February 4, 2008


It ain't often that a man's reputation outlasts his money.
Josh Billings



"Now I want you to remember that no bastard ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country."
— George S. Patton, Jr. (George C. Scott), Patton (1970)



A man has one hundred dollars and you leave him with two dollars, that's subtraction.
Mae West



MAJOR HISTORICAL EVENTS OF THE
20TH CENTURY
1971

1970 and 1971
  • India invades Pakistan
  • Communist China joins the UN, replacing Taiwan
  • Idi Amin siezes power in Uganda
    • HISTORY CENTRAL


    Surprises are foolish things. The pleasure is not enhanced, and the inconvenience is often considerable.
    Jane Austen



    PRESIDENTIAL TRIVIA
  • President Hoover was the youngest member of Stanford University's first graduating class.
  • One of the most honored presidents, Hoover received 84 honorary degrees, 78 medals and awards, and the keys to dozens of cities.
  • During Prohibition Hoover would visit the Belgian Embassy in Washington D.C. for drinks. It was considered foreign soil, so drinking was legal there.
  • From Hoover's youth he was known as Bert to friends



    • We are little creatures;
    all of us have different features.

    One of us in glass is set;
    one of us you'll find in jet.
    Another you may see in tin,
    and the fourth is boxed within .
    If the fifth you should pursue,
    it can never fly from you.

    What are we?



    It was impossible to get a conversation going, everybody was talking too much.



    Our doubts are traitors and make us lose the good we oft might win by fearing to attempt.



    "All women become like their mothers. That is their tragedy. No man does. That's his."



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