Another famous anecdote from his job was used by Whorf to argue that language use affects habitual behavior.

A good example is found in this famous anecdote:

The scene in which Lee states that his style was the style of " Fighting Without Fighting " and then lures Parsons into boarding a dinghy is based upon a famous anecdote involving the 16th century samurai Tsukahara Bokuden.

One famous anecdote has her mother bartering a German-made sewing machine for sixty kilograms of rice with which to feed the family.

A famous anecdote of Malcolm X's life tells of a teacher who discouraged Malcolm of his dream of becoming a lawyer because of his race.

He is attributed the quote " The real hero of programming is the one who writes negative code ", where the meaning of negative code is taken to be similar to famous Apple developer team anecdote.

" Abraham Lincoln described his appearance in a famous anecdote: " A brown, chunky little chap, with a long body, short legs, not enough neck to hang him, and such long arms that if his ankles itch he can scratch them without stooping.

* A famous anecdote by Parson Weems claims that George Washington once cut a tree over when he was a small child.

According to the most famous anecdote, in 1962 he addressed a crowd in Liberia: " Ladies and Gentlemen, dear Negroes ...".

An anecdote survives that indicates the musical ability of the young composer: Willaert was surprised to discover the choir of the papal chapel singing one of his own compositions, most likely the six-part motet Verbum bonum et suave, and even more surprised to learn that they thought it had been written by the much more famous composer Josquin.

There is a famous anecdote in which Sir Patrick Hastings, a visitor to his home, actually observed him dictate the novel The Devil Man in the course of a weekend.

An anecdote is always presented as based in a real incident involving actual persons, whether famous or not, usually in an identifiable place.

It was an anecdote, then current, to the effect that the duc d ' Enghien had gone secretly to Paris to visit Mademoiselle George ; that at her house he came upon Bonaparte, who also enjoyed the famous actress ' favors, and that in his presence Napoleon happened to fall into one of the fainting fits to which he was subject, and was thus at the Duc's mercy.

A famous anecdote would have it that in 1883, in a fit of anger, she had thrown the only copy of his Symphony No. 3 in the fire.

In a rather famous anecdote, Leszek once explained to the Pope that Polish knights could not participate in his Crusade because there was no mead / beer to be had in Palestine.

Astle himself, in his characteristic self-effacing way, would in later years turn this famous mistake into the punchline of a rather ribald anecdote.

According to a famous anecdote, while de Gaulle was marching down the Champs Élysées and entered the Place de la Concorde, snipers in the Hôtel de Crillon area shot at the crowd.

There is a famous political anecdote concerning famous Greek politician and ex prime minister of Greece for many years Andreas Papandreou, who upon first hearing, then mostly unknown, George Mitsikostas imitating him on the radio having a conversation with leader of the then opposition and also former Prime Minister Konstantinos Karamanlis, called his minister alarmed upon a scam being raised against his party by imposters.

* Lucius Licinius Lucullus, praetor in 67 BC, a man famous for his moderation and mildness of disposition ; Dionysius records a colorful anecdote about his restraint in the face of insult.

Perhaps the most famous anecdote about Marchand is the account of the competition he was supposed to have with Johann Sebastian Bach in Dresden in September 1717.

In his famous proposal for the definition of painting, offered in 1890, he stated: " Remember that a picture, before being a battle horse, a nude, an anecdote or whatnot, is essentially a flat surface covered with colors assembled in a certain order.

Welle ( p. 260 ) cites an anecdote told by Martin Luther in a lecture on Genesis 32 ( the wrestling of Jacob with the angel ) published in 1580, according to which there was a famous Jewish wrestling master at the court of Frederick.

A famous anecdote appeared in the obituary of fast bowler Alf Gover, ( Independent May 10, 2001 ):

Tradition relates that in 814, the body of Saint James the Greater was discovered in Compostela and that Alfonso was the first pilgrim to that famous medieval ( and modern ) shrine.

In addition, Pausanias relates that at the time of the Persian invasion in 480 BC the Athenians were advised by the oracle to put their faith in their " wooden walls " — taking this advice to mean their navy, they won the famous battle at Salamis.

