A. J. Liebling

"Freedom of the press is limited to those who own one."

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Carl Sandburg

"I'm an idealist. I don't know where I'm going, but I'm on my way."

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Thomas H. Huxley

"Science is nothing but trained and organized common sense, differing from the latter only as a veteran may differ from a raw recruit: and its methods differ from those of common sense only as far as the guardsman's cut and thrust differ from the manner in which a savage wields his club."

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Oscar Wilde

"Arguments are to be avoided; they are always vulgar and often convincing."

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Sir Edward Appleton

"I don't mind what language an opera is sung in so long as it is a language I don't understand."

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John Cage

"If you think something is boring, try doing it for two minutes. If you still think it's boring, try it for four. If you still think it's boring, try it for eight, then sixteen, then thirty-two, and so on and so forth. Soon enough you'll find that it's really not boring at all."

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Straight from the horse's mouth

Straight from the horse's mouth có nghĩa là thông tin nghe được từ một nguồn hay người rất đáng tin tưởng.


Listen : http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/worldservice/tae/tae_20130812-1200a.mp3

Script:

Finn: Hello, I'm Finn and we're presenting today's The English We Speak on horseback. I'm joined by…

(Horse whinny)

Finn: Sorry about that – by Feifei…

Feifei: Hello. Yes, we're taking a horse-riding holiday in the beautiful mountains of Wales.

Finn: Isn't it glorious?

Feifei: Beautiful. A million miles away from London.

(Horse whinny)

Finn: Eh, talking about London – you know our friend Mark, did you hear his news?

Feifei: No, what happened?

Finn: Great news for him. He sold his ice-cream delivery company.

Feifei: Wow!

Finn: And he made £500,000.

Feifei: Really? That's great news. Where did you hear that?

Finn: Straight from the horse's mouth.

(Horse whinny)

Feifei: Eh – from our horse? Our horse told you about Mark?

Finn: No, straight from the horse's mouth means...

Feifei: I know what it means, just kidding! Straight from the horse's mouth means directly from the source of the news or information – so in this case our friend Mark told Finn himself about the ice-cream business. Right, Finn?

Finn: Absolutely. Listen to these examples:

• A: Our university is going to start teaching courses in oceanography.
  B: Really? How do you know that?
  A: Straight from the horse's mouth – the head of the university told me.

• A: Are you sure Michael is coming tomorrow? I haven't seen him for ages.
  B: Yes, straight from the horse's mouth. He phoned me yesterday to tell me!

Feifei: Anyway, what's Mark going to do next?

Finn: Apparently he's starting a new ice-cream business – with lots of crazy flavours.

Feifei: Like what?

Finn: Grass-flavoured ice-cream.

Feifei: Really?

Finn: Sure - straight from the…

Feifei: Horse's mouth!

(Horse whinny)

Feifei: Well, I think our horse friend might enjoy grass-flavoured ice-cream, but I'm not so sure myself. Anyway do check out bbclearningenglish.com for more phrases.

Finn: Bye. Giddy up.

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Sydney Smith

"You must not think me necessarily foolish because I am facetious, nor will I consider you necessarily wise because you are grave."

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