Thought for Today

"Once there were two brothers: one ran away to sea, the other was elected Vice-President-and nothing was ever heard from either of them again."

~~~~~ Thomas R. Marshall

Thought for Today

"An honest politician is one who, when he is bought, will stay bought."

~~~~~ Simon Cameron

Thought for Today

"One can't judge Wagner's opera Lohengrin after a first hearing, and I certainly don't intend to hear it a second time."

~~~~~ Gioachino Rossini

Thought for Today

"It was as helpful as throwing a drowning man both ends of the rope."

~~~~~ Arthur Baer

Thought for Today

"Oh leave the Wise our measures to collate.
One thing at least is certain, light has weight.
One thing is certain and the rest debate.
Light rays, when near the Sun, do not go straight."

~~~~~ Arthur Eddington

Thought for Today

"If you can't ignore an insult, top it; if you can't top it, laugh it off; and if you can't laugh it off, it's probably deserved."

~~~~~ Russell Lynes

Thought for Today

"Authors are ordinary people who usually start to live apart, in the imagination, because they don't fit in with normal, healthy people."

~~~~~ Henry Williamson

Thought for Today

"Next to power without honor, the most dangerous thing in the world is power without humor."

~~~~~ Eric Sevareid

Thought for Today

"The kind of doctor I want is one who when he's not examining me is home studying medicine."

~~~~~ George S. Kaufman

Thought for Today

"Not drunk is he who from the floor -
Can rise alone and still drink more;
But drunk is They, who prostrate lies,
Without the power to drink or rise."

~~~~~ Thomas Love Peacock

Thought for Today

"Our forefathers made one mistake. What they should have fought for was representation without taxation."

~~~~~ Fletcher Knebel

Thought for Today

"A lecture is an occasion when you numb one end to benefit the other."

~~~~~ John Gould

Thought for Today

"A good politician is quite as unthinkable as an honest burglar."

~~~~~ H. L. Mencken

Thought for Today

"Honesty pays, but it doesn't seem to pay enough to suit some people."

~~~~~ Kin Hubbard

Thought for Today

"Never let an inventor run a company. You can never get him to stop tinkering and bring something to market."

~~~~~ E. F. Schumacher

Thought for Today

"Do not be fooled into believing that because a man is rich he is necessarily smart. There is ample proof to the contrary."

~~~~~ Julius Rosenwald

Thought for Today

"I have discovered the art of deceiving diplomats. I tell them the truth and they never believe me."

~~~~~ Camillo di Cavour

Thought for Today

"When I am dead, I hope it may be said:
His sins were scarlet, but his books were read."

~~~~~ Hilaire Belloc

Thought for Today

"'Tis the voice of the sluggard;
I heard him complain,
You have waked me too soon,
I must slumber again."

~~~~~ Isaac Watts

Thought for Today

"Every once in a while, someone will mail me a single popcorn kernel that didn't pop. I'll get out a fresh kernel, tape it to a piece of paper and mail it back to them."

~~~~~ Orville Redenbacher