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George W. Bush Quotes

2007-11-18T18:21:00.000-08:00

"We need an energy bill that encourages consumption."

"Rarely is the question asked, is our children learning?"

"I know the human being and fish can coexist peacefully."

"Our enemies are innovative and resourceful, and so are we. They never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and our people, and neither do we."

"Families are where our nation finds hope, where wings take dream."

"You teach a child to read, and he or her will be able to pass a literacy test."

"So for the students here, take heart in this concept. He gets a Ph.D. I get Cs. I'm the President and he's the advisor."

"Well, I quit drinking in '86."

"The truth of that matter is, if you listen carefully, Saddam would still be in power if he were president of the United States, and we’d be a lot better off."

"The recession started upon my arrival. It could have been some say February, some say March, some speculate maybe earlier it started, but nevertheless it happened as we showed up here."

"One year ago today, the time for excuse-making has come to an end."

"The President needs a lot of advice."

"I'm honored to shake the hand of a brave Iraqi citizen who had his hand cut off by Saddam Hussein."

Quote

2007-06-21T20:28:00.000-07:00

A word against blood drives:

"An unwritten goal of life is to preserve our most vital fluid - our blood. Let's all be careful and try to keep it inside, where it belongs."

---Found on a medical website, WebMD

word of Warning

2007-03-28T04:15:00.001-07:00

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Some Quotes

2007-03-20T17:45:00.001-07:00

"An honorable defeat is better than a dishonorable
victory."
Millard Fillmore

"Do I not destroy my enemies when I make them my
friends?"
Abraham Lincoln

"Above all, tell the truth."
Grover Cleveland

"In the time of darkest defeat, victory may be
nearest."
William McKinley

"The only man who makes no mistake is the man who
does nothing."
Theodore Roosevelt

"Not everything that can be counted counts, and not
everything that counts can be counted."
- Albert Einstein

"Don't stay in bed, unless you can make money in bed."
- George Burns

"The power of accurate observation is frequently
called cynicism by those who don't have it."
- George Bernard Shaw

"Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a
mistake."
- Napoleon Bonaparte

"If you can count your money, you don't have a billion
dollars."
- J. Paul Getty

"I've had a wonderful time, but this wasn't it."
- Groucho Marx

"I have often regretted my speech, never my silence."
- Xenocrates

"Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names."
- John F. Kennedy

"No Sane man will dance."
- Cicero

Quotes

2007-03-20T17:44:00.000-07:00

"As long as your going to be thinking anyway, think
big."
Donald Trump

" All that we are is the result of what we have
thought."
Buddha

“The most successful men in the end are those whose
success is the result of steady accretion.”
Alexander Graham Bell

“Before anything else, preparation is the key to
success.”
Alexander Graham Bell

"A slip of the foot you may soon recover, but a slip
of the tongue you may never get over. "
Benjamin Franklin

"An investment in knowledge always pays the best
interest. "
Benjamin Franklin

"Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy,
wealthy, and wise. "
Benjamin Franklin

"Energy and persistence conquer all things. "
Benjamin Franklin

This guy has the right idea

2007-02-03T08:02:00.000-08:00

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070126/us_nm/life_home_dc_3

Presidential Quotes

2007-01-07T15:15:00.000-08:00

"I would rather the man who presents something for my consideration subject me to a zephyr of truth and a gentle breeze of responsibility rather than blow me down with a curtain of hot wind." --Grover Cleveland

"The United States is not a nation to which peace is a necessity." --Grover Cleveland

"Though the people support the government; the government should not support the people." --Grover Cleveland

"A pound of pluck is worth a ton of luck." --James A. Garfield

"The truth will set you free, but first it will make you miserable." --James A. Garfield

"Courtesy is as much a mark of a gentleman as courage." --Theodore Roosevelt

"Do what you can, with what you have, where you are." --Theodore Roosevelt

"If you could kick the person in the pants responsible for most of your trouble, you wouldn't sit for a month." --Theodore Roosevelt

"In a moment of decision the best thing you can do is the right thing. The worst thing you can do is nothing." --Theodore Roosevelt

