During an email discussion about people taking down posters advertising events that the people objected to, one discussion participant closed his email with these two quotes:
Voltaire: “I may disagree with what you have to say, but I shall defend, to the death, your right to say it.”
Hubert Humphrey: “The right to be heard does not automatically include the right to be taken seriously.”
Tuesday, October 23, 2007
Sunday, September 16, 2007
God's answers
I believe that God only gives three answers to prayer:
1. "Yes"
2. "Not yet"
3. "I have something better in mind."
~Author unknown
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I found this as the email signature of someone I don't know. It was buried in all the "forwards" of a forwarded email. I think it's waaay cool. I DO believe it. And I love it when the answer is #3 which it is most of the time in my life.
1. "Yes"
2. "Not yet"
3. "I have something better in mind."
~Author unknown
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
I found this as the email signature of someone I don't know. It was buried in all the "forwards" of a forwarded email. I think it's waaay cool. I DO believe it. And I love it when the answer is #3 which it is most of the time in my life.
Sunday, August 19, 2007
Punny Email
I don't know why, but I love great one-liner puns. Here's a great collection that I received via email.
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I wondered why the baseball was getting bigger.
Then it hit me.
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Police were called to a day care where a three-year-old was resisting a rest.
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Did you hear about the guy whose whole left side was cut off?
He's all right now.
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The roundest knight at King Arthur's round table was Sir Cumference.
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The butcher backed up into the meat grinder and got a little behind in his work.
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To write with a broken pencil is pointless.
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When fish are in schools, they sometimes take debate.
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The short fortune teller who escaped from prison was a small medium at large.
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A thief who stole a calendar got twelve months.
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A thief fell and broke his leg in wet cement.
He became a hardened criminal.
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Thieves who steal corn from a garden could be charged with stalking.
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We'll never run out of math teachers because they always multiply.
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When the smog lifts in Los Angeles, U.C.L.A.
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The math professor went crazy with the blackboard.
He did a number on it.
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The professor discovered that her theory of earthquakes was on shaky ground.
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The dead batteries were given out free of charge.
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If you take a laptop computer for a run you could jog your memory.
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A dentist and a manicurist fought tooth and nail.
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A bicycle can't stand alone; it is two tired.
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A will is a dead giveaway.
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Time flies like an arrow;
fruit flies like a banana.
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A backward poet writes inverse.
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In a democracy it's your vote that counts; in feudalism, it's your Count that votes.
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A chicken crossing the road: poultry in motion.
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If you don't pay your exorcist, you can get repossessed.
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With her marriage, she got a new name and a dress.
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Show me a piano falling down a mine shaft and I'll show you A-flat miner.
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When a clock is hungry it goes back four seconds.
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The guy who fell onto an upholstery machine was fully recovered.
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A grenade fell onto a kitchen floor in France. It resulted in Linoleum Blownapart.
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You are stuck with your debt if you can't budge it.
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Local Area Network in Australia: The LAN down under.
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He broke into song because he couldn't find the key.
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A calendar's days are numbered.
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A lot of money is tainted: 'Taint yours, and 'taint mine.
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A boiled egg is hard to beat.
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He had a photographic memory which was never developed.
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A plateau is a high form of flattery.
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Those who get too big for their britches will be exposed in the end.
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When you've seen one shopping center you've seen a mall.
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If you jump off a Paris bridge, you are in Seine.
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When she saw her first strands of gray hair, she thought she'd dye.
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Bakers trade bread recipes on a knead to know basis.
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Santa's helpers are subordinate clauses.
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Acupuncture: a jab well done.
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I wondered why the baseball was getting bigger.
Then it hit me.
-----------------------------------------------------
Police were called to a day care where a three-year-old was resisting a rest.
-----------------------------------------------------
Did you hear about the guy whose whole left side was cut off?
He's all right now.
-----------------------------------------------------
The roundest knight at King Arthur's round table was Sir Cumference.
------------------------------------------------------
The butcher backed up into the meat grinder and got a little behind in his work.
------------------------------------------------------
To write with a broken pencil is pointless.
------------------------------------------------------
When fish are in schools, they sometimes take debate.
------------------------------------------------------
The short fortune teller who escaped from prison was a small medium at large.
-------------------------------------------------------
A thief who stole a calendar got twelve months.
-------------------------------------------------------
A thief fell and broke his leg in wet cement.
He became a hardened criminal.
-------------------------------------------------------
Thieves who steal corn from a garden could be charged with stalking.
--------------------------------------------------------
We'll never run out of math teachers because they always multiply.
--------------------------------------------------------
When the smog lifts in Los Angeles, U.C.L.A.
--------------------------------------------------------
The math professor went crazy with the blackboard.
He did a number on it.
