John, I think it's inscribed on the inside of that guitar. Very faint. Bob At 03:01 PM 2/9/2013, you wrote: >A friend of mine posted this quotation on Facebook the other day: >“If it’s your job to eat a frog, it’s best to do it the first >thing in the morning. And if it’s your job to eat two frogs, >it’s best to eat the biggest one first.” This was attributed, of >course, to Mark Twain. I wrote him back that I had never seen this >one anywhere in Twain’s works, which didn’t prove much, but that >it didn’t sound like him to me. I told him I would do a search and >try to find out its provenance (today’s word of the day du jour!). > >I could not find it at www.twainquotes. A Google search, though, >gave me hundreds of hits: blogs, Pinterest, quote sites, etc., all >with the same quote, all attributing it to Twain, but not one of >them giving a source in his writing. All roads seemed to lead to a >book by Brian Tracy, Eat That Frog!, which is a short book of advice >on avoiding procrastination, very popular with writers, self-help >folks, business advice, etc. > >I have a time-wasting hobby (good to employ when I am >procrastinating) of tracking down spurious Mark Twain quotations. I >was surprised I had not encountered this one, since it is so >widespread. So I call on the collective wisdom here to tell me if it >is indeed from Mr. Mark Twain,and if so, where. I will be so >surprised if it is that I will eat a live frog, in front of witnesses. >++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ >John Bird >[log in to unmask]