Brain Teasers
Who Said What? III
Below are two quotes, each by a different individual. However, some of their letters have been removed. Your task is twofold: first, determine what letters have been removed and, secondly, take those letters and unscramble them to spell out the individual's name. Do this for each quote. Do not mix the letters between the two quotes. An example has been provided.
EXAMPLE:
Incomplete quote: "Human eing are the onl creatures n earth that aow their children to ome ack home." - I
Completed quote: "Human (B)eing(S) are the onl(Y) creatures (O)n earth that a(L)(L)ow their children to (C)ome (B)ack home."
Given letters: I - Missing letters: B, S, Y, O, L, L, C, B
Unscrambled letters: Bill Cosby
Now that you see how it works, here are your two puzzles:
"ll yanny need to gai a ootold is fr people o god conscience to rain ilnt."
- J
"rt s ne fishe, ny baned."
- C
EXAMPLE:
Incomplete quote: "Human eing are the onl creatures n earth that aow their children to ome ack home." - I
Completed quote: "Human (B)eing(S) are the onl(Y) creatures (O)n earth that a(L)(L)ow their children to (C)ome (B)ack home."
Given letters: I - Missing letters: B, S, Y, O, L, L, C, B
Unscrambled letters: Bill Cosby
Now that you see how it works, here are your two puzzles:
"ll yanny need to gai a ootold is fr people o god conscience to rain ilnt."
- J
"rt s ne fishe, ny baned."
- C
Answer
"All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain silent."- Thomas Jefferson
Missing letters: A, T, R, S, N, F, H, O, F, O, E, M, S, E
"(A)ll (T)y(R)anny need(S) to gai(N) a (F)oot(H)old is f(O)r people o(F) go(O)d conscience to r(E)(M)ain (S)il(E)nt."
- (T)(H)(O)(M)(A)(S) J(E)(F)(F)(E)(R)(S)(O)(N)
"Art is never finished, only abandoned."
- Leonardo da Vinci
Missing letters: A, I, V, E, R, N, I, D, O, L, A, N, D, O
"(A)rt (I)s ne(V)(E)(R) fi(N)(I)she(D), (O)n(L)y (A)ba(N)(D)(O)ned."
- (L)(E)(O)(N)(A)(R)(D)(O) (D)(A) (V)(I)(N)c(I)
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