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PoindexterOglethorpe

(25,816 posts)
Thu May 13, 2021, 01:44 AM May 2021

"Little by little the look of the country changes

because of the men we admire."

The most prescient line ever. No one ever seems to recognize it when I post it, but I will say the first time I heard it I nearly fell off my chair. And I heard it nearly 40 years ago. It has become more and more apropos over the years.

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"Little by little the look of the country changes (Original Post) PoindexterOglethorpe May 2021 OP
Kick dalton99a May 2021 #1
Holy Moley The Unmitigated Gall May 2021 #2
Wow. Finally! I've been posting this quote for years PoindexterOglethorpe May 2021 #3
Paul Newman was dining in the same restaurant while our wedding reception being held. 😊 sprinkleeninow May 2021 #4

PoindexterOglethorpe

(25,816 posts)
3. Wow. Finally! I've been posting this quote for years
Thu May 13, 2021, 03:26 AM
May 2021

and in the past no one has ever gotten it.

But did you have to look it up on line, or did you already recognize it? Few points for looking it up.

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