Any stone in your boot always migrates against the pressure gradient to
exactly the point of most pressure. -- Milt Barber
Sunday, July 31, 2016
Saturday, July 30, 2016
Fortune Quote #1459
AMAZING BUT TRUE: There is so much sand in Northern Africa that if it were
spread out it would completely cover the Sahara Desert!
spread out it would completely cover the Sahara Desert!
Friday, July 29, 2016
Fortune Quote #1458
A vacuum is a hell of a lot better than some of the stuff that nature
replaces it with. -- Tennessee Williams
replaces it with. -- Tennessee Williams
Thursday, July 28, 2016
Wednesday, July 27, 2016
Fortune Quote #1456
Where it is a duty to worship the sun it is pretty sure to be a crime to
examine the laws of heat. -- Christopher Morley
examine the laws of heat. -- Christopher Morley
Tuesday, July 26, 2016
Fortune Quote #1455
The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor
prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or
to the people. -- U.S. Constitution, Amendment 10 (Bill of Rights)
prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or
to the people. -- U.S. Constitution, Amendment 10 (Bill of Rights)
Monday, July 25, 2016
Fortune Quote #1454
Teenage drivers believe that they are immortal, and drive accordingly.
Nevertheless, you should avoid the temptation to prove them wrong.
-- Massachusetts Driver Education Manual
Nevertheless, you should avoid the temptation to prove them wrong.
-- Massachusetts Driver Education Manual
Sunday, July 24, 2016
Fortune Quote #1453
When paying tolls, remember that it is necessary to release the quarter a
full 3 seconds before passing the basket if you are traveling more than 60
MPH. -- Massachusetts Driver Education Manual
full 3 seconds before passing the basket if you are traveling more than 60
MPH. -- Massachusetts Driver Education Manual
Saturday, July 23, 2016
Fortune Quote #1452
When traveling on a one-way street, stay to the right, so as not to
interfere with oncoming traffic. -- Massachusetts Driver Education
Manual
interfere with oncoming traffic. -- Massachusetts Driver Education
Manual
Friday, July 22, 2016
Fortune Quote #1451
Q: When he went, had you gone and had she, if she wanted to and were
able, for the time being excluding all the restraints on her not to go,
gone also, would he have brought you, meaning you and she, with him to
the station? MR. BROOKS: Objection. That question should be taken out and
shot.
able, for the time being excluding all the restraints on her not to go,
gone also, would he have brought you, meaning you and she, with him to
the station? MR. BROOKS: Objection. That question should be taken out and
shot.
Thursday, July 21, 2016
Fortune Quote #1450
"Now, as we begin, I must ask you to banish all present information and
prejudice from your minds, if you have any..."
prejudice from your minds, if you have any..."
Wednesday, July 20, 2016
Tuesday, July 19, 2016
Monday, July 18, 2016
Fortune Quote #1447
A jury consists of twelve persons chosen to decide who has the better
lawyer. -- Robert Frost
lawyer. -- Robert Frost
Sunday, July 17, 2016
Fortune Quote #1446
A countryman between two lawyers is like a fish between two cats.
-- Ben Franklin
-- Ben Franklin
Saturday, July 16, 2016
Fortune Quote #1445
Youth is such a wonderful thing. What a crime to waste it on
children. -- George Bernard Shaw
children. -- George Bernard Shaw
Friday, July 15, 2016
Fortune Quote #1444
"You can't expect a mother to be with a small child all the time,"
Margaret Mead once remarked, with her usual good sense, but in 1978 she
shocked feminists by snapping that women don't really have children to put
them in day care twelve hours a day, either. -- Caroline Bird, "The
Two Paycheck Marriage"
Margaret Mead once remarked, with her usual good sense, but in 1978 she
shocked feminists by snapping that women don't really have children to put
them in day care twelve hours a day, either. -- Caroline Bird, "The
Two Paycheck Marriage"
Thursday, July 14, 2016
Fortune Quote #1443
You can learn many things from children. How much patience you have, for
instance. -- Franklin P. Jones
instance. -- Franklin P. Jones
Wednesday, July 13, 2016
Fortune Quote #1442
"There was a boy called Eustace Clarence Scrubb, and he almost deserved
it." -- C. S. Lewis, "The Voyage of the Dawn Treader"
it." -- C. S. Lewis, "The Voyage of the Dawn Treader"
Tuesday, July 12, 2016
Fortune Quote #1441
Snow and adolescence are the only problems that disappear if you ignore
them long enough.
them long enough.
Monday, July 11, 2016
Fortune Quote #1440
Nobody suffers the pain of birth or the anguish of loving a child in order
for presidents to make wars, for governments to feed on the substance of
their people, for insurance companies to cheat the young and rob the
old. -- Lewis Lapham
for presidents to make wars, for governments to feed on the substance of
their people, for insurance companies to cheat the young and rob the
old. -- Lewis Lapham
Sunday, July 10, 2016
Fortune Quote #1439
It is so soon that I am done for, I wonder what I was begun for.
-- Epitaph, Cheltenham Churchyard
-- Epitaph, Cheltenham Churchyard
Saturday, July 9, 2016
Friday, July 8, 2016
Fortune Quote #1437
I was born because it was a habit in those days, people didn't know
anything else ... I was not a Child Prodigy, because a Child Prodigy is a
child who knows as much when it is a child as it does when it grows
up. -- Will Rogers
anything else ... I was not a Child Prodigy, because a Child Prodigy is a
child who knows as much when it is a child as it does when it grows
up. -- Will Rogers
Thursday, July 7, 2016
Fortune Quote #1436
Children's talent to endure stems from their ignorance of
alternatives. -- Maya Angelou, "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings"
alternatives. -- Maya Angelou, "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings"
Wednesday, July 6, 2016
Fortune Quote #1435
Children begin by loving their parents. After a time they judge them.
Rarely, if ever, do they forgive them. -- Oscar Wilde
Rarely, if ever, do they forgive them. -- Oscar Wilde
Tuesday, July 5, 2016
Fortune Quote #1434
Catching his children with their hands in the new, still wet, patio, the
father spanked them. His wife asked, "Don't you love your children?" He
replied "In the abstract, yes, but not in the concrete."
father spanked them. His wife asked, "Don't you love your children?" He
replied "In the abstract, yes, but not in the concrete."
Monday, July 4, 2016
Sunday, July 3, 2016
Fortune Quote #1432
Q: What is the difference between a violin and a viola? A: None... the
violinist's head is bigger.
violinist's head is bigger.
Saturday, July 2, 2016
Fortune Quote #1431
For whosoever is early, to him shall be given more time, and he shall have
an abundance; but whosoever is late, from him shall be taken away even that
time which he hath. -- Matthew 13:12, mildly adapted
an abundance; but whosoever is late, from him shall be taken away even that
time which he hath. -- Matthew 13:12, mildly adapted
Friday, July 1, 2016
Fortune Quote #1430
The punchline seems to come out of nowhere, which, in one sense, it
should, but the nowhere it comes from is a nowhere from a questionable
somewhere. -- Peter Zale
should, but the nowhere it comes from is a nowhere from a questionable
somewhere. -- Peter Zale
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