This page has thoughts that I think are interesting and would like to share with others. I hope you enjoy them. ******************************************************************* While anyone can admit to themselves they were wrong, the true test is admission to someone else. ________________________ General notions are generally wrong. -Mary Wortley Montagu (1689-1762) Writer From the Masters 21 March 2008 *********** What about the above 'general notion'? _____________________________ A countryman between two lawyers is like a fish between two cats. -- Ben Franklin ____________________________ Taxes are going up so fast, the government is likely to price itself out of the market. ********************************************* Isn't it interesting that the same people who laugh at science fiction listen to weather forecasts and economists? -Kelvin Throop III _______________________________ Anyone who uses the phrase "easy as taking candy from a baby" has never tried taking candy from a baby. -- Robin Hood _______________________________ Very few profundities can be expressed in less than 80 characters __________________________ The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries, is not "Eureka!" (I found it!) but "That's funny ..." -- Isaac Asimov __________________________ Conscience is a mother-in-law whose visit never ends. -- H. L. Mencken The true secret of giving advice is, after you have honestly given it, to be perfectly indifferent whether it is taken or not and never persist in trying to set people right. -Hannah Whitall Smith (1832-1911) Evangelist and suffragist Bits and Pieces March 2008 _________________ Forever is a long time, but not as long as it was yesterday. -Dennis H.Orgnies From the Masters 14 March 2008 __________________ If you can lead it to water and force it to drink, it isn't a horse. ______________________ Rules: (A) The boss is always right. (B) When the boss is wrong, rule A applies. ________________________ Ask God's blessing on your work, but don't ask him to do it for you. -Dame Flora Robson Daily Inbox Presents 2008/03/19 Golden Oldie May those that love us, love us; and those that don't love us, May God turn their hearts; and if He doesn't turn their hearts, may He turn their ankles so we'll know them by their limping. -Old Irish Toast ***************************************************************** No man is rich enough to buy back his past. -Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) Writer Bits and Pieces March 2008 **************************************************************** I would rather be able to appreciate things I can not have than to have things I am not able to appreciate. -Elbert Hubbard (1856-1915) Writer and publisher DailyInbox Presents 2008/03/06 ***************************************************************** It's not the load that breaks you down, it's the way you carry it. -Lena Horne From the Masters 14 March 2008 ************************************************************** Golden Oldie The Hero died- But that isn't the end of the story. -Billboard 'Book Review' J Kornegay First Baptist Church, Bryan Golden Oldie A computer glitch has resulted in the Internal Revenue Service sending out incorrect tax-cut refund notices to about 523,000 taxpayers. -ComputerWorld 2001/07/17 ************************* Law of the Perversity of Nature: You cannot successfully determine beforehand which side of the bread to butter. ******************************************************** Golden Oldie On Patience Patience serves as a protection against wrongs as clothes do against cold. For if you put on more clothes as the cold increases, it will have no power to hurt you. So in like manner you must grow in patience when you meet with great wrongs, and they will then be powerless to vex your mind. -Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) Artist, architect and engineer Cited in BITS & PIECES BITS & PIECES: Home Delivery 2001/08/16 ************************ Or as Herr Kemper is wont to say, 'Patience is a virtue.' *********************** Golden Oldie Boys will be boys, and so will a lot of middle-aged men. -Kin Hubbard Golden Oldie Guglielmo Marconi, an Italian, is generally credited with the invention of radio. However, scientists from all over the world had to make contributions before radio could be a reality. For instance, an American Joseph Henry and an Englishman, Michael Faraday proved that currents in one wire could produce currents in another. Edouard Branly, a Frenchman, invented a devise that could receive Marconi's transmissions and ring a bell. John Fleming, an Englishman, invented the vacuum tube necessary to receive radio waves which was later improved by another American, Lee de Forest. But none of this would have been possible without a means to collect the sounds for transmissions. The common belief is that the microphone was invented by an Irishman. But this is purely a patent mike story. -Stan Kegel Groaners Digest, Vol 31, Issue 6 Mon, 6 Mar 2006 **************************************** Golden Oldie ...Irish Alzheimer's (we forget everything but our grudges)... -Ann Coulter _How to Talk To a Liberal (If You Must)_, p307 ****************************************** Golden Oldie No time for your health today; no health for your time tomorrow. -Irish Proverb ********************************************** * Life is like a simile. ******************************************* Golden Oldie If you get a reputation as an early riser, you can sleep till noon. -Irish Proverb DailyInbox: PAX Proverbs Plus - 01-30-02 ****************************************** * Accordion, n.: A bagpipe with pleats. Home