November 2010

November 30, 2010

“I could tell that my parents hated me. My bath toys were a toaster and a radio.”

Rodney Dangerfield (1921 – 2004)

November 29, 2010

“Watching a baby being born is a little like watching a wet St. Bernard coming in through the cat door.”

Jeff Foxworthy (1958 – )

November 28, 2010

“A person who deserves my loyalty receives it.”

Joyce Maynard (1953 – )

November 27, 2010

“How can they beat me? I’ve been struck by lightning, had two back operations, and been divorced twice.”

Lee Trevino (1939 – )

November 26, 2010

“I would feel more optimistic about a bright future for man if he spent less time proving that he can outwit Nature and more time tasting her sweetness and respecting her seniority.”

E. B. White (1899 – 1985)

November 25, 2010

“Man is a strange animal. He generally cannot read the handwriting on the wall until his back is up against it.”

Adlai E. Stevenson (1900 – 1965)

November 24, 2010

“We’ve got a bunch of new writers now who tell me they grew up watching The Simpsons. It’s bizarre, and they’re writing some very funny stuff.”

Matt Groening (1954 – )

November 23, 2010

“To be able to look back upon ones life in satisfaction, is to live twice.”

Kahlil Gibran (1883 – 1931)

November 22, 2010

“We make our friends; we make our enemies; but God makes our next door neighbour.”

Gilbert K. Chesterton (1874 – 1936)

November 21, 2010

“A man should never be ashamed to own that he has been in the wrong, which is but saying… that he is wiser today than yesterday.”

Jonathan Swift (1667 – 1745)

November 20, 2010

“Have you heard of this new thing called the internet? It’s giving people new expectations. It’s allowing them to become their own expert. Knowledge lies anxious at their fingertips. Gloss over the truth in your advertising and you’ll quickly be dismissed as a poser.”

Roy H. Williams (unknown)

November 19, 2010

“As the earth spins through space, a view from above the North Pole would encompass most of the wealth of the world – most of its food, productive machines, doctors, engineers and teachers. A view from the opposite pole would encompass most of the world’s poor.”

Barry Commoner (1917 – )

November 18, 2010

“If you have a complete set of salad bowls and they all say Kool Whip on the side, you might be a redneck.”

Jeff Foxworthy (1958 – )

November 17, 2010

“I bled a lot. I got hit across the face. We couldn’t film for seven days. I got hit, whacked, underwater, across the face. I finished the shot, got into the boat and blood started coming out.”

Steve Irwin (1962 – 2006)

November 16, 2010

“I think one of the reasons people quit is because they’re afraid they won’t be able to get better and better; that they have to come to a zenith of some kind.”

Conrad Hall (1926 – 2003)

November 15, 2010

“My cousins gay, he went to London only to find out that Big Ben was a clock.”

Rodney Dangerfield (1921 – 2004)

November 14, 2010

“Fanatic is often the name given to people of action by people who are lazy.”

Bryant H. McGill (1969 – )

November 13, 2010

“Never give up, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn.”

Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811 – 1896)

November 12, 2010

“Golf is fundamentally about being honest. I see people hit eight shots and tell me they shot five. I never say a word. It is a reminder to me of what is at stake.”

Martin Sheen (1940 – )

November 11, 2010

“Since the events of September 11, we’ve rightfully changed our military strategy so we’re now taking the fight to those individuals who aim to do us harm, rather than waiting for another atrocious attack to happen.”

Jim Gerlach (1955 – )

November 10, 2010

“Both the cockroach and the bird would get along very well without us, although the cockroach would miss us most.”

Joseph Wood Krutch (1893 – 1970)

November 9, 2010

“I am not only a pacifist but a militant pacifist. I am willing to fight for peace. Nothing will end war unless the people themselves refuse to go to war.”

Albert Einstein (1879 – 1955)

November 8, 2010

“I run six-to-eight miles a day, plus weights and aerobics in the lunch hour. I also lie a lot, which keeps me thin.”

Hugh Laurie (1959 – )

November 7, 2010

“As long as I live, I will never forget that day 21 years ago when I raised my hand and took the oath of citizenship. Do you know how proud I was? I was so proud that I walked around with an American flag around my shoulders all day long.”

Arnold Schwarzenegger (1947 – )

November 6, 2010

“Of course, a positive growth rate might be taken as evidence that a population is below its optimum.”

Garrett Hardin (1915 – 2003)

November 5, 2010

“I think the most overused words in our vocabulary in the South are black and white.”

Artur Davis (1967 – )

November 4, 2010

“History will have to record that the greatest tragedy of this period of social transition was not the strident clamor of the bad people, but the appalling silence of the good people.”

Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929 – 1968)

November 3, 2010

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

Groucho Marx (1895 – 1977)

November 2, 2010

“Be truthful, nature only sides with truth.”

Adolf Loos (1870 – 1933)

November 1, 2010

“Happiness is having a large, loving, caring, close-knit family in another city.”

George Burns (1896 – 1996)