"Let Others, But Not You....."
Let others lead small lives, but not you.
Let others argue over small things, but not you.
Let others cry over small hurts, but not you.
Let others leave their future in someone else's hands, But Not You. -- Jim Rohn

July 24th, 2008: "The Convictions Of Youth....."
"At eighteen our convictions are hills from which we look; at forty-five they are caves in which we hide."
F. Scott Fitzgerald

July 23rd, 2008: "Write On !....."
"You don't write because you want to say something, you write because you have something to say."
F. Scott Fitzgerald

July 22nd, 2008: "The Root Of All Evil....."
"Hope of ill gain is the beginning of loss." -- Democritus

July 21st, 2008: "Quality, Before It Was A Buzzword....."
"We are here to make another world."
W. Edwards Deming

For Your Weekend July 19-20,"Of All The Nerve....."
"A man has to be Joe McCarthy to be called ruthless. All a woman has to do is put you on hold." -- Marlo Thomas

July 18th, 2008: "Democracy....."
"You don't spread democracy through the barrel of a gun." -- Helen Thomas

July 17th, 2008: "Superstar Or Mentor?....."
"If all I'm remembered for is being a good basketball player, then I've done a bad job with the rest of my life."
Isiah Thomas

July 16th, 2008: "Ahhhhh-Rested Development....."
"He who seeks rest finds boredom. He who seeks work finds rest." -- Dylan Thomas

July 15th, 2008: "Givers And Takers....."
"My father said there were two kinds of people in the world: givers and takers. The takers may eat better, but the givers sleep better." -- Marlo Thomas

July 14th, 2008: "Our Leaders, Part 1....."
"It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed." -- Theodore Roosevelt

For Your Weekend July 12-13,"Our Leaders, Part 2....."
"Be slow in choosing a friend, and slower in changing."
Benjamin Franklin

July 11th, 2008: "Our Leaders, Part 3....."
"A small leak can sink a great ship. " -- Benjamin Franklin

July 10th, 2008: "Our Leaders, Part 4....."
"If you could kick the person in the pants (who is responsible for most of your trouble), you wouldn't sit for a month." -- Theodore Roosevelt

July 9th, 2008: "Our Leaders, Part 5....."
"How can a president not be an actor?" -- Ronald Reagan

July 8th, 2008: "Our Leaders, Part 6....."
"If men were angels, no government would be necessary."
James Madison

July 7th, 2008: "Our Leaders, Part 7....."
"Elevate those guns a little lower." -- Andrew Jackson

For Your July 4th Weekend: "Our Leaders, Part 8....."
"No matter how much cats fight, there always seem to be plenty of kittens." -- Abraham Lincoln

July 3rd, 2008: "Our Leaders, Part 9....."
"I will prepare and some day my chance will come."
Abraham Lincoln

July 2nd, 2008: "Our Leaders, Part 10....."
"Don't talk about what you have done or what you are going to do. Do you want to know who you are? Don't ask. Act! Action will delineate and define you."
Thomas Jefferson

July 1st, 2008: "To Protect And Serve....."
"Government's first duty is to protect the people, not run their lives." -- Ronald Reagan

June 30th, 2008: "Ask, But Ye May Not Receive....."
"Before I refuse to take your questions, I have an opening statement." -- Ronald Reagan

For Your Weekend June 28-29,"Modern Day Moses....."
"I have wondered at times what the Ten Commandments would have looked like if Moses had run them through the US Congress." -- Ronald Reagan

June 27th, 2008: "The Economic Truth....."
"Recession is when a neighbor loses his job.
Depression is when you lose yours." -- Ronald Reagan

June 26th, 2008: "The Truth About Heroes....."
"Heroes may not be braver than anyone else. They're just braver five minutes longer." -- Ronald Reagan

June 25th, 2008: "Life's Continuous Improvements....."
"First ask yourself: What is the worst that can happen? Then prepare to accept it. Then proceed to improve on the worst." -- Dale Carnegie

June 24th, 2008: "The Easy Life???....."
"An easy life doesn't teach us anything. In the end it's learning that matters - what we've learned and how we've grown." -- Richard Bach

June 23rd, 2008: "The Woman (As Always) Was Smart....."
Eleven people were hanging on a rope under a helicopter, ten men and one woman. The rope was not strong enough to carry them all, so they decided that one had to leave, because otherwise they were all going to fall. They were unable to decide who would let go, until the woman gave a very touching speech. She said that she would voluntarily let go of the rope, because, as a woman, she was used to giving up everything for her husband and kids and for men in general, and was used to always making sacrifices with little in return. As soon as she finished her speech...
...all the men started clapping.

For Your Weekend June 21st & 22nd,"Wisdom, Finally..."
"Blessed is he who has learned to admire but not envy, to follow but not imitate, to praise but not flatter, and to lead but not manipulate." -- William Arthur Ward

June 20th, 2008: "The Top Priority....."
"Wise are those who learn that the bottom line doesn't always have to be their top priority." -- William A. Ward

June 19th, 2008: "Admission To Tomorrowland, Part 1....."
"You can't have a better tomorrow if you are thinking about yesterday all the time." -- Charles F. Kettering

June 18th, 2008: "Admission To Tomorrowland, Part 2....."
"Get a good idea and stay with it. Do it, and work at it until it's done right." -- Walt Disney

June 17th, 2008: "In Memory Of Tim Russert....."
“Broadcast journalism lost one of its greats. Tim Russert was a giant in our field – a standard-bearer of journalistic integrity and ethics. His masterful interviews and round-table discussions are legendary. This is a tragic loss for journalism and for all who were privileged to know him.” -- Walter Cronkite

June 16th, 2008: "In Memory Of Tim Russert....."
“The primary responsibility of the media is accountability of government, whether it's about lying under oath, which upset Democrats, or the mismanagement of responding to a hurricane, which happens to upset Republicans.” -- Tim Russert

For Your Weekend June 14th & 15th, 2008:
"Speak Softly, They All Know You've Got The Stick....."
"There is no personal charm so great as the charm of a cheerful temperament." -- Henry van Dyke

June 13th, 2008: "Goals....."
"A goal properly set is halfway reached." -- Zig Ziglar

June 12th, 2008: "Reflection In The Mirror....."
"The person we believe ourselves to be will always act in a manner consistent with our self-image." -- Brian Tracy

June 11th, 2008: "As Ye Sow, So Shall Ye Reap....."
"Never be too busy or involved in something to offer someone a helping hand. It may be the same hand that helps you one day." -- David DeNotaris

June 10th, 2008: "The Silence Of The Fans....."
To quote Hank Greenwald, when 1,632 fans came to a game at old Candlestick Park (San Francisco):
"That's not a crowd. That's my shirt size."

