“Back in the days when American billboard advertising was in flower [said Hemingway], there were two slogans that I always rated above all others: the old Cremo Cigar ad that proclaimed, Spit Is a Horrid Word-but Worse on the end of Your Cigar, and Drink Schlitz in Brown Bottles and Avoid that Skunk Taste. You don't get creative writing like that any more.” WritingSaidTwoEndsCreativeFlowerDrinkTasteAdvertisingBrownBottlesAdsCreative WritingSlogansSpitCigarBillboards Book:The Good Life According to Hemingway Source: The Good Life According to Hemingway
“Some people', Miss R. said,'run to conceits or wisdom but I hold to the hard, brown, nutlike word. I might point out that there is enough aesthetic excitement here to satisfy anyone but a damned fool.” PeopleSaidHardEnoughMightRunningMissingFoolExcitementBrownAestheticConceit Author:Donald Barthelme
“Republican Scott Brown lost his bid for Senate in New Hampshire last night, two years after he was voted out as Senator in Massachusetts. When asked what he was planning to do next, he said, 'Are they still looking for a mayor in Toronto?'” YearsSaidStillsTwoLastsNightNextLostRepublicanPlanningBrownTwo YearsSenateSenatorsLast NightMayorsTorontoMassachusettsHampshireNew Hampshire Author:Jimmy Fallon