Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations. 1989.
| NUMBER: | 1285 |
| AUTHOR: | Adlai Ewing Stevenson (1900–65) |
| QUOTATION: | Middle-aged clubwoman, with a flutter in her voice: “Oh, Mr. Stevenson, your speech was superfluous.” “Thank you, madam. I’ve been thinking of having it published posthumously.” “Oh, won’t that be nice. The sooner the better.” |
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| SUBJECTS: | Oratory |