Glewwe 's Sense of Wisdom

Several folk have suggested these were words of wisdom. I will let you decide. Enjoy!

- Decca Recording Co. rejecting the Beatles; 1962

An rud nach mbaineann duit, ná bain dó.

Irish Proverb meaning Don't interfere with things that doesn't concern you.

If it’s a good idea, go ahead and do it. It’s much easier to apologize than it is to get permission.

Grace Hopper, US Navy 1906-1992

It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men.

Frederick Douglass

It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.

Aristotle, Philosopher

The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place.

George Bernard Shaw, Irish Playwright 1856-1950

Talk is Cheap because supply exceed demand.

Anonymous Paraprodokian

War does not determine who is right – only who is left.

Anonymous Paraprodokian

Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak.

Anonymous Paraprodokian

I always take life with a grain of salt, plus a slice of lime, and a shot of tequila.

Anonymous Paraprodokian

My dream is of a place and a time where America will once again be seen as the last best hope on earth.

Abraham Lincoln, US President 1809-1865

The object of the republican form of government and of the principles that are essential to that form,
is to enable a people to govern themselves to the most practicable extent possible.
Not every nation of people are capable of self-government, and many expected the experiment of the Founding Fathers to fail.
But it did not fail, and the experiment proved that an educated and enlightened people are capable of self-government.
The question remains, however, the extent to which government by the people themselves may be extended.

Thomas Jefferson, US President

We the people are the rightful masters of both Congress and the courts,
not to overthrow the Constitution but to overthrow the men who pervert the Constitution.

Abraham Lincoln, US President 1809-1865

Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It's not.

Dr. Seuss, Writer 1904-1991

There are three kinds of men. The one that learns by reading. The few who learn by observation.
The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence for themselves.

Will Rogers, Actor 1879-1935

It is better to keep your mouth closed and let people think you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt.

Mark Twain, Author 1835-1910

In the End, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.

Martin Luther King, Jr., Civil Rights Leader 1929-1968

Whoever is careless with the truth in small matters cannot be trusted with important matters.

Albert Einstein, Physicist 1879-1955

Who says nothing is impossible? Some people do it every day!

Alfred E. Neuman, Cartoon Character for Mad Magazine

Right is right, even if everyone is against it; and wrong is wrong, even if everyone is for it.

William Penn, Nobelman, Writer, Quaker 1644-1718

The trouble with political jokes is that they very often get elected.

Will Rogers, Actor 1879-1935

The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.

Mahatma Gandhi, Indian activist 1869-1948

If you want to know what a man's like, take a good look at how he treats his inferiors, not his equals.

J. K. Rowling, English Author 1965-

The United States is a nation of laws: badly written and randomly enforced.

Frank Zappa

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