It's Great to be Left Handed

2006-12-12T18:40:00.000-08:00

Highlights of a Washington Post article titled "More Evidence That Lefties Have the Right Stuff":

"Left-handed men who attended at least a year in college go on to earn significantly more than their right-handed classmates"

"Among the college-educated men in our sample, those who report being left-handed earn 13 percent more than those who report being right-handed"

"And lefties, stay in school: Those who finished all four years of college earned, on average, a whopping 21 percent more than similarly educated right-handed men. "

"The study is the latest to suggest there's something special about lefties. Other researchers have found that left-handers are overrepresented . . . among gifted students"

Full Artice At: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/08/08/AR2006080801631.html

Stat of the Day

2006-11-30T18:00:00.000-08:00

"More than 10 times as many [people] die falling out of bed as from lightning strikes."

Stat taken from pages 66-67 of the December 4, 2006 issue of TIME Magazine.

(Yes, it is a real stat)

Wow...

2006-11-20T04:15:00.000-08:00

"There's an old saying in Tennessee — I know it's in Texas, probably in Tennessee — that says, fool me once, shame on — shame on you. Fool me — you can't get fooled again." —President George W. Bush, Nashville, Tenn., Sept. 17, 2002

"Our enemies are innovative and resourceful, and so are we. They never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and our people, and neither do we." —President George W. Bush, Washington, D.C., Aug. 5, 2004

"Rarely is the questioned asked: Is our children learning?" —President George W. Bush, Florence, S.C., Jan. 11, 2000

You work three jobs? … Uniquely American, isn't it? I mean, that is fantastic that you're doing that." —President George W. Bush, to a divorced mother of three, Omaha, Nebraska, Feb. 4, 2005

Don't believe it? Go to the site and they have audio and/or video clips of all of these. Enjoy!

http://politicalhumor.about.com/cs/georgewbush/a/top10bushisms.htm

Co-Quotes of the Day

2006-11-20T04:12:00.001-08:00

"Now they show you how detergents take out bloodstains, a pretty violent image there. I think if you've got a T-shirt with a bloodstain all over it, maybe laundry isn't your biggest problem.Maybe you should get rid of the body before you do the wash." -Jerry Seinfeld

"The IRS! They're like the Mafia, they can take anything they want!" -Jerry Seinfeld

David Letterman Quotes

2006-11-16T15:41:00.000-08:00

"Dick Cheney said he was running again. He said his health was fine, 'I've got a doctor with me 24 hours a day.' Yeah, that's always the sign of a man in good health, isn't it?" -David Letterman

"Experts say that Iraq may have nuclear weapons. That's bad news - they may have a nuclear bomb. Now the good news is that they have to drop it with a camel." -David Letterman

"For the love of God, folks, don't try this at home." -David Letterman

"Iraq's elite Republican Guard is doing so badly they're changing their name to the Democratic Guard." -David Letterman

"Next in importance to having a good aim is to recognize when to pull the trigger." -David Letterman

"USA Today has come out with a new survey - apparently, three out of every four people make up 75% of the population." -David Letterman

"Everyone has a purpose in life. Perhaps yours is watching television." -David Letterman

Quotes

2006-11-16T15:37:00.000-08:00

"Money frees you from doing things you dislike. Since I dislike doing nearly everything, money is handy." -Groucho Marx

"Always go to other people's funerals, otherwise they won't come to yours." -Yogi Berra

"How come the dove gets to be the peace symbol? How about the pillow? It has more feathers than the dove, and it doesn't have that dangerous beak." -Jack Handey

"Whenever you read a good book, it's like the author is right there, in the room, talking to you, which is why I don't like to read good books." -Jack Handey

"Santa Claus has the right idea ... visit people only once a year." -Victor Borge

"Money can't buy you happiness, but it does bring you a more pleasant form of misery." -Spike Milligan

"What's the use of happiness? It can't buy you money." -Henny Youngman

"Left hand, right hand, it doesn't matter. I'm amphibious." -Charles Shackleford

"I just installed a skylight in my apartment. The people who live above me are furious!" -Steven Wright

