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"One, with God, is always a majority, but many a martyr has been burned
at the stake while the votes were being counted." Thomas B. Reed

"Nobody goes there anymore...it's too crowded."
Yogi Berra

Thanks to Andy Hague for sending me a goodly amount of wisdom, and I hope all the rest of you aspire to better Andy's efforts next issue! Just listen to your hearts, then write down what they tell you and send it to me. Respect!

Spanner's Big Tip
Fear can sometimes be a useful emotion. For instance, let's say you're an astronaut on the moon and you  'fear' that your partner has been turned into Dracula. The next time he goes out for some moon pieces, wham!, you just slam the door behind him and blast off. He might call you on the radio and say he's not Dracula, but you can just say, "Who's the one with  the oxygen, bat man!"

"Half of the people in the world are below average. But just try and get a single one of them to admit it." Anon.

"I lent a guy ten grand to get plastic surgery, and now I don't know what he looks like." Stephen Wright.

"That low-down scoundrel deserves to be kicked to death by a jackass, and I'm just the one to do it." A congressional candidate in Texas

"Inside every short man is a tall man doubled over in pain" Anon

"If you allow yourself to have the Monday blues, you are condemning yourself to being miserable for one-seventh of your life" Anon

"Most laws seem reasonable until misguided police officers try to enforce them against nice people like us." Anon

"Proverbial

Corner"

"A drink precedes a story."  Irish Proverb
"A hard beginning maketh a good ending." From "The Proverbs of John Heywood" (1546)
"A house without a dog or a cat is the house of a scoundrel." Portuguese Proverb
"A lie travels round the world while truth is still putting her boots on." French Proverb
"A man is not honest simply because he never had a chance to steal." Yiddish Proverb
"A new broom sweeps clean, but the old brush knows all the corners." Irish Proverb
"A rumour goes in one ear and out many mouths." Chinese proverb

There are two types of people in this world, good and bad.  The good sleep better, but the bad seem to enjoy the waking hours much more.

-- Woody Allen

"De Ja Kung Fu - The feeling that somewhere, somehow you've been kicked in the head like this before."

"Taiji is just like standing still - only faster."
"Kill 'em all and let God sort 'em out!" Marine motto
"Mercenaries never die. They just go to Hell to regroup."

"Martial arts are not a matter of altitude!" -- Karen Hashimoto, paraphrased

"The more you bleed in training, the less you sweat in battle!"

"Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity,
and I'm not sure about the former." --

Albert Einstein

Please send me your wisdom, so others may dismiss it as nonsense.

Q: "What did the Zen master say to the hot dog vendor?"
A: "Make me one with everything!"

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