June 9th, 2008: "Technology Changes The Way We Lie....."
Old lie: "The check is in the mail". New lie: "I didn't check the e-mail." -- Brian Fine

For Your Weekend Jun 7-8, 2008: "Baby Steps = Great..."
"Great things are not done by impulse, but by a series of small things brought together." -- George Eliot

June 6th, 2008: "The Discipline In Genius....."
"Genius at first is little more than a great capacity for receiving discipline." -- George Eliot

June 5th, 2008: "No One Is Perfect....."
"The important work of moving the world forward
does not wait to be done by perfect men." -- George Eliot

June 4th, 2008: "Fear Is....."
"Fear is a hurdle - not a barrier." -- Tony Clark

June 3rd, 2008: "I Bet You Know Time Passes Anyway....."
"Don't let the fear of the time it will take to accomplish something stand in the way of your doing it. The time will pass anyway; we might just as well put that passing time to the best possible use." -- Earl Nightingale

June 2nd, 2008: "Your State Of Affairs....."
"The state of your life is nothing more than a reflection of your state of mind." -- Dr. Wayne W. Dyer

For Your Weekend May 31-Jun 1:"Regions Of Ignorance"
"A nation of well informed men who have been taught to know and prize the rights which God has given them cannot be enslaved. It is in the regions of ignorance that tyranny begins." -- Benjamin Franklin

May 30th, 2008: "The Things We Owe....."
"Our country is not the only thing to which we owe our allegiance. It is also owed to justice and to humanity. Patriotism consists not in waving the flag, but in striving that our country shall be righteous as well as strong."
James Bryce

May 29th, 2008: "The Secret To Change....."
"You never change the existing reality by fighting it. Instead, create a new model that makes the old one obsolete." -- R. Buckminster Fuller

May 28th, 2008: "Lincoln Memorial - Part 1....."
"A friend is one who has the same enemies as you have."
Abraham Lincoln

May 27th, 2008: "Lincoln Memorial - Part 2....."
"Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other." -- Abraham Lincoln

Your Weekend May 24-25-26:"Lincoln Memorial - Part 3"
"Character is like a tree and reputation like a shadow.
The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing." -- Abraham Lincoln

May 23rd, 2008: "Lincoln Memorial - Part 4....."
"Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to
speak out and remove all doubt." -- Abraham Lincoln

May 22nd, 2008: "Lincoln Memorial - Part 5....."
"Be sure you put your feet in the right place, then stand firm." -- Abraham Lincoln

May 21st, 2008: "Lincoln Memorial - Part 6....."
"No man has a good enough memory to be a successful liar." -- Abraham Lincoln

May 20th, 2008: "Lincoln Memorial - Part 7....."
"I'm a slow walker, but I never walk back."
Abraham Lincoln

May 19th, 2008: "Master Of The Line....."
"I believe that the true road to preeminent success in any line is to make yourself master of that line."
Andrew Carnegie

For Your Weekend May 17th-18th, 2008:"Friends....."
"Can miles truly separate us from friends? If we want to be with someone we love, aren't we already there?"
Richard Bach

May 16th, 2008: "Appreciation....."
"Everyone wants to be appreciated, so if you appreciate someone, don't keep it a secret." -- Mary Kay Ash

May 15th, 2008: "The Lessons In Defeat....."
"If you learn from defeat, you haven't really lost."
Zig Ziglar

May 14th, 2008: "Life Has Its Lemons....."
"When fate hands us a lemon, let's try to make lemonade."
Dale Carnegie

May 13th, 2008: "Notable Winners....."
"History has demonstrated that the most notable winners usually encountered heartbreaking obstacles before they triumphed. They won because they refused to become discouraged by their defeats." -- B.C. Forbes

May 12th, 2008: "Two For One Monday....."
"Experience is not what happens to a man. It is what a man does with what happens to him." -- Aldous Huxley
"There's a fine line between fishing and just standing on the shore like an idiot." -- Steven Wright

For Your Weekend May 10-11, 2008:"Dr. Phil Osopher....."
"By all means, marry. If you get a good wife, you'll become happy; if you get a bad one, you'll become a philosopher." -- Socrates

May 9th, 2008: "The Test....."
"Here is a test to find out whether your mission in life is complete. If you're alive, it isn't." -- Richard Bach

May 8th, 2008: "The Golden Years Of 50 Plus, Part 1....."
"I don't feel old. I don't feel anything until noon. Then it's time for my nap." -- Bob Hope

May 7th, 2008: "The Golden Years Of 50 Plus, Part 2....."
"By the time a man is wise enough to watch his step, he's too old to go anywhere." -- Billy Crystal

May 6th, 2008: "The Golden Years Of 50 Plus, Part 3....."
"Maybe it's true that life begins at fifty. But everything else starts to wear out, fall out, or spread out."
Phyllis Diller

May 5th, 2008: "The Golden Years Of 50 Plus, Part 4....."
"Don't worry about avoiding temptation as you grow older. It will avoid you." -- Winston Churchill

For Your Weekend May 3-4, 2008:"The Good Sermon....."
"The secret of a good sermon is to have a good beginning and a good ending; and to have the two as close together as possible." -- George Burns

May 2nd, 2008: "Is Congress Really Timeless?....."
"We could certainly slow the aging process down if it had to work its way through Congress." -- Will Rogers

May 1st, 2008: "Mayday, Mayday, Be Careful....."
"Be careful about reading health books. You may die of a misprint." -- Mark Twain

April 30th, 2008: "Tried And True....."
"Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence."
George Washington

April 29th, 2008: "Don't Listen To Small Talk....."
"Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great."
Mark Twain

April 28th, 2008: "Decisions, Decisions....."
"In any moment of decision the best thing you can do is the right thing, the next best thing is the wrong thing, and the worst thing you can do is nothing."
Theodore Roosevelt

For Your Weekend Apr 26-27:"Water You Expect?....."
I never drink water because of the disgusting things that fish do in it. -- W.C. Fields

