Friday, August 29th, 2014

Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak;
      courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.
                          -Winston Churchill
                           Brainy Quotes

Thursday, August 28th, 2014

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                 When in doubt,
                 use brute force.
                    -Ken Thompson
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     Or in the words of the old IBM Customer Engineers,
     "use a 'forming machine'".
     (You and I call that  a hammer.)

Wednesday, August 27th, 2014

Always end the name of your child with a vowel,
      so that when you yell the name will carry.

                       -Bill Cosby
                        Brainy Quote

Tuesday, August 26th, 2014

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      Anarchy may not be the best form of government,
      but it's better than no government at all.

Monday, August 25th, 2014

Education is the ability to listen
             to almost anything without losing your
             temper or your self-confidence.
                          -Robert Frost
                           March Bits and Pieces
                           Contributed by someone
                           who used to want to remain
                           anonymous.
                           I am assuming he still does.

Friday, August 22nd, 2014

Dentist, n.:
        A Prestidigitator who, putting metal in one's mouth,
        pulls coins out of one's pockets.
                -Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary"

Thursday, August 21st, 2014

Golden Oldie




                     Wouldn't it be nice if the
                     wattage of a car stereo could
                     not exceed the IQ of the driver?

Wednesday, August 20th, 2014

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If I traveled to the end of the rainbow
As Dame Fortune did intend,
Murphy would be there to tell me
The pot's at the other end.
                -- Bert Whitney

Tuesday, August 19th, 2014

Probably a Golden Oldie




         Use what talents you possess;
         the woods would be very silent
         if no birds sang there except
         those that sang best.
                   -Henry Van Dyke
                    Brainy Quote

Monday, August 18th, 2014

 As we express our gratitude,
     we must never forget that
     the highest appreciation,
     is not to utter words, but to live them.
                -John F. Kennedy
                 March Bits and Pieces

Friday, August 15th, 2014

Gratitude is the inward feeling of kindness received.
       Thankfulness is the natural impulse to express that feeling.
       Thanksgiving is the following of that impulse.
                             -Henry Van Dyke
                              Brainy Quoted

Thursday, August 14th, 2014

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                Time flies like an arrow
                Fruit flies like a banana

Wednesday, August 13th, 2014

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In Africa some of the native tribes have a custom of beating the ground with clubs and uttering spine chilling cries.  Anthropologists call this a form of primitive self-expression.  In America we call it golf.

Tuesday, August 12th, 2014

   Time is too slow for those who wait,
       too swift for those who fear,
       too long for those who grieve,
       too short for those who rejoice,
       but for those who love, time is eternity.

                   -Henry Van Dyke
                    Brainy Quotes

Monday, August 11th, 2014

Pain is just weakness leaving the body.
                -General Lewis B "Chesty" Puller, USMC
                 Submitted by Herr Kemper

Friday, August 8th, 2014

  Every one has a photographic memory.
         Some just don't have film.
                -Steven Wright
                 Submitted by Herr Kemper

Thursday, August 7th, 2014

Nothing is more like a wise man
         than a fool who holds his tongue.
                    -Francis de Sales
                     Submitted by Herr Kemper

Wednesday, August 6th, 2014

Every man has his secret sorrows,
      which the world knows not; and
      oftentimes we call a man cold
      when he is only sad.
           -Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882)
            Quoted in A.W.A.D.
            Thursday, February 27, 2014

Tuesday, August 5th, 2014

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      A witty saying proves nothing,
      but saying something pointless
      gets people's attention.

Monday, August 4th, 2014

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