The historian of the famous retreat of the Ten Thousand, 401 BC, relates that the Greeks suffered severely from the slingers in the army of Artaxerxes II of Persia, while they themselves had neither cavalry nor slingers, and were unable to reach the enemy with their arrows and javelins.

29 ) relates how the Christians, having assembled in Rome to elect a new bishop, saw a dove alight upon the head of Fabian, a layman and stranger to the city, who was thus marked out for this dignity and was at once proclaimed bishop by acclamation, although there were several famous men among the candidates for the vacant position.

In his Histories, Tacitus relates the account of divination rites at the famous Temple of Venus at Paphos ; according to traditional tales, this temple was founded by King Aerias, but others say Cinyras consecrated the temple, which was built right on the spot where the goddess had first stepped on the land after her birth from the sea.

Clamence then relates the story of how a famous fifteenth-century painting, a panel from the Ghent Altarpiece known as The Just Judges, came into his possession.

Visually, these works relate to many concerns of the period: a perceived need for audience participation ( this relates them to the Happenings, for which the period is famous ), challenges to the notion of the mind-body duality which led some people to experiment with hallucinogenic drugs ( see Aldous Huxley's writings ); concerns with a tension between a scientific future which might be very beneficial or might lead to a nuclear war ; and fears about the loss of genuine individual experience in a Brave New World.

Saburō Sakai, the famous Japanese ace, relates their reaction to the Thach Weave when they encountered Guadalcanal Wildcats using it:

There is also a very famous song named " Liuyanghe ", composed in 1950 by Tang Biguang and Xu Shuhua, the theme of which relates to the river and the nearby village of Shaoshan, where Chairman Mao Zedong was born, and is a karaoke favorite in the town.

One of the most famous cases recorded relates to Paneb the son of an overseer who was accused of looting royal tombs, adultery and causing unrest in the community.

A popular tale relates that when the famous tragedian, Sarah Siddons, expressed a desire to kiss the beautiful baby, Amelia "... instantly held her little hand out to be kissed, so early had she learnt the lessons of Royalty.

The most famous story involving a Buggane relates that one repeatedly tore the roof off St. Trinian's church on the Isle of Man.

Snorri Sturluson relates that he was the son of Dag the Wise, and he was mighty and famous.

The title of the book relates to a famous line in Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's epic poem The Song of Hiawatha.

The famous story in the Sira relates that when Muhammad was informed of the three questions from the Rabbis, he declared that he would have the answers in the morning.

One of the most famous relates that it was his cow-which he took with him as payment when he went to Clonard and gave milk to all at the Abbey-which supplied the parchment for the Leobr na h ' Uidre, Book of the Dun Cow, one of the oldest and most important Irish literary collections, compiled by a Clonmacnoise scribe in 1106.

Vitruvius relates the famous story about Archimedes and his detection of adulterated gold in a royal crown.

One of al-Kashgari's most famous poems relates to the Turko-Islamic conquest of Hotan ( then occupied by Iranic, multiconfessional Tocharians ):

The calligraphy relates one of Bashō's most famous haiku poems: Furu ike ya / kawazu tobikomu / mizu no oto ( An old pond / a frog jumps in / the sound of water ).

The Jómsvíkinga saga ( English: Saga of the Jomsvikings ) relates of the founding of Jomsborg by Palnatoke, and of the famous Viking brotherhood of the Jomsvikings.

The canons, he tells us, were spared the long choral duties, the sharp reproofs, the stern discipline of the Black Monks, and were not bound to the Spartan simplicity of clothing and diet of the field-working Cistercians .< ref > cf. Speculum Stultorum Rolls Series: The Anglo-Latin Satirical poets of the Twelfth Century < cite ></ ref > The " Llanthony Chronicler " relates how the first founders of his famous abbey, having consulted among themselves, decided to become canons regular, first, because on account of the charity they were well liked by all, and then because they were satisfied with a modest manner of living, their habit, though clean, being decent, neither too coarse, nor too rich.

In the handwritten end notes, the author mentions that one of the characters was based on a real person, and relates the story of a famous suicide which happened at that time.