Off-track: Re: [ADS-L] Mark Hanna Quote Question

[Jonathan Lighter]

Not in YBQ, but U.S. Grant supposedly said/wrote that he knew "only two
tunes. One is Yankee Doodle and I forget the other."

IIRC, I read that in a book about the Presidents, ca1962.

JL

On Wed, May 16, 2012 at 11:07 AM, Joel S. Berson <Berson at att.net> wrote:

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> At 5/14/2012 08:55 PM, Shapiro, Fred wrote:
> >I have been asked about the source of the following quotation, often
> >attributed to Mark Hanna:
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> >"There are two things that are important in politics. The first is
> >money and I can't remember what the second one is."
> >
> >Can anyone point me to early evidence of this quote?  Even
> >apocryphal attributions would be of interest.
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> I am reminded of Peter Wimsey, who said (approximately):  "I know
> only two tunes -- one is God Save the King and the other
> isn't."  (Not in Wikiquote, I see.)
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> He also said "I always have a quotation for everything - it saves
> original thinking."  Probably carries around a duodecimo edition of
> the Yale Book of Quotations in his jacket pocket.
>
> Joel
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