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Words to live by

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.
3. Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak.
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.
16. A clear conscience is the sign of a fuzzy memory.
17. I asked God for a bike, but I know God doesn’t work that way. So I stole a bike and asked for forgiveness.
18. You do not need a parachute to skydive. You only need a parachute to skydive twice.
19. Money can’t buy happiness, but it sure makes misery easier to live with.
20. There’s a fine line between cuddling and holding someone down so they can’t get away.
21. I used to be indecisive. Now I’m not so sure.
22. You’re never too old to learn something stupid.
23. To be sure of hitting the target, shoot first and call whatever you hit the target.
24. Nostalgia isn’t what it used to be.
25. Change is inevitable, except from a vending machine.
26. Going to church doesn’t make you a Christian any more than standing in a garage makes you a car.
27. A diplomat is someone who tells you to go to hell in such a way that you look forward to the trip.
 
28. Hospitality is making your guests feel at home even when you wish they were.
 
29. I always take life with a grain of salt. Plus a slice of lemon, and a shot of tequila.
30. When tempted to fight fire with fire, remember that the Fire Department usually uses water. 

The business end of the bible

biblealoneA Jewish businessman was in a great deal of trouble.
His business was failing and he had put everything he had into the business.
He owed everybody and it was so bad he even contemplated suicide.
As a last resort he went to a Rabbi and poured out his story of tears and woe.
When he finished, the Rabbi said, “Here’s what I want you to do”.
Put a beach chair and your bible in your car and drive down to the beach.
Take the beach chair and the bible to the water’s edge.  Sit down in the chair and put the bible in your lap.
Open the bible: The wind will riffle the pages, but finally the open Bible will come to rest on a page.
Look down at the page and read the first thing you see.
That will be your answer, that will tell you what to do.
A year later the businessman went back to the Rabbi and brought his wife and children with him.
The man was in a new custom-tailored suit, his wife in a mink coat, the children shining.
The businessman pulled out an envelope stuffed with money out of his pocket, gave it to the Rabbi as a donation in thanks for his advice.
The Rabbi recognized the benefactor, and was curious.  “You did as I suggested?” he asked.
“Absolutely”, replied the businessman.”
“You went to the beach?”
“Absolutely”.
“You sat in a beach chair with the Bible in your lap?”
“Absolutely?”
“You let the pages riffle until they stopped?”
“Absolutely?”
“And what were the first words you saw?”
“CHAPTER 11”.
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