April 25th, 2008: "Santa Claus Is Probably Right....."
Santa Claus has the right idea. Visit people only once a year. -- Victor Borge

April 24th, 2008: "Setting A New Standard For Ugly?....."
"Last week, I stated this woman was the ugliest woman I had ever seen. I have since been visited by her sister, and now wish to withdraw that statement." -- Mark Twain

April 23rd, 2008: "The Optimist Versus The Pessimist....."
"An optimist laughs to forget. A pessimist forgets to laugh." -- Author Unknown

April 22nd, 2008: "For All Children Of The 50's & 60's..."
"It's hard to be nostalgic when you can't remember anything." -- Author Unknown

April 21st, 2008: "The Bridge To Your Goal....."
"Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishment." -- Jim Rohn

For The Weekend Apr 19-20:"April-The Month Of Fools"
"Suppose the world were only one of God's jokes. Would you work any the less to make it a good joke instead of a bad one?" -- George Bernard Shaw

April 18th, 2008: "April - The Month Of Fools....."
"The other teams could make trouble for us if they win."
Yogi Berra

April 17th, 2008: "April - The Month Of Fools....."
"Men reach their extreme interest (peak) for women at age eighteen. Women reach theirs (for men) at age thirty-five. Do you get the feeling that God is playing a practical joke?" -- Rita Rudner

April 16th, 2008: "April - The Month Of Fools....."
"Don't give cherries to pigs or advice to fools."
Irish Proverb

April 15th, 2008: "April - The Month Of Fools....."
"A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is they underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools."
Douglas Adams

April 14th, 2008: "April - The Month Of Fools....."
"A man always blames the woman who fools him. In the same way he blames the door he walks into in the dark."
Henry Louis Mencken

For Your Weekend Apr 12-13:"April-The Month Of Fools"
Forgive, O Lord, my little jokes on Thee,
And I'll forgive Thy great big one on me.
Robert Frost, "Cluster of Faith," 1962

April 11th, 2008: "April - The Month Of Fools....."
"The aim of a joke is not to degrade the human being, but to remind him that he is already degraded."
George Orwell

April 10th, 2008: "April - The Month Of Fools....."
"Real friends are those who, when you feel you've made a fool of yourself, don't feel you've done a permanent job."

April 9th, 2008: "April - The Month Of Fools....."
"I have great faith in fools, or, self-confidence, as my friends call it." -- Edgar Allan Poe

April 8th, 2008: "April - The Month Of Fools....."
"It is the ability to take a joke, not make one, that proves you have a sense of humor." -- Max Eastman

April 7th, 2008: "April - The Month Of Fools....."
"It is better to weep with wise men than to laugh with fools." -- Spanish Proverb

For Your Weekend: April 5-6:"April-The Month Of Fools"
"The trouble with practical jokes is that very often they get elected." -- Will Rogers

April 4th, 2008: "April - The Month Of Fools....."
"We're fools whether we dance or not, so we might as well dance." -- Japanese Proverb

April 3rd, 2008: "April - The Month Of Fools....."
"If every fool wore a crown, we should all be kings."
Welsh Proverb

April 2nd, 2008: "April - The Month Of Fools....."
"He who is born a fool is never cured." -- Proverb

April 1st, 2008: "April - The Month Of Fools....."
"Let us be thankful for the fools. But for them the rest of us could not succeed. -- Mark Twain

March 31st, 2008: "Anger Management, Part 1....."
"It's my rule never to lose me temper till it would be detrimental to keep it." -- Sean O'Casey

For Your Weekend: March 29-30, 2008: "Great Acts...."
"I have never heard anything about the resolutions of the apostles, but a good deal about their acts." -- Og Mandino

March 28th, 2008: "Pot Shots....."
"Do not listen to those who weep and complain, for their disease is contagious." -- Og Mandino

March 27th, 2008: "Anger Management, Part 2....."
"Conflict cannot survive without your participation."
Dr. Wayne W. Dyer

March 26th, 2008: "From Our Founding Fathers, Pt 1....."
"Worry is the interest paid by those who borrow trouble." -- George Washington

March 25th, 2008: "From Our Founding Fathers, Pt 2....."
"Fear is the foundation of most governments. Power always thinks....that it is doing God's service when it is violating all His laws." -- John Adams
"There are two educations. One should teach us how to make a living, and the other how to live." -- John Adams

March 24th, 2008: "The Best Kind Of Luck....."
"The best luck of all is the luck you make for yourself."
Douglas MacArthur

For Your Easter Weekend: March 21-22-23, 2008:
"A Modern Day Parable Appropriate For Our Times....."
A United States Marine was attending some college courses between assignments. He had completed missions in Iraq and Afghanistan. One day the professor shocked the class when he came in. He looked to the ceiling and flatly stated, 'God, if you are real, then I want you to knock me off this platform. I'll give you exactly 15 minutes.' The lecture room fell silent. You could hear a pin drop. Ten minutes went by and the professor proclaimed, 'Here I am God. I'm still waiting.'
It got down to the last couple of minutes when the Marine got out of his chair, went up to the professor, and cold-cocked him; knocking him off the platform. The professor was out cold.
The Marine went back to his seat and sat there, silently. The other students were shocked and stunned and sat there looking on in silence. The professor eventually came to, noticeably shaken, looked at the Marine and asked, 'What the heck is the matter with you? Why did you do that?' The Marine calmly replied, 'God was too busy today protecting America's soldiers who are protecting your right to say stupid stuff and act like an idiot.
So, He sent me.'
This endith the lesson. Happy Easter To All. Donfucius.

March 20th, 2008: "Congress Comments On Retirement..."
"Birthdays are good for you. Studies show that the people who have the most live the longest."

