“Weekly Saying”
Maxim February 7, 2013
“The surest fertilizer of a movement is the blood of martyrs.” Bernard DeVoto The Year of Decision 1846 This a great book about the Polk administration. The war with Mexico, the Donner party, the treaty with Great Britain that resolved the Oregon Territories border and much more all happened in 1846. The book was published in 1940 so the writing is dated but captivating. Well worth reading.
Simon Says Postcards 1/15/2013
“A man is known by the Company he organizes.” Bierce Ambrose 1843 -1913 American Journalist and Critic Philippes Your Business Idea
December 20, 2012 Maxim
Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy. ~Benjamin Franklin Courtesy of Raen Brewery’s Facebook page, the saying not the Beer Matt, Beer Matt is another story send me some beer mat stories and I’ll tell it. Or you can tell it and I’ll post it. We are on the road to Salem to see Rebecca and drink some of the delicious local beers at Raen Brewery and at Santiam where they pour the amazing Sangre di Christo Beer made… Read More »December 20, 2012 Maxim
December 13, 2012 Maxim
“Any person who thinks they can be happy and prosperous by letting the Government take care of them, better take a closer look at the American Indian.” Henry Ford American Industrialist 1863 – 1947 (photo courtesy of Wikipedia) Thanks to Joe S for finding this quote.
December 8, 2012 Maxim
“Apologies are cheap and effective all out of proportion to their cost. Carry them like a roll of bills in your hip pocket and pass them out freely.” Nat Jaffe in Telegraph Avenue a Novel by Michael Chabon
November 29, 2012 Maxim
“The best and most beautiful things of this world can’t be seen or touched… they must be felt by the heart!” Helen Keller
Happy Thanksgiving
“As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words but to live by them” John Kennedy Happy Thanksgiving Simon John Kennedy Quotes A Thanksgiving Wish
November 9, 2012 Maxim
“It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change.” Charles Darwin Apropos of my Post Election Memo to Republicans Thanks to Paul D. for finding this maxim.
October 11, 2012 Maxim
“I’d kill for a Nobel Peace Prize.”
Steve Wright (among others)
I am the infant on my Grandmothers lap on the far right
taken about 1948 in Coventry.