TIL Mark Twain is often wrongly credited with the quote: "I would have written a shorter letter, but did not have the time." Earliest credit goes to French mathematician and philospher Blaise Pascal in “Lettres Provinciales,” 1657. npr.org Submitted by jeremyjava t3_1196bgx on February 22, 2023 at 5:55 PM in todayilearned 22 comments 391
BillTowne t1_j9lbd6j wrote on February 22, 2023 at 8:22 PM Hubert Humphrey was asked how long it would take him to prepare a 15 minute talk, and he said a week. Asked how long for a two hour talk, and he said, I am ready right now. note: I don't recall the actual numbers. Permalink 43
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