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I thought it was Mark Twain.

• lpolovets 14y ago
  I did a little more digging, and I think it was Pascal. Here's the most informative page that I found, which discusses the origin of the quote: http://quoteinvestigator.com/2012/04/28/shorter-letter/ http://quoteinvestigator.com/2012/04/28/shorter-letter/
• Samuel_Michon 14y ago
  Mark Twain did say “I never could make a good impromptu speech without several hours to prepare it.” I’ve also always been fond of Winston Churchill’s version: “I’m going to give a long speech today. I haven’t had time to prepare a short one.”
  • moron4hire 14y ago
    I'm sure they were both quite familiar with Pascal
• Evbn 14y ago
  Give them both credit, just to be safe. (Pascal's Wager)