January 10, 2008

A thorough knowledge of the Bible is worth more than a college education.

Theodore Roosevelt

"Let me tell you something my friend. Hope is a dangerous thing. Hope can drive a man insane."

— Ellis Boyd 'Red' Redding (Morgan Freeman), The Shawshank Redemption (1994)

Always read something that will make you look good if you die in the middle of it.

P. J. O'Rourke

MAJOR HISTORICAL EVENTS OF THE
20TH CENTURY
1946

HISTORY CENTRAL

There is nothing impossible to him who will try.

Alexander the Great

PRESIDENTIAL TRIVIA

James Buchanan was the only president never to marry.

Five presidents remarried after the death of their first wives—two of whom, Tyler and Wilson, remarried while in the White House.

Reagan was the only divorced president.

Six presidents had no children. Tyler—father of fifteen—had the most.

If someone says to you, "I'll bet you $1 that if you give me $2, I will give you $3 in return", would this be a good bet for you to accept?

"The flattening of underwear with pleasure is the job of the chambermaid." -- A sign in a Yugoslavian hotel.

Love sought is good, but given unsought, is better.

Take a method and try it. If it fails, admit it frankly, and try another. But by all means, try something.