Golden Oldie
A king's castle is his home.
This blog was created for thoughts that I receive via email sent by this man dan-galvin@oldschool.tamu.edu - Dan.
Friday, May 31, 2013
Thursday, May 30, 2013
Wednesday, May 29, 2013
Wednesday, May 29th, 2013
Golden Oldie
I would like to be allowed to admire
a man's opinion as I would his dog -
without being expected to take it home with me.
-Frank A. Clark
I would like to be allowed to admire
a man's opinion as I would his dog -
without being expected to take it home with me.
-Frank A. Clark
Tuesday, May 28, 2013
Tuesday, May 28th, 2013
Golden Oldie
To talk much and arrive nowhere is the
same as climbing a tree to catch a fish.
-Chinese Proverb
To talk much and arrive nowhere is the
same as climbing a tree to catch a fish.
-Chinese Proverb
Thursday, May 23, 2013
Thursday, May 23rd, 2013
Golden Oldie
If A=B and
B=C then
A=C, except where void or prohibited by law.
-Roy Santoro
If A=B and
B=C then
A=C, except where void or prohibited by law.
-Roy Santoro
Wednesday, May 22, 2013
Tuesday, May 21, 2013
Monday, May 20, 2013
Monday, May 20th, 2013
Golden Oldie
Avoid suspicion: when your're walking through
Your neighbor's melon patch, don't tie your shoe.
-Chinese Proverb
Avoid suspicion: when your're walking through
Your neighbor's melon patch, don't tie your shoe.
-Chinese Proverb
Friday, May 17, 2013
Wednesday, May 15, 2013
Wednesday, May 15th, 2013
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If you live to the age of a hundred you have it made because very few people die past the age of a hundred.
-- George Burns
If you live to the age of a hundred you have it made because very few people die past the age of a hundred.
-- George Burns
Tuesday, May 14, 2013
Tuesday, May 14th, 2013
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"What George Washington did for us was to throw out the British, so
that we wouldn't have a fat, insensitive government running our
country. Nice try anyway, George."
-- D.J. on KSFO/KYA
"What George Washington did for us was to throw out the British, so
that we wouldn't have a fat, insensitive government running our
country. Nice try anyway, George."
-- D.J. on KSFO/KYA
Monday, May 13, 2013
Monday, May 13th, 2013
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Bore, n.:
A guy who wraps up a two-minute idea in a two-hour vocabulary.
-- Walter Winchell
Bore, n.:
A guy who wraps up a two-minute idea in a two-hour vocabulary.
-- Walter Winchell
Friday, May 10, 2013
Thursday, May 9, 2013
Thursday, May 9th, 2013
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A consultant is a person who borrows your watch, tells you what time it is, pockets the watch, and sends you a bill for it.
A consultant is a person who borrows your watch, tells you what time it is, pockets the watch, and sends you a bill for it.
Wednesday, May 8, 2013
Tuesday, May 7, 2013
Monday, May 6, 2013
Friday, May 3, 2013
Friday, May 3rd, 2013
Golden Oldie
To refuse praise is to seek praise twice.
Patience comes to those who wait.
-Tom Wilson
To refuse praise is to seek praise twice.
Patience comes to those who wait.
-Tom Wilson
Thursday, May 2, 2013
Thursday, May 2nd, 2013
Golden Oldie
Poverty's no disgrace,
but 'tis a great inconvenience.
-English proverb
Poverty's no disgrace,
but 'tis a great inconvenience.
-English proverb
Wednesday, May 1, 2013
Wednesday, May 1st, 2012
Golden Oldie
A person who can speak many languages
is not necessarily more valuable than
a person who can listen well in one.
-Anon
A person who can speak many languages
is not necessarily more valuable than
a person who can listen well in one.
-Anon
Wednesday, May 1st, 2012
Golden Oldie
A person who can speak many languages
is not necessarily more valuable than
a person who can listen well in one.
-Anon
A person who can speak many languages
is not necessarily more valuable than
a person who can listen well in one.
-Anon
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