Wit & Wisdom

BubbleGumTiger · Post by **BubbleGumTiger** » Thu Oct 18, 2007 10:16 pm

Some drink at the fountain of knowledge. Others just gargle.

Post by **noreply66** » Fri Oct 19, 2007 11:57 am

Diplomacy is letting someone else have your way.

Canadian politician Lester B. Pearson,quoted in The Washington Post.

BubbleGumTiger · Post by **BubbleGumTiger** » Sat Oct 20, 2007 6:26 am

A liberal is someone who feels a great debt to his fellow man. Which debt he proposes to pay off with your money.

Post by **noreply66** » Sat Oct 20, 2007 8:18 am

Every calling is great when greatly pursued.

Oliver Wendall Holmes,quoted in the Austin American-Statesman

Post by **noreply66** » Sun Oct 21, 2007 8:56 am

The poor have somtimes objected to being governed badly; the rich have always objected to being governed at all.

G.K. Chesterton, quoted in the Charotte,N.C. Observer.

BubbleGumTiger · Post by **BubbleGumTiger** » Mon Oct 22, 2007 8:32 am

The quickest way to double your money is to fold it in half and put it back in your pocket.

Post by **noreply66** » Mon Oct 22, 2007 10:00 am

The Man who is ungrateful is often less to blame than his benefactor.

Francois de la Rochefoucauld, quoted in the Africa News

BubbleGumTiger · Post by **BubbleGumTiger** » Tue Oct 23, 2007 8:11 am

The problem with the gene pool is that there is no lifeguard.

Post by **noreply66** » Wed Oct 24, 2007 8:46 am

I'll not listen to reason.Reason always means what someone else has got to say.

Elizabeth Gaskell, quoted in the Toronto Globe and Mail

Post by **noreply66** » Thu Oct 25, 2007 8:32 am

Trying to determine what is going on in the world by reading newspapers is like trying to tell the time by watching the second hand of a clock.

Newspaperman Ben Hecht,quoted in the Associated Press

BubbleGumTiger · Post by **BubbleGumTiger** » Thu Oct 25, 2007 8:41 am

The only substitute for good manners is fast reflexes.

Post by **noreply66** » Fri Oct 26, 2007 7:20 am

The attempt to make heaven on earth invariably produces H---

Philosopher Karl Popper, quoted in The New York Times

BubbleGumTiger · Post by **BubbleGumTiger** » Fri Oct 26, 2007 8:15 am

The more you complain, the longer God makes you live.

Post by **noreply66** » Sat Oct 27, 2007 10:51 pm

People never lie so much as after a hunt, during a war, or before an election.

Otto von Bismarck, quoted in the London Daily Telegraph

BubbleGumTiger · Post by **BubbleGumTiger** » Sun Oct 28, 2007 9:14 am

The journey of a thousand miles begins with a broken fan belt and a flat tire.

Post by **noreply66** » Mon Oct 29, 2007 9:06 am

Wit ought to be a glorious treat, like caviar. Never spread it about like marmalade.

Noel Coward ,quoted in the Sydney Morning herald

Post by **noreply66** » Tue Oct 30, 2007 8:20 am

People who throw kisses are hopelessly lazy.

Bob Hope,quoted in the Denver Post

BubbleGumTiger · Post by **BubbleGumTiger** » Tue Oct 30, 2007 8:24 pm

The hardness of butter is directly proportional to the softness of the bread.

BubbleGumTiger · Post by **BubbleGumTiger** » Wed Oct 31, 2007 9:02 am

The early bird may get the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese.

Post by **noreply66** » Wed Oct 31, 2007 9:17 pm

With love one can live even without happiness.

Fyodor Dostoyevshy,quoted in United Press International