Thought for the day...

This morning I was sitting on a bench next to a homeless man, I asked him how he ended up this way. He said: "Up until last week, I still had it all!!! A cook, my clothes were washed & pressed, I had a roof over my head, I had TV, internet, I went to the gym, the pool, the library, I could still go to school." I asked him, "What happened? Drugs? Alcohol? Divorce?" "Oh no, nothing like that" he said. "I just got out of prison."

 

The secret--lies in knowing what good work is, and being willing to take the pains to do it that way.-Lucien Cary

What does a man need, really need? A few pounds of food each day, heat and shelter, six feet to lie down in, and some form of working activity that will yield a sense of accomplishment. -Sterling Hayden


Ever heard of a man with no enemies? Remember, you cannot move without causing friction.


The best way to get rid of an enemy is to turn him into a friend.

 

Here are some of the U.S. statistics for the Year 1906:

The average life expectancy in the U.S. was 47 years.

Only 14 percent of the homes in the U.S. had a bathtub.

Only 8 percent of the homes had a telephone.

A three-minute call from Denver to New York City cost eleven dollars.

There were only 8,000 cars in the U.S., and only 144 miles of paved roads.

The maximum speed limit in most cities was 10 mph.

The average wage in the U.S. was 22 cents per hour.

The average U.S. worker made between $200 and $400 per year.

A competent accountant could expect to earn $2,000 per year, a dentist $2,500 per year, a veterinarian between $1,500 and $4,000 per year, and a mechanical engineer about $5,000 per year.

More than 95 percent of all births in the U.S. took place at home.

Ninety percent of all U.S. doctors had no college education.

Crossword puzzles, canned beer, and ice tea hadn't been invented yet.

Two out of every 10 U.S. adults couldn't read or write.

Only 6 percent of all Americans had graduated from high school.

Marijuana, heroin, and morphine were all available over the counter at the local corner drugstores. Back then pharmacist said, "Heroin clears the complexion, gives buoyancy to the mind, regulates the stomach and bowels, and is, in fact, a perfect guardian of health."

Eighteen percent of households in the U.S. had at least one full-time servant or domestic help.

There were about 230 reported murders in the entire U.S.

 

“The fault-finder will find faults even in Paradise. Love your life, poor as it is. You may perhaps have some pleasant, thrilling, glorious hours, even in a poor-house. The setting sun is reflected from the windows of the alms-house as brightly as from the rich man's abode; the snow melts before its door as early in the spring. I do not see but a quiet mind may live as contentedly there, and have as cheering thoughts, as in a palace.” Henry David Thoreau.

 

Great minds discuss ideas.
Average minds discuss events.
Small minds discuss people. Eleanor Roosevelt



German warning for computers:

"Achtung!

Alle touristen und non-technischen lookenpeepers! Das machine is nicht fur fingerpoken und mittengrabben. Is easy schnappen der springenwerk, blowenfusen und poppencorken mit spitzen sparken. Das machine is diggen by experten only. Is nicht fur gerwerken by das dummkopfen. Das rubbernecken sightseeren keepen das cottenpicken hands in das pockets. Relaxen und watchen das blinkenlights."

 

These things I do despise;
Hypocrisy and lies,
And anything at all the dims,
The light in children’s eyes.


A business with no sign is a sign of no business.

 

When Me Prayers Were Poorly Said,
Who Tucked Me In Me Widdle Bed,
And Spanked Me Till My azz Was Red?
Me Mudder

Who Took Me From My Cozy Cot
And Put Me On Me Ice Cold Pot
And Made Me Pee Pee If I Could Not
Me Mudder

And When The Morning Light Would Come,
And In Me Crib Me Dribble Some,
Who Wiped Me Tiny Widdle Bum?
Me Mudder

Who Would Me Hair So Gently Part,
And Hug Me Gently To Her Heart,
And Sometimes Squeeze Me Till Me Fart?
Me Mudder

Who Looked At Me With Eyebrows Knit,
And Nearly Had A King Size Fit
When In My Sunday Pants Me Chit?
Me Mudder

When At Night The Bed Did Squeak,
Me Raised Me Head To Have A Peek,
Who Yelled At Me To Go To Sleep?
Me Fadder

 

To bring up a child in the way he should go, travel that way yourself once in a while.


If you are planting for days, plant flowers
If you are planting for years, plant trees
If you are planting for eternity, plant ideas.


You don’t raise heroes; you raise sons. If you treat them like sons, they will turn out to be heroes, even if it is just in your own eyes.

 

"Where there's a will, I want to be in it," Winston Churchill

1. Do not argue with an idiot. He will drag you down to his level and beat you with experience.

2. The last thing I want to do is hurt you. But it's still on my list.

4. If I agreed with you, we'd both be wrong.

5. We never really grow up, we only learn how to act in public.

 

6. War does not determine who is right - only who is left..

7. Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.

8. Evening news is where they begin with 'Good Evening,' and then proceed to tell you why it isn't.

9. To steal ideas from one person is plagiarism. To steal from many is research.

10. A bus station is where a bus stops. A train station is where a train stops. On my desk, I have a work station.

 

11. I thought I wanted a career. Turns out I just wanted paychecks.

12. Whenever I fill out an application, in the part that says, 'In case of emergency, notify:' I put 'DOCTOR.'

13. I didn't say it was your fault, I said I was blaming you.

14. Women will never be equal to men until they can walk down the street with a bald head and a beer gut, and still think they are sexy.

15. Behind every successful man is his woman. Behind the fall of a successful man is usually another woman.