Woody Allen Quotes

2006-11-16T15:36:00.000-08:00

"I will not eat oysters. I want my food dead. Not sick
-- not wounded -- dead." -Woody Allen

"My one regret in life is that I am not someone else."
-Woody Allen

"What if everything is an illusion and nothing exists?
In that case, I definitely overpaid for my carpet."
-Woody Allen

"When I was kidnapped, my parents snapped into action.
They rented out my room." -Woody Allen

"Why are our days numbered and not, say, lettered?"
-Woody Allen

"I had a terrible education. I attended a school for
emotionally disturbed teachers." -Woody Allen

"The food here is terrible, and the portions are too
small." -Woody Allen

Quotes

2006-11-15T04:23:00.000-08:00

"If at first you don't succeed, find out if the loser gets anything." -Bill Lyon

"Under capitalism, man exploits man. Under communism, it's just the opposite." -John Kenneth Galbraith

"Oh, I don't blame Congress. If I had $600 billion at my disposal, I'd be irresponsible, too." -Lichty and Wagner

"I look to the future because that's where I'm going to spend the rest of my life." -George Burns

"Hard work never killed anybody, but why take a chance?" -Edgar Bergen

Groucho Marx Quotes

2006-11-14T12:39:00.000-08:00

"Getting older is no problem. You just have to live long enough."

"I don't care to belong to a club that accepts people like me as members."

"I must confess, I was born at a very early age. "

"I never forget a face, but in your case I'll be glad to make an exception."

"If you've heard this story before, don't stop me, because I'd like to hear it again."

"My favourite poem is the one that starts 'Thirty days hath September' because it actually tells you something."

"Quote me as saying I was mis-quoted."

"She got her looks from her father. He's a plastic surgeon."

"The secret of life is honesty and fair dealing. If you can fake that, you've got it made."

"Those are my principles, and if you don't like them... well, I have others."

"Well, Art is Art, isn't it? Still, on the other hand, water is water. And east is east and west is west and if you take cranberries and stew them like applesauce they taste much more like prunes than rhubarb does. Now you tell me what you know."

"A black cat crossing your path signifies that the animal is going somewhere."

"From the moment I picked your book up until I laid it down, I was convulsed with laughter. Someday I intend reading it."

Wow, what a riot that Groucho Marx was. If you have never seen a movie with him and his brothers in it, I highly suggest picking up a movie or two from your local library and laughing all the way through it.

Today

2006-11-12T08:39:00.000-08:00

It is a bright and sunny day here in my secret location. So, if you can find a bright and sunny place in the world (of which there are a plethora) then you may know where I am at. There is going to be football on today. It is week 9 of the NFL and the Colts remain undefeated. I thought New England had a chance at beating them.

I am glad elections are over because now i can see real commercials and not the political commercials. I was glad to read on the Onion that politicians swept the midterm elections. I was afraid they might have lost.

That commercial that was just on was funny. I will talk about some real stuff in the next...

...Paragraph: Thanksgiving is coming up soon. It is nice to get a four day weekend and be away from school. At least all school aged kids have something to be thankful for if nothing else.

If you have any topic you would like me to discusss on iBLOG, just leave me a message and I will get right to it. For now I am off to do something else. Have a good day, week, and life.

Quote of the Day

2006-11-12T08:14:00.000-08:00

"I can please some of the people some of the time, but not all of the people all of the time."

Quote of the Day

2006-11-11T08:26:00.001-08:00

"The existence of the flamethrower is proof that, at one point, someone said, ‘I really want to light those people over there on fire, but I'm just not close enough.'" -George Carlin

HLS 2006

2006-11-11T08:19:00.000-08:00

The Holiday Lights Spectacular is quickly approaching this year! Check back for more details or drop an e-mail to me.

Up and Running

2006-11-11T08:15:00.000-08:00

Hello world. My blog is now up and running for the entire populus of the great Earth to read... well, that assumes they are at a computer or some printed this out for them to read. We are also assuming they can read. And now they must be able to see to read this because it is not in brail yet. And now it gets complicated.... So, it is ready for anyone who can read a computer screen and has access to one to read it.

Well, I will blog as I feel like it. So, check back periodically!