Quote: Live every day as if it were your last-and some day you'll be right (Fred Allen 1953)

[Jonathan Lighter]

But Horace is advising us to be gloomy.

That can't be!!

JL

On Mon, Oct 24, 2011 at 5:47 PM, Garson O'Toole
<adsgarsonotoole at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Subject:      Quote: Live every day as if it were your last-and some day you'll
>              be right (Fred Allen 1953)
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> Steve Jobs also commented about a quotation that he read when he was
> young that influenced his outlook on life. Below is a version of that
> saying dated 1953 which I located. Barry Popik has now added this to
> his webpage on the topic. Barry has a great precursor quote from
> Horace.
>
> Fred Allen (John F. Sullivan) was a comedian with a popular radio program.
>
> Cite: 1953 February 15, Cleveland Plain Dealer, In the Current
> Magazines by J. A Wadovick, Page 39-D, Column 5, [GNB Page 129],
> Cleveland, Ohio. (GenealogyBank)
> [Begin excerpt]
> "Live every day as if it were your last-and some day you'll be
> right."-Fred Allen in Pageant
> [End excerpt]
>
> http://www.barrypopik.com/index.php/new_york_city/entry/if_you_live_each_day_as_if_it_was_your_last_someday_youll_most_certainly_be/
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> Garson
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