Pun and Funny English
Part B

796. The eye sees only what the mind is prepared to comprehend. ~ Henri Bergson.

797. To be kind to all, to like many and love a few, to be needed and wanted by those we love, is certainly the nearest we can come to happiness. ~ Mary Stuart.

798. Don't wait. The time will never be just right. ~ Napoleon Hill (American author, 1883-1970).

799. Love is shown in your deeds, not in your words. ~ Fr. Jerome Cummings.

800. The pen is mightier than the sword. ~ Edward Bulwer-Lytton (1839 for his play Richelieu; Or the Conspiracy).

801. Effort plus motive equals result. ~ P. D. Ouspensky.

802. If you want to leave footprints in the sands of time, don't drag your feet. ~ Arnot L. Sheppard.

803. Prevention is better than cure. ~ Desiderius Erasmus.

804. It's time for us to turn to each other, not on each other. ~ Jesse Jackson.
● A lot of the trouble in the world would disappear if we were talking to each other instead of about each other. ~ Ronald Reagan, 11 April 1984.

805. I only see clearly what I remember. ~ Jean-Jacques Rousseau.

806. He who pretends to look upon death without fear, lies. ~ Jean-Jacques Rousseau.

807. Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. ~ Martin Luther King, Jr.

808. He who angers you controls you, therefore you have no control over your anger. ~ Murphy's Laws.

809. The true soldier fights not because he hates what is in front of him, but because he loves what is behind him. ~ G. K. Chesterton.

810. Action is character. ~ F. Scott Fitzgerald (in The Last Tycoon, 1941).

811. Actions lie louder than words. ~ Carolyn Wells.

812. Character is what you do when no one else is looking. ~ Dr. Laura.

813. Remember the three R's: Respect for self; Respect for others; and Responsibility for all your actions. ~ Unknown.
● The price of greatness is responsibility. ~ Winston Churchill.

814. A true friend will remember you for the good and bad times and love you for both. ~ Krissy.

815. Talk slowly but think quickly. ~ Unknown.

816. Men are born with two eyes, but only one tongue, in order that they should see twice as much as they say. ~ Charles Caleb Colton.

817. True friendship is like sound health, the value is seldom appreciated until it is lost. ~ Charles Caleb Colton.

818. When you have nothing to say, say nothing. ~ Charles Caleb Colton.

819. Imitation is the sincerest of flattery. ~ Charles Caleb Colton (Lacon, volume I, no. 183).

820. Leadership is an opportunity to serve. It is not a trumpet call to self-importance. ~ Goswami Kriyananda.

821. There are two types of people - those who come into a room and say, "Well, here I am!" and those who come in and say, "Ah, there you are." ~ Frederick L Collins.

822. A day is wasted without laughter. ~ Sébastien-Roch Nicolas de Chamfort.

See also: House Rules.

823. Generally, the theories we believe we call facts, and the facts we disbelieve we call theories. ~ Felix Cohen.

824. Success is not a matter of mastering subtle, sophisticated theory but rather of embracing common sense with uncommon levels of discipline and persistence. ~ Patrick Lencioni.

825. Some cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go. ~ Oscar Wilde.

826. The difference between machines and human beings is that human beings can be reproduced by unskilled labor. ~ Arthur C. Clarke.

827. Give the gift of love. It never comes back empty! ~ Unknown.

828. If you love someone, set them free. If they come back, they're yours; if they don't, they never were. ~ Richard Bach.

829. We only do well the things we like doing. ~ Colette (Prisons and Paradise, 1932).

830. Never blame anyone in your Life. Good people give you Happiness. Bad people give you Experience. Worst people give you a Lesson, and Best people give you Memories. ~ Unknown.

831. When I was young, I was scared of the dark. Now when I see my electricity bill, I am scared of the lights. ~ Funny Pictures.

832. To each his own. ~ English idiom.
● Jedem das Seine. ~ German idiom.
● suum cuique ~ Latin, short for suum cuique pulchrum est ("to each his own is beautiful"). Meaning: Every person is entitled to his or her personal preferences and tastes. ~ Wiktionary.
● To each their own.
● NOTE: Nowadays, in English, the word "they" is used as a gender-neutral singular pronoun - even though some critics argue that "they" should really only be used to refer to plural nouns. ~ A brief history of gender neutral pronouns. BBC News, 22 Sep 2019.

833. The problem with learning from the school of hard knocks is that the test comes first, and the lesson later. ~ Unknown.

834. How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world. ~ Anne Frank.

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835. No one has ever become poor by giving. ~ Anne Frank.

836. What's the difference between mums and dads? Mums work at work and work at home and dads just go to work at work. ~ Answer from a Grade 2 pupil.

837. A foolish man perceives meekness as weakness ~ Terry Miller.

838. Never look down on someone unless you're helping them up. ~ Jesse Jackson.

839. A closed mouth gathers no feet.
- A play on the idiom: "put (one's) foot in (one's) mouth" (to say something stupid). ~ The Free Dictionary.

840. Don't let a little dispute injure a great friendship. ~ Unknown.

841. All friends have faults; forgive a little or have none. ~ Monty Overson.

842. Never regret anything that made you smile. ~ Unknown.

843. Arrogance is the full sister of ignorance. ~ Ruben Zuniga.

844. Behold the turtle. He makes progress only when he sticks his neck out. ~ James Bryant Conant.

845. Close only counts in horseshoes and hand grenades. ~ Idiom.

846. A miss is as good as a mile. ~ Idiom.

847. Close, but no Cigar. ~ Idiom.

848. Courtesy is free. ~ Unknown.

849. Don't dissect a rainbow. ~ Denise LaFrance (Painter).

850. We know accurately only when we know little; with knowledge, doubt increases. ~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832).