March 19th, 2008: "For Those Asleep At The Wheel....."
"The higher your energy level, the more efficient your body. The more efficient your body, the better you feel and the more you will use your talent to produce outstanding results." -- Anthony Robbins

March 18th, 2008: "Smart Beyond Belief....."
"Smartness runs in my family. When I went to school I was so smart my teacher was in my class - for five years!"
George Burns

March 17th, 2008: "Solution For Over-Population....."
"Somewhere on this globe, every ten seconds, there is a woman giving birth to a child. She must be found and stopped." -- Sam Levenson

For Your Weekend: March 15-16, 2008: "Just Do It....."
"From now on we live in a world where man has walked on the moon. It's not a miracle; we just decided to go."
Tom Hanks

March 14th, 2008: "Life Can Pass You By....."
"Life is made up of a series of judgments on insufficient data, and if we waited to run down all our doubts, it (life)would flow past us." -- Learned Hand

March 13th, 2008: "Words Of Vision From The Blind....."
"It is a terrible thing to see and have no vision."
Helen Keller

March 12th, 2008: "Better To Lead Than To Follow....."
"It is better to be the head of a mouse, than the tail of a lion" - Author Unknown

March 11th, 2008: "Donfucius Yields To Confucius....."
"He who wishes to secure the good of others, has already secured his own." - Confucius

March 10th, 2008: "Three Out Of Four Are Sane....."
"The statistics on sanity is that 1 out of every 4 persons are suffering from some sort of mental illness. Think of your three best friends -- if they're okay, then it's you."

For Your Weekend: March 8-9: "True Words, Part 1....."
"No doubt one may quote history to support any cause, as the devil quotes scripture." -- Learned Hand

March 8th, 2008: "Do Your Words Ring True, Part 2....."
"Words are chameleons, which reflect the color of their environment." -- Learned Hand

March 7th, 2008: "When Losing Is Winning....."
"We may win when we lose, if we have done what we can; for by so doing we have made real at least some part of that finished product in whose fabrication we are most concerned: ourselves." -- Learned Hand

March 6th, 2008: "Hard Work, Failure, Then Success....."
"I find my greatest pleasure, and so my reward, in the work that precedes what the world calls success."
"I have never failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work." -- Thomas Edison

March 5th, 2008: "When Continuous Improvement Stops"
"The very minute you start feeling like you've got it down, that you know what you're doing, you're dead in the water." -- Vincent D'Onofrio (Actor, Law & Order)

March 4th, 2008: "Actual Courtroom Testimony....."
Attorney: "ALL your responses MUST be oral, OK? What school did you go to?" Witness: "Oral."

March 3rd, 2008: "Expect Less - Or Pay Dearly....."
"A government big enough to give you everything you want, is big enough to take away everything you have."
Thomas Jefferson

For Your Weekend: March 1st & 2nd: "Friendly Skies....."
"It was mealtime during a flight on Alaska Airlines. 'Would you like dinner?' the flight attendant asked John, seated in front. 'What are my choices?'John asked. With looks that could kill, she glared and said: 'Yes, or no!'"

February 29th, 2008: "The Ultimate Customer Service....."
"A lady was picking through the frozen turkeys at a local Milwaukee grocery store but she couldn't find one big enough for her family. She asked a stock boy, 'Do these turkeys get any bigger?' The stock boy replied, 'No ma'am, they're dead.'"

February 28th, 2008: "Are You Better For It?....."
"We can choose whether the situation makes us bitter, or better." -- David DeNotaris

February 27th, 2008: "The Big Secret - Revealed....."
"The big secret in life is that there is no big secret. Whatever your goal, you can get there if you're willing to work." -- Oprah Winfrey

February 26th, 2008: "There Are No Unimportant Jobs.."
"When you can do the common things of life in an uncommon way, you will command the attention of the world." -- George Washington Carver

February 25th, 2008: "Well, Ex-cuse Me!....."
"I never knew a man who was good at making excuses who was good at anything else." -- Benjamin Franklin

For Your Weekend: Feb 23rd & 24th: "Late Curiosity....."
"Children rarely want to know who their parents were before they were parents, and when age finally stirs their curiosity, there is no parent left to tell them."
Russell Baker

February 22nd, 2008: "Parents And Children....."
"Don't try to make children grow up to be like you, or they may do it." -- Russell Baker

February 21st, 2008: "This One Is For Joe....."
My wife's father, Joe, passed away last Sunday. He was 95. I am sure he would appreciate the following story.....

A clergyman walking down a country lane and sees a young farmer struggling to load hay back onto a cart after it had fallen off. "You look hot, my son," said the cleric. "Why don't you rest a moment, and I'll give you a hand." "No thanks," said the young man. "My father wouldn't like it." "Don't be silly," the minister said,"everyone is entitled to a break. Come and have a drink of water." Again the young man protested that his father would be upset. Losing his patience, the clergyman said, "Your father must be a real slave driver. Tell me where I can find him and I'll give him a piece of my mind!" "Well," replied the young farmer, "he's under the load of hay." -- Donfucius

February 20th, 2008: "Adapt And Improvise....."
"The thing that's important to know is that you never know. You're always sort of feeling your way."
Diane Arbus

February 19th, 2008: "Always For The Benefit Others....."
"You will never be satisfied unless you are contributing something to (or for) the benefit of others."
Walter Annenberg

February 18th, 2008: "Makes Me Sick Just Thinking....."
"Never go to a doctor whose office plants have died."
Erma Louise Bombeck

For Your Weekend: Feb 16th & 17th: "Heart Trouble....."
"If you haven't got any charity in your heart, you have the worst kind of heart trouble." -- Bob Hope

February 15th, 2008: "Fun, Or Work?....."
"If you watch a game, it's fun. If you play it, it's recreation. If you work at it, it's golf." -- Bob Hope

February 14th, 2008: "There's Always Hope....."
"I grew up with six brothers. That's how I learned to dance - waiting for the bathroom." -- Bob Hope

February 13th, 2008: "Things Are Looking Up....."
"The Bible shows the way to go to heaven, not the way the heavens go." -- Galileo Galilei

February 12th, 2008:"Rumblin'-Bumblim'-Stumblin' Pt 1...."
"You will never stub your toe standing still. The faster you go, the more chance there is of stubbing your toe, but the more chance you have of getting somewhere."
Charles F. Kettering

February 11th, 2008:"Rumblin'-Bumblim'-Stumblin' Pt 2...."
Keep on going and the chances are you will stumble on something, perhaps when you are least expecting it. I have never heard of anyone stumbling on something sitting down." -- Charles F. Kettering

For Your Weekend: Feb 9th & 10th: "Helping Hands....."
"Don't look down on someone unless you're helping him up." Author Unknown
"It always rains hardest on the people who need the sun."
Cecily Brown
"A word to the wise ain't necessary -- it's the stupid ones that need the advice." -- Bill Cosby

