Wit & Wisdom

Post by **noreply66** » Tue Jun 13, 2006 8:20 pm

The job of the artist is always to deepen the mystery.

Francis Bacon,quoted in the Toronto Globe and Mail

BubbleGumTiger · Post by **BubbleGumTiger** » Tue Jun 13, 2006 9:14 pm

If a word is misspelled in the dictionary, how would we ever know?

The Instructor · Post by **The Instructor** » Tue Jun 13, 2006 9:15 pm

TigerTownTurkey wrote:If a word is misspelled in the dictionary, how would we ever know?

Ask me and I will tell you.

BubbleGumTiger · Post by **BubbleGumTiger** » Tue Jun 13, 2006 9:37 pm

If Webster wrote the first dictionary, where did he find the words?

BubbleGumTiger · Post by **BubbleGumTiger** » Wed Jun 14, 2006 7:40 am

Why do we say something is out of whack? What is a whack?

Post by **noreply66** » Wed Jun 14, 2006 2:06 pm

Beauty is the promise of happiness.

Stendhal,quoted in Playboy

Post by **noreply66** » Wed Jun 14, 2006 8:13 pm

Time does not become sacred to us until we have lived it,until it has passed over us and taken with it a part of ourselves.

John Burroughs,quoted in the Pittsburgh-Gazzette

Post by **noreply66** » Fri Jun 16, 2006 7:13 am

All human beings should try to learn before they die what they are running from,and to,and why.

James Thurber,quoted in the Montreal Gazette

BubbleGumTiger · Post by **BubbleGumTiger** » Fri Jun 16, 2006 8:07 am

Why do "slow down" and "slow up" mean the same thing?

Post by **noreply66** » Fri Jun 16, 2006 11:00 pm

Drunkenness is temporary suicide;the happiness that it brings is merely negative,a momentary cessation of unhappiness.

Bertrand Russell,quoted in True West Magazine

Post by **noreply66** » Sun Jun 18, 2006 9:10 am

All intellectural improvement arises from leiure.

Samual Johnson,quoted in the St.Paul, Minn.,Pioneer Press

Post by **noreply66** » Sun Jun 18, 2006 1:02 pm

Life is pleasant.Death is peaceful.It's the transition that's troublesome.

Author Isaac Asimov, quoted in the Lancaster,Pa.,Intelligencer journal

BubbleGumTiger · Post by **BubbleGumTiger** » Sun Jun 18, 2006 6:19 pm

Why do "tug" boats push their barges?

Post by **noreply66** » Sun Jun 18, 2006 9:05 pm

So much of what we call management consists in making it difficult for people to work.

Enterpreneur/authrr Peter Drucker,quoted in The Dallas Morning News

BubbleGumTiger · Post by **BubbleGumTiger** » Mon Jun 19, 2006 6:34 am

Why do we sing "Take me out to the ball game" when we are already there?

Post by **noreply66** » Mon Jun 19, 2006 8:20 am

Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could do only a little.

Political philosopher Edmund Burke,quoted in the Broward County,Florida.,Westside Gazette

BubbleGumTiger · Post by **BubbleGumTiger** » Mon Jun 19, 2006 10:44 am

Why are they called "stands" when they are made for sitting?

butcherman108 · Post by **butcherman108** » Mon Jun 19, 2006 12:13 pm

TigerTownTurkey wrote:You cannot propel yourself forward by patting yourself on the back....

TTT glad you found that out,now just maybe your shoulders wont be sore.

Post by **noreply66** » Mon Jun 19, 2006 4:15 pm

A fashion is nothing but an induced epidemic

George Bernard Shaw,quoted in the Albany Times Union

BubbleGumTiger · Post by **BubbleGumTiger** » Tue Jun 20, 2006 7:29 am

Why is it called "after dark" when it really is "after light"?