Quotes of the Week - November 25, 2008:
"I can't go to my old barber shop now. I've gotta have my barber
come to some undisclosed location to cut my hair." -- US President-elect
on adjusting to his and his family's new reality and the "certain
lonliness to the job" of president.
"Will I be able to have children?" -- Hitler's first question
to the doctor who saved his life after a groin injury in the WWI Battle
of the Somme. A recently discovered manuscript of a conversation between
the doctor and Hitler's priest confirmed the rumor that Hitler lost a
testicle in the fight.
"I and others were mistaken early on in saying that the subprime
crisis would be contained." -- US Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke
Authors: Mark Twain Quotes, Famous Mark Twain Quotes, Quotations, Sayings
The
secret of getting ahead is getting started. The secret of getting
started is breaking your complex overwhelming tasks into small
manageable tasks, and then starting on the first one. Mark Twain
An
average English word is four letters and a half. By hard, honest
labor I've dug all the large words out of my vocabulary and
shaved it down till the average is three and a half. Mark Twain
A
Plan for the Improvement of English Spelling: For example, in
Year 1 that useless letter ''c'' would be dropped to be replased
either by ''k'' or ''s'', and likewise ''x'' would no longer
be part of the alphabet. The only kase in which ''c'' would
be retained would be the ''ch'' formation, which will be dealt
with later. Year 2 might reform ''w'' spelling, so that ''which''
and ''one'' would take the same konsonant, wile Year 3 might
well abolish ''y'' replasing it with ''i'' and Iear 4 might
fiks the ''g/j'' anomali wonse and for all. Jenerally, then,
the improvement would kontinue iear bai iear with Iear 5 doing
awai with useless double konsonants, and Iears 6-12 or so modifaiing
vowlz and the rimeining voist and unvoist konsonants. Bai Iear
15 or sou, it wud fainali bi posibl tu meik ius ov thi ridandant
letez ''c'', ''y'' and ''x'' -- bai now jast a memori in the
maindz ov ould doderez -- tu riplais ''ch'', ''sh'', and ''th''
rispektivli. Fainali, xen, aafte sam 20 iers ov orxogrefkl riform,
wi wud hev a lojikl, kohirnt speling in iusxrewawt xe Ingliy-spiking
werld. Mark Twain
I
love Wagner--if only they'd cut out all that damned singing!
Mark Twain
The
man who doesn't read good books has no advantage over the man
who can't read them. Mark Twain
Suppose
you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of congress.
But I repeat myself. Mark Twain
Be
careful about reading health books. You may die of a misprint. Mark Twain
Don't
let schooling interfere with your education. Mark Twain
Only
one thing is impossible for God: To find any sense in any copyright
law on the planet. Mark Twain
You
can tell German wine from vinegar by the label. Mark Twain
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