February 8th, 2008: "Long Walks Are Good....."
"I like long walks, especially when they are taken by people who annoy me." -- Fred Allen

February 7th, 2008: "Getting Along With One Another....."
"The lion and the calf shall lie down together....but the calf won't get much sleep." -- Woody Allen

February 6th, 2008: "Secret To A Long Marriage....."
"Some people ask the secret of our long marriage. We take time to go to a restaurant two times a week. A little candlelight, dinner, soft music and dancing. She goes Tuesdays, I go Fridays. -- Henny Youngman

February 5th, 2008: "The Image In The Mirror....."
"You cannot be lonely if you like the person you're alone with." -- Dr. Wayne W. Dyer

February 4th, 2008: "Dream On, Dream On....."
"There is nothing like a dream to create the future."
Victor Hugo

For Your Weekend: Feb 2nd & 3rd, 2008: "Two Alberts"
"Only a life lived for others is worth living."
Albert Einstein
"What we do for ourselves dies with us. What we do for others and the world remains and is immortal."
Albert Pike

February 1st, 2008: "Knowledge Is Power....."
"A lot of good arguments are spoiled by some fool who knows what he is talking about." -- Miguel de Unamuno

January 31st, 2008: "The Choices Are Yours....."
"How can we reset the life we've created for ourselves? Who's to blame, who's to credit, but us? Who can change it, any time we wish, but us?" -- Richard Bach

January 30th, 2008: "The Little Engine That Could....."
"It is our attitude at the beginning of a difficult task which, more than anything else, will affect its successful outcome." -- William James

January 29th, 2008: "Bigger Is Not Better....."
"Government big enough to give you everything you want is a government big enough to take from you everything you have." -- Gerald R. Ford

January 28th, 2008: "The Steps To Any Goal....."
"First comes thought; then organization of that thought, into ideas and plans; then transformation of those plans into reality. The beginning, as you will observe, is in your imagination." -- Napoleon Hill

For Your Weekend, Jan 26-27: "ATL Guide To Wisconsin Cold Weather Behavior, Or, Cold Enough For Ya?....."
60 above zero: Floridians turn on the heat. Wisconsin-ites plant gardens. 50 above zero: Californians shiver uncontrollably. People are sunbathing in Superior. 40 above zero: Import cars won’t start. Wisconsin-ites drive with the sunroof open.

32 above zero: Distilled water freezes. The water in Lake Michigan gets thicker. 20 above zero: Texans don long johns, parkas and wool hats & mittens. Wisconsin-ites throw on a flannel shirt. 15 above zero: New York landlords finally turn on the heat. People in Green Bay have one last cookout before it gets cold.

Zero: People in Miami all die. People in Milwaukee close the windows. 10 below zero: Californians fly away to Mexico, Wisconsin-ites dig their winter coats out of storage. 25 below zero: Hollywood disintegrates. Girl Scouts in Wisconsin still selling cookies door to door.
40 below zero: Washington, D.C. finally runs out of hot air. People in Burlington let their dogs sleep indoors.

100 below zero: Santa Claus abandons the North Pole. Wisconsin-ites get upset because the Mini-Van won’t start. 460 below zero: ALL atomic motion stops (absolute zero on the Kelvin scale). People in Wisconsin can be heard to say, “Cold ’nuff fer ya?”

500 below zero: Hell freezes over. Wisconsin public schools open 2 hours late. ATL still open for business.

January 25th, 2008: "Daniel Boone Lost? Never!....."
"I have never been lost, but I will admit to being confused for several weeks." -- Daniel Boone

January 24th, 2008: "Just The Facts, Please....."
"For Christmas I got a combination fax machine and
paper shredder. Either I hooked it up wrong or a lot of people are faxing me confetti." -- Donfucius

January 23rd, 2008: "Cold Weather Defeated....."
“Warm weather fosters growth: cold weather destroys it. A man with an unsympathetic temperament has very little joy, but a man with a warm and friendly heart seldom experiences winter." -- Donfucius

January 22nd, 2008: "Snow Day At ATL....."
"A lot of people like snow. I find it to be an unnecessary freezing of water." -- Carl Reiner
"I played as much golf as I could in North Dakota, but summer up there is pretty short. It usually falls on Tuesday." -- Mike Morley

January 21st, 2008: "Yesterday's Prep = Today's Win....."
"You're never guaranteed next year. When people ask about next season, I tell them you have to seize the opportunities when they're in front of you, today."
Brett Favre

For Your Weekend: Jan 19th-20th, 2008: "Empowerment"
"One of the best kept secrets in America is that people are aching to make a commitment, if they only had the freedom and environment in which to do so."
John Naisbitt

January 18th, 2008: "Lowest Price Isn't Always Best....."
"Value is what people are willing to pay for."
John Naisbitt

January 17th, 2008: "Plant Seeds, Harvest Jobs....."
"You can't get rid of poverty by giving people money."
P.J. O'Rourke

January 16th, 2008: "Respect For The Game....."
"I was taught you never, ever disrespect your opponent or your teammates, your organization or your manager, and never, ever your uniform." -- Ryne Sandberg

"When I hit a home run - I put my head down, dropped the bat, and ran around the bases, because the name on the front is more important - a lot more important - than the name on the back." -- Ryne Sandberg

January 15th, 2008: "No Pain, No Gain....."
"Practice without improvement is meaningless."
Chuck Knox

January 14th, 2008: "Ya Gotta Be Hungry....."
"Take the feeling of hunger out of your gut, and you're no longer a champion." -- Burt Lancaster

For Your Weekend: Jan 12th-13th, 2008: "1 Word, Men..."
"A study in the Washington Post says that women have better verbal skills than men. I just want to say to the authors of that study: 'Duh!'" -- Conan O'Brien

January 11th, 2008: "School's Out....."
"Fish recognize a bad leader." -- Conan O'Brien

January 10th, 2008: "Human Process Improvement....."
"Education is not a preparation for life; education is life itself. Arriving at one goal is always the starting point to another." -- John Dewey

January 9th, 2008: "The Ten Pork Projects....."
"I have wondered at times what the Ten Commandments would have looked like if Moses had run them through the U.S. Congress."
"If we love our country, we should also love our countrymen." -- Ronald Reagan

