Who said this, why and when?

[Man of Harveys]

"The memory should be specially taxed in youth, since it is then that it is strongest and most tenacious. But in choosing the things that should be committed to memory the utmost care and forethought must be exercised; as lessons well learnt in youth are never forgotten. "

 

[Les Biehn]

Sven?

 

[Tooting Gull]

Paul Gascoigne.

 

[Titanic]

Was it Arthur Schopenhauer (German philosopher (1788 - 1860)) by any chance ?

 

[Barrel of Fun]

Bill Oddie?

 

[Les Biehn]

Dick and Dom?

 

[Donkey Hoaty]

Jade Goody

 

[Man of Harveys]

Was it Arthur Schopenhauer (German philosopher (1788 - 1860)) by any chance ?

Nope. The correct answer is in fact "our Cilla", Cilla Black.

 

[Easy 10]

Oh yeah. I forgot.

 

[Man of Harveys]

Oh yeah. I forgot.

It was during a very early episode of Surprise Surprise, to be fair.

 

[Franks Wild Years]

And not a lorra' people know that.

 

[Barnet Seagull]

And not a lorra' people know that.

 

[Easy 10]

It was during a very early episode of Surprise Surprise, to be fair.

Surprise Surpise
The unexpected hits you between the eyes
The unpredictable, thats the SURPISE you see
Surprise Surprise
Surprise Surprise

My Sundays have been so empty without that show. Some watery-eyed old duffer from Basingstoke finally reunited with his long-lost brother, who's been living in a cave in Kazakhstan for the past 65 years.
*sigh*