July 14, 2013

By the way, did you fellows know that a hummingbird weighs as much as a quarter? Do you think a hummingbird also weighs the same as two dimes and a nickel? But then she asked a question of her own: How do they weigh a hummingbird?

- Calvin Trillin, Enough's Enough

July 13, 2013

George Wilson: I can't stand that kid, he's a menace!

- Dennis the Menace

July 12, 2013

A buck or a pound, a buck or a pound
Is all that makes the world go round
That clinking, clanking sound
Can make the world go round

- "Money, Money, Money," Caberet

July 11, 2013

History is a relentless master. It has no present, only the past rushing into the future. To try to hold fast is to be swept aside.

- John F. Kennedy

July 10, 2013

Our job is like a baker's work / his rolls are tasty as long as they're fresh; after two days they're stale; after a week, they're covered with mould and fit only to be thrown out.

- Ryszard Kapuscinski

July 09, 2013

When a blind beetle crawls over the surface of the globe, he doesn't realize that the track he has covered is curved. I was lucky enough to have spotted it.

- Albert Einstein

July 08, 2013

In every part and corner of our life, to lose oneself is to be the gainer; to forget oneself is to be happy.

- Robert Louis Stevenson