[Ads-l] Urgent Need for Examples of "Bumper Stickered" Quotations

ADSGarson O'Toole adsgarsonotoole at GMAIL.COM
Thu Sep 17 21:43:18 UTC 2020


The following might be considered "bumper stickered" sentiments:

Love it or leave it
People not profits
WWJD
Smash the patriarchy
Choose life
>From my cold dead hands
Revolution now

On Thu, Sep 17, 2020 at 3:13 PM Shapiro, Fred <fred.shapiro at yale.edu> wrote:
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> I have an urgent need to find a good example of a quotation that has been "bumper stickered."  I think the person who asked me this must mean a quote whose wording or meaning has been dumbed down so as to be suitable for a popular bumper sticker.  Can anyone suggest to me examples of this, ASAP?
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> Fred Shapiro
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