“I have never killed a man, but I have read many obituaries with great pleasure.” — Clarence Darrow
Reading for Pleasure
Thinking of Better Times
“I’ve had a perfectly wonderful evening, but this wasn’t it.” — Groucho Marx
"The greatest mistake you can make in life is to continually be afraid you will make one.’ ~~Elbert Hubbard
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Fear Fear can and will cripple us. We will make mistakes. Will we learn from our mistakes? The challenge is to embrace the learning.…
Modesty — Not Necessarily a Virtue
Winston Church described Clement Attlee as, “a modest man, who has much to be modest about.” source
He Was a Scrooge When It Came to Henry VIII
“The plain truth is, that [Henry VIII] was a most intolerable ruffian, a disgrace to human nature, and a blot of blood and grease upon the History of England.” — Charles Dickens
Megalomania or Honest Assessment?
“If I spit, they will take my spit and frame it as great art.” — Pablo Picasso
No Fan of Modernism
Al Capp, the creator and artist of the Lil’ Abner comic strip, described modern art as “a product of the unlettered, sold by the unprincipled, to the utterly bewildered.”
Churchill on Silent Courage
“Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.” — Winston Churchill. Read more great quotations. Read these fun facts […]
Government’s Scary Reassurance
“The nine most terrifying words in the English language are, ‘I’m from the government, and I’m here to help.” — Ronald Reagan
Leave ‘Em Laughing
Convicted murderer George Appel’s final words before being executed in the electric chair in New York in 1928 were – “Well, gentlemen, you are about to see a baked Appel.” Read more […]
I’m Ignorant, Therefore I’m Not
It takes considerable knowledge just to realize the extent of your own ignorance.
Thomas Sowell
Political Science Made Simple
“There are just two rules of governance in a free society: mind your own business. Keep your hands to yourself.” — PJ O’Rourke
Commonplace Fun Facts 