it and I don't have to be.”

Bill Maher (1956) American stand-up comedian

Source: Andrew Yang & John McWhorter on Dave Chappelle and 'Transphobia', (2021)

“The European boys have small ideas but they sure know how to dress 'em up.”

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