--------------------------------------------------------
The professor discovered that her theory of earthquakes was on shaky ground.
----------------------------------------------------------
The dead batteries were given out free of charge.
-----------------------------------------------------------
If you take a laptop computer for a run you could jog your memory.
-----------------------------------------------------------
A dentist and a manicurist fought tooth and nail.
-----------------------------------------------------------
A bicycle can't stand alone; it is two tired.
-----------------------------------------------------------
A will is a dead giveaway.
-----------------------------------------------------------
Time flies like an arrow;
fruit flies like a banana.
-------------------------------------------------------------
A backward poet writes inverse.
-------------------------------------------------------------
In a democracy it's your vote that counts; in feudalism, it's your Count that votes.
--------------------------------------------------------------
A chicken crossing the road: poultry in motion.
--------------------------------------------------------------
If you don't pay your exorcist, you can get repossessed.
--------------------------------------------------------------
With her marriage, she got a new name and a dress.
--------------------------------------------------------------
Show me a piano falling down a mine shaft and I'll show you A-flat miner.
---------------------------------------------------------------
When a clock is hungry it goes back four seconds.
---------------------------------------------------------------
The guy who fell onto an upholstery machine was fully recovered.
----------------------------------------------------------------
A grenade fell onto a kitchen floor in France. It resulted in Linoleum Blownapart.
----------------------------------------------------------------
You are stuck with your debt if you can't budge it.
-----------------------------------------------------------------
Local Area Network in Australia: The LAN down under.
-----------------------------------------------------------------
He broke into song because he couldn't find the key.
------------------------------------------------------------------
A calendar's days are numbered.
------------------------------------------------------------------
A lot of money is tainted: 'Taint yours, and 'taint mine.
------------------------------------------------------------------
A boiled egg is hard to beat.
------------------------------------------------------------------
He had a photographic memory which was never developed.
-------------------------------------------------------------------
A plateau is a high form of flattery.
------------------------------------------------------------------
Those who get too big for their britches will be exposed in the end.
-------------------------------------------------------------------
When you've seen one shopping center you've seen a mall.
--------------------------------------------------------------------
If you jump off a Paris bridge, you are in Seine.
--------------------------------------------------------------------
When she saw her first strands of gray hair, she thought she'd dye.
--------------------------------------------------------------------
Bakers trade bread recipes on a knead to know basis.
--------------------------------------------------------------------
Santa's helpers are subordinate clauses.
--------------------------------------------------------------------
Acupuncture: a jab well done.
Looking for Einstein
There's a great quote by Einstein about how when he has time, he loves to re-prove old mathematical proofs . . . not because he doesn't remember them but for the sheer joy of that kind of thinking.
I read it a long time ago and always remembered that it existed, but unfortunately, it was before I started this blog to help me remember great quotes and I can't find it again.
If you know of this quote, please comment and share
I read it a long time ago and always remembered that it existed, but unfortunately, it was before I started this blog to help me remember great quotes and I can't find it again.
If you know of this quote, please comment and share
Tuesday, July 24, 2007
Growing up
If you haven't grown up by age 50, you don't have to.
(No author cited)
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Seen on the desk of Debra Khoury as I was checking out of UNT. It was just a little plaque she had to decorate her office. How appropriate that at age 50, as I start a whole new career of fun and excitement, that I get that kind of positive reinforcement. . . . especially on one of my last days in the career I'm leaving behind. :-)
(No author cited)
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Seen on the desk of Debra Khoury as I was checking out of UNT. It was just a little plaque she had to decorate her office. How appropriate that at age 50, as I start a whole new career of fun and excitement, that I get that kind of positive reinforcement. . . . especially on one of my last days in the career I'm leaving behind. :-)
Thursday, June 21, 2007
Happiness depends on our dispositions
"The greater part of our happiness or misery depends on our dispositions, and not our circumstances."
Martha Washington
Martha Washington
Monday, June 18, 2007
What have Americans to be thankful for?
"What have Americans to be thankful for? More than any other people on the earth, we enjoy complete religious freedom, political freedom, social freedom. Our liberties are sacredly safeguarded by the Constitution of the United States, 'the most wonderful work ever struck off at a given time by the brain and purpose of man.' Yes, we Americans of today have been bequeathed a noble heritage. Let us pray that we may hand it down unsullied to our children and theirs."
B.C. Forbes in 1953
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mentioned in the article Made in the USA: Spoiled brats by Craig Smith in WorldNetDaily
Posted: November 20, 2006
1:00 a.m. Eastern
retrieved 6/18/2007 from http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=53028
B.C. Forbes in 1953
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
mentioned in the article Made in the USA: Spoiled brats by Craig Smith in WorldNetDaily
Posted: November 20, 2006
1:00 a.m. Eastern
retrieved 6/18/2007 from http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=53028
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