– Herbert Hoover
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Blessed are the young, for they shall inherit the national debt.
Monday, February 8th, 2010Spaniards can be impressed by the courtesy of his conqueror, French by his riches, Greeks by his respect for the arts, Jews by his moral integrity, Africans by his calms and authoritative bearing, but the Germans are impressed by none of these things. They must be struck to the dust, struck down again as they rise. Struck again while he lies groaning, while his wounds still pain him, he will respect the hand that dealt them.
Monday, February 8th, 2010– Germanicus Caesar, quoted by Georgia Eddy in a letter to the New York Times
Boating Survival Rule #1: Stay in the boat.
Monday, February 8th, 2010– Anonymous
Organsm increases women’s ambition and gives them more strength
Monday, February 8th, 2010– Israeli sex researchers Mordecai Helperin and Alexander Olchaniesky, advising Olympic athletes that sexual abstinence doesn`t enhance performance.
Kill ‘em with kindness.
Monday, February 8th, 2010– Mary Ann Marino
Keeping your head above water may promote sanity, but it also puts you to sleep.
Monday, February 8th, 2010– Donal Keith, marine archeologist
The preferred method of destruction for ammunition is to fire it in the direction of the enemy.
Monday, February 8th, 2010– 1960′s US Army pamphlet instructing on the destruction of equipment in order to prevent it from falling into enemy hands.
Clinton’s background…helped bring him to the notice of the national media when he first took office (some, absurdly, mention this 32-year-old incoming governor of a small state as a possible president).
Monday, February 8th, 2010– 1984 The Almanac of American Politics, as reported in TNR 12/21
We trained hard, but it seemed that every time we were beginning to form up into teams, we would be reorganized. I was to learn later in life that we tend to meet any new situation by reorganizing; and a wonderful method it can be for creating the illusion of progress while producing confusion, inefficiency, and demoralization.
Monday, February 8th, 2010– Petronius Arbiter, 210 BC
Innocence With Lust, I’m Darknest
Monday, October 26th, 2009– Tag line from pirated “Dark Knight” DVD