January 8th, 2008: "Poetry In Motion....."
"Painting is poetry which is seen and not heard, and poetry is a painting which is heard but not seen."
Leonardo da Vinci

January 7th, 2008: "New Year's Advice....."
"Be always at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let each new year find you a better man."
Benjamin Franklin

For Your Weekend: Jan 5th-6th, 2008: "Change = Law....."
"Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future."
John F. Kennedy

January 4th, 2008: "Focus On Strength....."
"Do not pray for easy lives. Pray to be stronger men."
John F. Kennedy

January 3rd, 2008: "Experience An Open Mind....."
"Experience is not what happens to you.
It is what you do with what happens to you."
"Experience teaches only the teachable." -- Aldous Huxley

January 2nd, 2008: "Are You A Fool, Bigot, Or Slave?....."
"He that cannot reason is a fool. He that will not is a bigot. He that dare not is a slave." -- Andrew Carnegie

January 1st, 2008: "Happy New Year To You....."
"New Year's Day. Now is the accepted time to make your regular annual good resolutions. Next week you can begin paving hell with them, as usual." -- Mark Twain

"A New Year's resolution is something like demanding your son clean his room...it goes in one Year, and out the other." -- Donfucius


December 31st, 2007: "Optimists And Pessimists....."
"An optimist stays up until midnight to see the New Year in. A pessimist stays up to make sure the old year leaves."
Bill Vaughan

For Your Weekend: Dec 29th-30th, 2007: "Lift....."
"If you want to lift yourself up, lift up someone else."
Booker T. Washington

December 28th, 2007: "Ideas Are A Lot Of Dough....."
"Ideas are like pizza dough, made to be tossed around."
Anna Quindlen

December 27th, 2007: "Real Power = Self-Respect....."
"Respect your efforts, respect yourself. Self-respect leads to self-discipline. When you have both firmly under your belt, that's real power." -- Clint Eastwood

December 26th, 2007: "Full Speed Ahead....."
"Anytime you suffer a setback or disappointment, put your head down and plow ahead." -- Les Brown

December 25th, 2007: "Merry Christmas To You....."
"I stopped believing in Santa Claus when I was six. Mother took me to see him in a department store and he asked for my autograph." -- Shirley Temple

"I will honor Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year." -- Charles Dickens

"What is Christmas? It is tenderness for the past, courage for the present, hope for the future. It is a fervent wish that every cup may overflow with blessings rich and eternal, and that every path may lead to peace."
Agnes M. Pharo

December 24th, 2007: "We Are Small By Perspective....."
"He who knows best knows how little he knows."
Thomas Jefferson

For Your Weekend: Dec 22nd-23rd: "Touching A Life....."
"I don't think you ever stop giving. I really don't. I think it's an on-going process. And it's not just about being able to write a check. It's being able to touch somebody's life." -- Oprah Winfrey

December 21st, 2007: "Always Doing Right....."
"Always do right; this will gratify some people and astonish the rest." -- Mark Twain

December 20th, 2007: "We Already Have The Best....."
"Would you sell both your eyes for a million dollars…or your two legs…or your hands…or your hearing? Add up what you do have, and you'll find you won't sell them for all the gold in the world. The best things in life are yours, if you can appreciate them." -- Dale Carnegie

December 19th, 2007: "Always Aim High....."
"In the long run, men hit only what they aim at. Therefore, they had better aim at something high."
Henry David Thoreau

December 18th, 2007: "The Excellence Of Reason....."
"All our knowledge begins with the senses, proceeds then to the understanding, and ends with reason. There is nothing higher than reason." -- Immanuel Kant

December 17th, 2007: "Baseball's New Math....."
"Better make it six, I can't eat eight."
Dan Osinski, Baseball Player, being asked by a waitress if he wanted his pizza cut into six or eight slices.

For Your Weekend: Dec 15th-16th: "Only 4 Ways....."
"There are four ways, and only four ways, in which we have contact with the world. We are evaluated and classified by these four contacts: what we do, how we look, what we say, and how we say it." -- Dale Carnegie

December 14th, 2007: "Feeling The Fear....."
"You can't be a proper comic unless you've been out on stage and felt the fear." -- Johnny Vegas
"You can't be a proper leader unless you've been out on stage and felt the fear." -- Donfucius

December 13th, 2007: "Christmas Wishes 24/7, 365....."
"I will honor Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year." -- Charles Dickens

December 12th, 2007: "Just Do It, Today....."
"Look around for a place to sow a few seeds."
Henry van Dyke

December 11th, 2007: "Laws, Not Suggestions....."
"The Ten Commandments are not suggestions." -- Pat Riley

December 10th, 2007: "Highly Motivated Self-Starter....."
"The laziest man I ever met put popcorn in his pancakes so they would turn over by themselves." -- W. C. Fields

For Your Weekend: Dec 8-9: "I Bet Albert Is Proud....."
"The word 'genius' isn't applicable in football. A genius is a guy like Norman Einstein." -- Joe Theisman

December 7th, 2007: "The Holiday Diet Secret....."
"I found there was only one way to look thin. Hang out with fat people." -- Rodney Dangerfield

December 6th, 2007: "A Sportscaster Or Manager ?....."
"With half the race gone, there is half the race still to go." -- Murray Walker

"The lead car is unique, except for the one behind it, which is identical." -- Murray Walker

"Eight minutes past the hour here in Belgium - and presumably eight minutes past the hour everywhere in the world." -- Murray Walker

"I don't make mistakes. I make prophecies which immediately turn out to be wrong. " -- Murray Walker

"A battle is developing between them. I say developing, because it's not yet on." -- Murray Walker

December 5th, 2007: "Confidence ....."
"There is a difference between conceit and confidence. Conceit is bragging about yourself. Confidence means you believe you can get the job done." -- Johnny Unitas

December 4th, 2007: "The Lessons Of Life ....."
"When you lose, don't lose the lesson." -- Author Unknown

December 3rd, 2007: "The Dog Days Of Winter ....."
"Home computers are being called upon to perform many new functions, including the consumption of homework formerly eaten by the dog." -- Doug Larson

For Your Weekend: Dec 1-2: "Doing Things Right....."
"The success of any great moral enterprise does not depend upon numbers."/"That which is not just is not law."
William Lloyd Garrison

November 30th, 2007: "Christmas Season All Year ....."
"If a free society cannot help the many who are poor, it cannot save the few who are rich." -- John F. Kennedy

