Quotations

Silence Is Golden

01/30/2013
by Kerri Elders in ,

Mark Twain

Mark Twain

“Better to keep your mouth shut and appear stupid than to open it and remove all doubt.”


–Mark Twain

Truer Words Were Never Spoken

01/01/2013
by Kerri Elders in , ,

Ann Landers

Ann Landers

“Keep in mind that the true measure of an individual is how he treats a person who can do him absolutely no good.”


–Ann Landers

Sage Advice

12/27/2012
by Kerri Elders in ,

Yogi Berra

Yogi Berra

“You should always go to other people’s funerals, otherwise, they won’t come to yours.”

–Lawrence “Yogi” Berra

Autobiographies

12/21/2012
by Kerri Elders in , , ,

Will Rogers

Will Rogers

“When you put down the good things you ought to have done, and leave out the bad ones you did do well, that’s Memoirs.”


–Will Rogers

Think About It

09/30/2012
by Kerri Elders in , , ,

HL Mencken

HL Mencken

“A society made up of individuals who were all capable of original thought would probably be unendurable.”


–HL Mencken

Perfect Definition of Success

09/19/2012
by Kerri Elders in , , , ,

Winston Churchill

Winston Churchill

“Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.”

—-Sir Winston Churchill

Will Rogers on Deficit

07/25/2012
by Kerri Elders in , ,

Will Rogers

Will Rogers

“Alexander Hamilton started the U.S. Treasury with nothing, and that was the closest our country has ever been to being even.”

–Will Rogers

My Religion

07/23/2012
by Kerri Elders in
Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln

“When I do good, I feel good. When I do bad, I feel bad. That’s my religion.”


–Abraham Lincoln

Keys to Success

06/14/2012
by Kerri Elders in , , , , ,
Mark Twain

Mark Twain

“To succeed in life, you need two things: ignorance and confidence.”


–Mark Twain

Indifference: The Essence of Inhumanity

02/06/2012
by Kerri Elders in

George Bernard Shaw

George Bernard Shaw

“The worst sin towards our fellow creatures is not to hate them, but to be indifferent to them: that’s the essence of inhumanity.”


–George Bernard Shaw

Changes to Newspapers

01/30/2012
by Kerri Elders in , , ,

Dave Barry

Dave Barry


On behalf of the newspaper industry, I wish to announce some changes we’re making to serve you better.

When I say “serve you better,” I mean “increase our profits.”

We newspapers are very big on profits these days.

We’re a business, just like any other business, except that we employ English majors.

—–Dave Barry (former English Major)

Dead Literature

01/24/2012
by Kerri Elders in , ,

Sinclair Lewis

Sinclair Lewis

“Our American professors like their literature clear and cold and pure and very dead.”


–Sinclair Lewis

Go to Top