Thought for the day...

I am only one, but I am one. I cannot do everything, but I can do something. And I will not let what I cannot do interfere with what I can do. Edward Everett Hale

Nature gives to every time and season some beauties of its own; and from morning to night, as from the cradle to the grave, it is but a succession of changes so gentle and easy that we can scarcely mark their progress. Charles Dickens

You don’t have to hang from a tree to be a nut.

Nature is a mutable cloud which is always and never the same. Emerson

In nature things move violently to their place and calmly in their place. Bacon

In nature, when things die, from each sad remnant of decay, some forms of life arise.

 

Nature has appointed twilight as a bridge to pass us out of day into night and night into day.

Have you ever wondered; why do they lock the bathrooms at gas stations? Are they afraid someone will clean or steal them?

It may be that our sole purpose in life is to serve as a warning to others.

Actors and musicians should drink varnish so they can have a lovely finish.

If you eat natural food you will die from natural causes.

Why is there only one Monopolies Commission?

When you blow in a dog’s face he gets mad at you. But when that dog rides in a car or truck, he’ll gladly stick his head out the window.

 

I have six locks on my door all in a row. When I go out, I lock every other one. I figure no matter how long somebody stands there picking the locks, they are always locking three. Elayne Boosler

The tongue weighs practically nothing, but few people can hold it.

Tact is the ability to describe others as they see themselves. Abe Lincoln

To be interested in the changing seasons is a happier state of mind than to be hopelessly in love with spring.

The best time to hold your tongue is the time you feel you must say something or bust.

No sight is more provocative of awe than is the night sky.

 

The art of medicine consists of amusing the patient while nature cures the disease. Voltaire

All are but parts of one stupendous while, whose body Nature is, and God the soul. Pope

He is richest who is content with the least, for content is the wealth of nature. Socrates

Thomas Edison was afraid of the dark!

A sneeze travels out of your mouth at over 600 mph.

A jellyfish is 95 percent water.

 

An elephant is the only mammal that can’t jump.

I read that if you chew gum while peeling onions you won’t cry. Haven’t tired it yet.

Bats always turn left when exiting a cave.

Fingernails grow nearly 4 times faster than toenails.

A toothpick is the object most often choked on by Americans.

The sun is 330,330 times larger than the Earth.

 

Never mistake motion for action.

It is dangerous to be right when the government is wrong.

Some men see things as they are and ask why. Others dream things that never were and ask why not.

What would you attempt to do if you knew you would not fail? Dr. Robert Schuller

No problem can withstand the assault of sustained thinking. Voltaire

What hair color do they put on the driver’s license of a bald man or woman?

 

Can atheists get insurance for acts of God?

How much faith does it take to be an atheist?

What do they call a coffee break at the Lipton Tea Company?

If a person with multiple personalities threatens suicide, is that considered a hostage situation?

I went for a walk last night and my kids asked how long I’d be gone. I told them, “The whole time.”

Cowboys should never squat with spurs on.

 

The biggest troublemaker you’ll probably ever have to deal with watches you shave every morning.

If you get to thinking you’re a person of some influence, try ordering someone else’s dog around.

Don’t worry about biting off more than you can chew. Your mouth is probably a whole lot bigger than you think.

Always drink upstream from the herd.

When you are throwing your weight around, be ready to have it thrown around by somebody else.

Letting the cat out of the bag is a whole lot easier than putting it back.

 

The reason firehouses have circular stairways is from the day of old when the engines were pulled by horses. The horses were stabled on the ground floor and figured out how to walk up straight staircases.

There is convincing evidence that the search for solitude is not a luxury, but a biological need. Just as humans possess a herding instinct that keeps us close to others most of the time, we also have a conflicting drive to seek out solitude. If the distance between ourselves and others becomes too great, we experience isolation and alienation; yet, if the proximity to others becomes too close, we feel smothered and trapped.

You have already failed if you need a lot of inspectors.

When people break a leg or foot and then wear a cast, people like to autograph the cast. Is that called footnotes?

Family planning has many misconceptions.

 

The President of Harvard made a mistake by prejudging people and it cost him dearly.

A lady in a faded gingham dress and her husband, dressed in a homespun threadbare suit, stepped off the train in Boston, and walked timidly without an appointment into the president’s outer office. The secretary could tell in a moment that such backwoods, country hicks had no business at Harvard and probably didn’t even deserve to be in Cambridge. She frowned. “We want to see the president,” the man said softly. “He’ll be busy all day,” the secretary snapped. “We’ll wait,” the lady replied.

For hours, the secretary ignored them, hoping that the couple would finally become discouraged and go away. They didn’t. And the secretary grew frustrated and finally decided to disturb the president, even though it was a chore she always regretted to do. “Maybe if they just see you for a few minutes, they’ll leave,” she told him. And he sighed in exasperation and nodded. Someone of his importance obviously didn’t have the time to spend with them, but he detested gingham dresses and homespun suits cluttering up his outer office. The president, stem-faced with dignity, strutted toward the couple.

The lady told him, “We had a son that attended Harvard for one year. He loved Harvard. He was happy here. But about a year ago, he was accidentally killed. And my husband and I would like to erect a memorial to him, somewhere on campus.” The president wasn’t touched he was shocked. “Madam,” he said gruffly, “we can’t put up a statue for every person who attended Harvard and died. If we did, this place would look like a cemetery.”

“Oh, no,” the lady explained quickly. “We don’t want to erect a statue. We thought we would like to give a building to Harvard.” The president rolled his eyes. He glanced at the gingham dress and homespun suit, then exclaimed, “A building! Do you have any earthly idea how much a building costs? We have over seven and a half million dollars in the physical plant at Harvard.”

For a moment the lady was silent. The president was pleased. He could get rid of them now. The lady turned to her husband and said quietly, “Is that all it costs to start a university? Why don’t we just start our own?” Her husband nodded. The president’s face wilted in confusion and bewilderment. Then Mr. and Mrs.Leland Stanford walked away, traveling to Palo Alto, Calif., where they established the university that bears their name, a memorial to a son that Harvard no longer cared about.

 

I agree. I don't remember where I picked up that story but it was in a book. I probably have that book but it would be a big task finding it.