November 29th, 2007: "Mistakes & Mirrors....."
"To err is human; to admit it, superhuman." - Doug Larson

November 28th, 2007: "Interesting Fact....."
"If all the cars in the United States were placed end to end, it would have been by people shopping the day after Thanksgiving." -- Donfucius

November 27th, 2007: "Joy To Others....."
"The only nice thing about being imperfect is the joy it brings to others." -- Doug Larson

November 26th, 2007: "Even Dad Would Have Smiled....."
"Few things are more satisfying than seeing your children have teenagers of their own." -- Doug Larson

For Your Thanksgiving Weekend: Nov 23rd-24th-25th-26th, 2007: "Thanksgiving From Many Viewpoints....."
"Thanksgiving dinners take eighteen hours to prepare. They are consumed in twelve minutes. Half-times take twelve minutes. This is not coincidence." -- Erma Bombeck

"My mother is such a lousy cook that Thanksgiving at her house is a time of sorrow." -- Rita Rudner

"Thanksgiving is so called because we are all so thankful that it only comes once a year." -- P.J. O'Rourke

November 21st, 2007: "Down On His Luck....."
"I had slumps that lasted into the winter." -- Bob Uecker

November 20th, 2007: "Famous Career Of No Respect....."
"In 1962 I was named Minor League Player of the Year.
It was my second season in the bigs."

"When I came up to bat with three men on and two outs in the ninth, I looked in the other team's dugout and they were already in street clothes."

"When I looked at the third base coach, he turned his back on me."

"I knew when my career was over. In 1965 my baseball card came out with no picture."

"Baseball hasn't forgotten me. I go to a lot of old-timers games and I haven't lost a thing. I sit in the bullpen and let people throw things at me. Just like old times."
Bob Uecker

November 19th, 2007: "The Key To Success....."
"Successful people are always looking for opportunities to help others. Unsuccessful people are always asking, 'What's in it for me?'" -- Brian Tracy

For Your Weekend: Nov 17-18, 2007: "Howzat, Coach?....."
"Men, I want you just thinking of one word all season. One word, and one word only: Super Bowl."
Bill Peterson, Football Coach

November 16th, 2007: "Golden Slumbers....."
"I have left orders to be awakened at any time in case of national emergency, even if I'm in a cabinet meeting."
Ronald Reagan

November 15th, 2007: "People's Behavior....."
"People's behavior makes sense if you think about it in terms of their goals, needs, and motives."
Thomas Mann

November 14th, 2007: "True Love Is....."
"I know my older sister loves me because she gives me all her old clothes and has to go out and buy new ones."
Lauren - Age 4

November 13th, 2007: "4 Bits (50 Cents) Of Beauty....."
"Beauty isn't worth thinking about; what's important is your mind. You don't want a fifty-dollar haircut on a fifty-cent head." -- Garrison Keillor

November 12th, 2007: "When Feelin' Good Is Bad....."
"If the only way you can feel good about yourself is to make someone else look bad, then, my friend, you should not be feeling good." -- Donfucius

For Your Weekend: Nov 10th-11th, 2007: "Dag X Two....."
"Never look down to test the ground before taking your next step; only he who keeps his eye fixed on the far horizon will find the right road."

"Never measure the height of a mountain until you have reached the top. Then you will see how low it was."
Dag Hammarskjold

November 9th, 2007: "It's Hard To Tell Them Apart....."
"My definition of a redundancy is an air-bag in a politician's car." -- Larry Hagman

November 8th, 2007: "The Proper Way To Teach ....."
You cannot teach a man anything; you can only help him discover it in himself. -- Galileo

November 7th, 2007: "Be Prepared ....."
"I believe success is preparation, because opportunity is going to knock on your door sooner or later. Are you prepared to answer? -- Omar Epps

November 6th, 2007: "Tomorrow Has No Guarantee ....."
"People ask me 'what do you think of next season'? My answer: 'You're never guaranteed about next year. You have to seize the opportunities when they're in front of you, today'." -- Brett Favre

November 5th, 2007: "Learn - Go Forward ....."
"People fail forward to success." -- Mary Kay Ash

For Your Weekend: Nov 3rd-4th, 2007: "Don't Wait....."
"Don't wait for the last judgment - it takes place every day." -- Albert Camus

November 2nd, 2007: "What Defines 'Old' ? ....."
"Forty is the old age of youth, fifty is the youth of old age." -- Hosea Ballou

November 1st, 2007: "Out Of The Mouths Of Babes....."
"I used to tell my son he was lazy. Then one day he said '...but it's the lazy people who invented the wheel and the bicycle because they didn't like walking or carrying things.' I'll have to admit, he made me stop and think."
Donfucius

October 31st, 2007: "Seeking Security....."
"The more you seek security, the less of it you have. But the more you seek opportunity, the more likely it is that you will achieve the security that you desire."
Brian Tracy

October 30th, 2007: "Giving Thanks....."
"Unless you give thanks and choose to do great things, it makes no difference how rich you are, or how much power you have." -- Donfucius

October 29th, 2007: "The H.A.L.T. Discipline....."
"The H.A.L.T. method. Never make a decision when you are Hungry, Angry, Lonely, or Tired."
David DeNotaris

For Your Weekend: Oct 27th-28th, 2007: "Limitations....."
"Life has no limitations, except the ones you make."
Les Brown

October 26th, 2007: "Block Of Marble....."
"We are each given a block of marble when we begin a lifetime, and the tools to shape it into sculpture."
Richard Bach

October 25th, 2007: "The Journey Starts....."
"The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing."
Walt Disney

October 24th, 2007: "Two From Vince Lombardi....."
"If you can't accept losing, you can't win."
"Winning isn't everything - but wanting to win is."

