"Be like a duck; calm and unruffled on the surface, but paddle like the dickens underneath."
I've been quoting this for years, and finally took it upon myself to figure out where this quote came from (who have I been quoting?) and the answer is...anybody know? Michael Caine! But evidently either I or the person/place I directly heard it from, has changed it. His original quote was, "Be like a duck. Calm on the surface, but always paddling like the dickens underneath." Maybe I'm vain, but I like my version better. I like the 'unruffled,' wherever it came from.
4 comments:
No, you are not always like a duck! But that's okay, because i love you anyway! Thanks for sharing this and it will be fun to read! I love you. Judy
I love this quote too! It's so funny Michael Caine said that
Hi Elaine I got your email about your blog that you showed me yesterday when we played risk(January,19th,2007) and I was so close to wining but you won(wihch I thoght was unfair because I was kicking you and chistains but so bad)oh and by the way now when I go to sleep that be like a duck thing is stuck in my head.Oh by the way I've never heard of Michael Cain.
Hey Chandler glad you got my email about this great blog whose name sticks in your head now (ha ha!) and yeah it's crazy I won cuz you WERE kicking our butts, and Michael Caine is an actor, have you ever seen the new Batman begins? Because Michael Caine plays the butler, batman's friend, in that movie.
Post a Comment