tad
14th July 2008, 11:22 PM
All the politicians seem to speak in sound bites these days, they usually encapsulate an idea in a single sentence.
Growing up some of them stick with you, and some are ingrained into your memory. For me, as with most people of my generation the most famous is probably:
'This is one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind' but they are not all of this magnitude.
'There are some people on the pitch, they think it's all over' Just before England score their last goal against Germany in the 1966 World Cup Final.
'I have in my hand a piece of paper....' Neville Chamberlain comes back telling us what a good guy Hitler is (just before he invades Poland.
'Challenger, go with throttle up.' The shuttle disaster.
'Steve Austin, a man barely alive...' Intro to 'The Six Billion Dollar Man' TV show.
'Never in the field of human conflict, has so much, been owed, by so many, to so few'. Winston Churchill at his best gives thanks to the defence of the nation by the RAF
'Read my lips: no new taxes' Bush saying there will be no new taxes.;D
'I did not have sex with that woman' Clinton glosses over unusual uses of cigars.
OK that's enough, you get the idea, these were random ones from my immediate memory ....and I've probably messed a few words up
I'd like to know about famous spanish/hispanic sound bites...things that EVERYONE would know.
Don't be as lazy as me though, don't mess the words up, give the quote and also a bit of information about what was happening as well.:)
I'll try and tidy this up a bit tomorrow.
Growing up some of them stick with you, and some are ingrained into your memory. For me, as with most people of my generation the most famous is probably:
'This is one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind' but they are not all of this magnitude.
'There are some people on the pitch, they think it's all over' Just before England score their last goal against Germany in the 1966 World Cup Final.
'I have in my hand a piece of paper....' Neville Chamberlain comes back telling us what a good guy Hitler is (just before he invades Poland.
'Challenger, go with throttle up.' The shuttle disaster.
'Steve Austin, a man barely alive...' Intro to 'The Six Billion Dollar Man' TV show.
'Never in the field of human conflict, has so much, been owed, by so many, to so few'. Winston Churchill at his best gives thanks to the defence of the nation by the RAF
'Read my lips: no new taxes' Bush saying there will be no new taxes.;D
'I did not have sex with that woman' Clinton glosses over unusual uses of cigars.
OK that's enough, you get the idea, these were random ones from my immediate memory ....and I've probably messed a few words up
I'd like to know about famous spanish/hispanic sound bites...things that EVERYONE would know.
Don't be as lazy as me though, don't mess the words up, give the quote and also a bit of information about what was happening as well.:)
I'll try and tidy this up a bit tomorrow.