October 23rd, 2007: "Don't Limit Yourself....."
"Argue for your limitations, and sure enough, they're yours." -- Richard Bach

October 22nd, 2007: "A Measure Of True Friendship....."
"Lots of people want to ride with you in the limo, but what you want is someone who will take the bus with you when the limo breaks down." -- Oprah Winfrey

For Your Weekend: Oct 20-21, 2007: "What A Grouch....."
"Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana."
Groucho Marx

October 19th, 2007: "People Of Vision....."
"An eye for an eye only leads to more blindness."
Margaret Atwood

October 18th, 2007: "How's That Again ? Part 1....."
"I have opinions of my own -- strong opinions -- but I don't always agree with them." -- George Bush

October 17th, 2007: "How's That Again ? Part 2....."
"The world is more like it is now then it ever has before."
Dwight Eisenhower

October 16th, 2007: "How's That Again ? Part 3....."
"It isn't pollution that is hurting the environment,
it's the impurities in our air and water that are doing it."
Dan Quayle

October 15th, 2007: "Missed Opportunity....."
"Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work." - Thomas Edison

For Your Weekend: Oct 13-14: "Five Al McGuire Gems ....."
"I think everyone should go to college and get a degree and then spend six months as a bartender and six months as a cabdriver. Then they would really be educated."

"I think the world is run by 'C' students."

"Remember, half the doctors in this country graduated in the bottom half of their class."

"The only mystery in life is why the kamikaze pilots wore helmets."

"When a guy takes off his coat, he's not going to fight. When a guy takes off his wristwatch, watch out!"
Al McGuire

October 12th, 2007: "Eccentric....."
"When I was losing, they called me nuts. When I was winning, they called me eccentric." -- Al McGuire

October 11th, 2007: "The Four Blessings....."
"Blessed is he who has learned to admire but not envy, to follow but not imitate, to praise but not flatter, and to lead but not manipulate." -- William Arthur Ward

October 10th, 2007: "Three Things....."
"In our country, we have those three unspeakably precious things: freedom of speech, freedom of conscience, and the prudence never to practice either."
Mark Twain

October 9th, 2007: "Why We Grow Old....."
"We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing." -- George Bernard Shaw

October 8th, 2007: "Why We Have Humor....."
"Imagination was given to man to compensate him for what he is not. A sense of humor was given to man to console him for what he is." -- Sir Francis Bacon

For Your Weekend: October 6th-7th, 2007: "Veggies ....."
"Vegetarian: That's an old Indian word meaning 'lousy hunter'." -- Andy Rooney

October 5th, 2007: "Look Beyond Things You Know....."
"It is a terrible thing to see and have no vision."
Helen Keller

October 4th, 2007: "Deep Thinkers & Great Actions....."
"He who believes is strong; he who doubts is weak. Strong convictions precede great actions." - Louisa Alcott

October 3rd, 2007: "What Makes Things Better ? ....."
"The world hates change, yet it is the only thing that has brought progress." -- Charles F. Kettering

October 2nd, 2007: "Don't Put It Off....."
"Procrastination is the art of keeping up with yesterday and avoiding today." -- Dr. Wayne W. Dyer

October 1st, 2007: "Laugh To Forget....."
"One day one my little nephew came up to me and asked if the equator was a real line that went around the Earth, or just an imaginary one. I had to laugh (because I didn't know), and I thought that maybe by laughing he would forget what he asked me." -- Jack Handey

For Your Weekend: Sept 29-30, 2007: "Nice Things..."
"They say such nice things about people at their funerals that it makes me sad to realize I'm going to miss mine by just a few days." -- Garrison Keillor

September 28th, 2007: "Manhood....."
"Years ago, manhood was an opportunity for achievement, and now it is a problem to be overcome."
Garrison Keillor

Donfucius Note: For a great time, listen to "A Prairie Home Companion". You can find this program on National Public Radio, Saturday afternoons, 5 PM Central Time.

September 27th, 2007: "War. What Is It Good For?....."
"War does not determine who is right, war determines who is left."

September 26th, 2007: "A Brush With Danger....."
My neighbor's husband asked his wife, "You never argue when I get mad at you. How do you always control your anger?" She told him: "I clean the toilet." He then asked: "How does that help?" Her reply was classic: "I use your toothbrush."

September 25th, 2007: "It's Not Easy....."
"If raising children was going to be easy, it never would have started with something called labor!" -- Donfucius

September 24th, 2007: "Much Ado About Something....."
"A non-doer is very often a critic-that is, someone who sits back and watches doers, and then waxes philosophically about how the doers are doing. It's easy to be a critic, but being a doer requires effort, risk, and change." -- Dr. Wayne W. Dyer

For Your Weekend: Sept 22-23: "The Original Do-Bees..."
"You've got to be before you can do, and do before you can have." -- Zig Ziglar

September 21st, 2007: "What Can You Really Do?....."
"Far too many people have no idea of what they can do because all they have been told is what they can’t do. They don’t know what they want because they don’t know what’s available to them." -- Zig Ziglar

September 20th, 2007: "The Best Is Already Yours....."
"Would you sell both your eyes for a million dollars…or your two legs…or your hands…or your hearing? Add up what you do have, and you'll find you won't sell them for all the gold in the world. The best things in life are yours, if you can appreciate them." -- Dale Carnegie

September 18th, 2007: "Doing Something About It....."
"Two of the most important requirements for major success are: first, being in the right place at the right time, and second, doing something about it." -- Ray Kroc

September 17th, 2007: "Born To Win, Part 1....."
"Do the one thing you think you cannot do. Fail at it. Try again. Do better the second time. The only people who never tumble are those who never mount the high wire. This is your moment. Own it." -- Oprah Winfrey

For Your Weekend: Sept 15-16, 2007: "Born To Win, 2....."
"You were born to win, but to be a winner, you must plan to win, prepare to win, and expect to win." -- Zig Ziglar

September 14th, 2007: "Focus. Stick To It Until Done....."
"Consider the postage stamp: its usefulness consists in the ability to stick to one thing till it gets there."
Josh Billings

September 13th, 2007: "Eagles Versus Turkeys....."
"Your choice of people to associate with, both personally and business-wise, is one of the most important choices you make. If you associate with turkeys, you will never fly with the eagles." -- Brian Tracy

September 12th, 2007: "Don't Look Back....."
"We should not look back unless it is to derive useful lessons from past errors, and for the purpose of profiting by dearly bought experience."
George Washington

September 11th, 2007: "I'm Still Looking....."
"I never doubted my ability, but when you hear all your life you're inferior, it makes you wonder if the other guys have something you've never seen before. If they do, I'm still looking for it." -- Hank Aaron

September 10th, 2007: "We Did It To Ourselves....."
"Ninety eight percent of the adults in this country are decent, hardworking, honest Americans. It's the other lousy two percent that get all the publicity. But then, we elected them." -- Lily Tomlin