Creative Quotations from . . .
Lowell Thomas
(1892-1981) born on Apr 06
US "broadcast journalist, explorer". "He was a preeminent explorer, lecturer, author, and journalist; especially remembered for his association with Lawrence of Arabia."
 
   
F
The ability to speak is a short cut to distinction. It puts a man in the limelight, raises him head and shoulders above the crowd."

R
"After the age of 80, everything reminds you of something else."
A
He [T. E. Lawrence] had a genius for backing into the limelight.
N
"They only got two things right, the camels and the sand."
K
The man who can speak acceptably is usually given credit for an ability out of all proportion to what he really possesses.


Published Sources for the above Quotations:
F: "In "Quotable Business," ed. Louis E. Boone, 1992."
R: "In "Older & Wiser, ed. by G. B. Dianda and B. J. Hofmayer, 1995."
A: ""Lawrence of Arabia.""
N: "Said of the film "Lawrence of Arabia;" in "The Times," 29 Aug 1981."
K: "In "Quotable Business," ed. Louis E. Boone, 1992."



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