Ironic Word Play
You can tune a piano, but you can’t tuna fish. To write with a broken pencil is pointless. When fish are in schools, they sometimes take debate. When the smog lifts in Los Angeles U.C.L.A. A will is a dead … Continue reading →
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Following the Example
A professor was too ill to teach his course, but didn’t want his students to go without. He audio taped his lecture, and sent it in to be played during his class. The experiment went so well, that the professor … Continue reading →
Simply Doing What is Required
“No one ever attains very eminent success by simply doing what is required; it is the amount and excellence of what is over and above the required that determines the greatness of ultimate distinction. ” – Charles Francis Adams
Continue reading →Criticizing the Younger Generation
“When you feel like criticizing the younger generation, just remember who raised them.”
Continue reading →Giving Your All
Many years ago, when I worked as a volunteer at a hospital, I got to know a little girl named Liz who was suffering from a rare & serious disease. Her only chance of recovery appeared to be a blood … Continue reading →
What He Did Yesterday
“When a man says he is going to do something tomorrow, ask him what he did yesterday.”
Continue reading →In Favor of Birth Control
“Have you noticed that all the people in favor of birth control are already born?” – Benny Hill
Continue reading →Passing Through Once
“I expect to pass through life but once. If therefore, there can be any kindness I can show, or any good thing I can do to any fellow being, let me do it now, and not defer or neglect it, … Continue reading →
The Key to Success
“The key to success has always been to take the first step.” – Brian Tracy
Continue reading →A Little Nonsense
“A little nonsense now and then is relished by the wisest men.” – Willy Wonka, actor Gene Wilder
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