851. Education is just a process by which a person begins to learn how to learn. ~ Jay Huff.
● Education is not the learning of facts, but the training of the mind to think. ~ Albert Einstein.

852. Laughter is the shortest distance between two people. ~ Victor Borge.

853. There is a wonderful mythical law of nature that the three things we crave most in life - happiness, freedom, and peace of mind - are always attained by giving them to someone else. ~ General Peyton C. March.

854. When you go into Court, you are putting yourself in the hands of 12 people who weren't smart enough to get out of jury duty. ~ Unknown.

855. If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything. ~ Mark Twain.

856. The Truth told with bad intent
Beats all the lies you can invent. ~ William Blake.

● A lie doesn't become truth,
wrong doesn't become right,
and evil doesn't become good,
just because it's accepted by a majority. ~ Rick Warren.

● In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act. ~ Attributed to George Orwell (but no substantive evidence - Quote Investigator).

857. Tension is who you think you should be. Relaxation is who you are. ~ Chinese Proverb.

858. Learning the hard way makes the lessons more valuable. ~ Monty Overson.
● The lesson of history is that no one learns. ~ Steven Erickson, Deadhouse Gates.

859. Adult: A person who has stopped growing at both ends and is now growing in the middle.

860. Now tell me ... Is there any safer way to hide information?

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Comments on the above denture memory stick:
● "Is that megabits or mega bites?" ~ Walker Eng.
● "I used to have 32 teeth, now I can have 32 MB. Progress!!??" ~ James Miller.

860. When the white missionaries came to Africa, they had the Bible and we had the land. They said, "Let us pray." We closed our eyes. When we opened them, we had the Bible and they had the land. ~ Desmond Tutu.

861. It's not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent that survives. It is the one that is most adaptable to change. ~ Charles Darwin.

862. After the game, the King and the pawn go into the same box. ~ Italian proverb.

863. Dear Optimist, Pessimist, and Realist:
While you guys were busy arguing about the glass of water, I drank it.
Sincerely,
the Opportunist

864. The only reason they say 'Women and children first' is to test the strength of the lifeboats. ~ Jean Kerr.

865. When a man opens a car door for his wife, it's either a new car or a new wife. ~ Prince Philip.

866. Wood burns faster when you have to cut and chop it yourself. ~ Harrison Ford.

867. Lawyers believe a man is innocent until proven broke. ~ Robin Hall.

868. We are here on earth to do good unto others. What the others are here for, I have no idea. ~ W.H. Auden.

869. I speak two languages, Body and English. ~ Mae West.

870. At the cocktail party, one woman said to another, "Aren't you wearing your wedding ring on the wrong finger?" The other replied, "Yes, I am, I married the wrong man."

871. Love is blind. Marriage is an eye-opener. ~ Unknown.
● Marriage is grand, but a divorce is twenty grand. ~ slinky22, Reddit.

872. If a man's wife is his better half, and he marries twice, what then becomes of him? ~ From WackyWits.com.

873. Don't worry about avoiding temptation. As you grow older, it will avoid you. ~ From WackyWits.com.

874. As I hurtled through space, one thought kept crossing my mind - every part of this rocket was supplied by the lowest bidder. ~ John Glenn.

875. If a thing's worth doing, it's worth doing well. ~ Chinese saying.
● There is nothing so useless as doing efficiently that which should not be done at all. ~ Peter Drucker.

876. I'd give my right arm to be ambidextrous! ~ From Oxymoronic Statements.

877. Perspective is in the eye of the beholder. ~ From Oxymoronic Statements.

878. Rehab is for quitters! ~ From Oxymoronic Statements.

879. Be more or less specific. ~ From Oxymoronic Statements.

880. Don't be redundant by repeating yourself. ~ From Oxymoronic Statements.

881. I'm still not sure if I understand ambiguity. ~ From Oxymoronic Statements.

882. Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing. ~ Helen Keller.

883. You never fail until you stop trying. ~ Albert Einstein.

884. The race for quality has no finish line. ~ Successories.

885. The only limitation to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today. ~ Franklin D. Roosevelt.

886. That which we do for ourselves dies with us ... That which we do for others is immortal. ~ Albert Pike.

887. Half the world is composed of people who have something to say and can't; the other half have nothing to say and keep saying it. ~ Lenny Laskowski, Elements of an Effective Speech.

888. To assess the quality of thoughts of people, don't listen to their words, but watch their actions. ~ Amit Kalantri, Wealth of Words.
● Your beliefs become your thoughts. Your thoughts become your words. Your words become your actions. Your actions become your habits. Your habits become your values. Your values become your destiny. ~ Mahatma Gandhi.

889. If the police arrest a mute, do they tell him he has the right to remain silent?

890. The happiest people don't have the best of everything. They just make the best of everything. ~ Unknown.

891. Live simply, love generously, care deeply, speak kindly, leave the rest to God. ~ Ronald Reagan.

892. If a parsley farmer is sued, can they garnish his wages?

893. Does the little mermaid wear an algebra?

894. How is it possible to have a civil war?

895. If you try to fail, and succeed, which have you done?

896. Can an atheist get insurance against Acts of God?

897. Why do shops have signs that read: "GUIDE DOGS ONLY" when the dogs can't read and their owners are blind?

898. Life should have a purpose, however meaningless.

899. I swear to make no promises I cannot keep.

900. I used to eat a lot of natural foods until I learned that most people die of natural causes.

901. Gardening Rule: When weeding, the best way to make sure you are removing a weed and not a valuable plant is to pull on it. If it comes out of the ground easily, it is a valuable plant.

902. The easiest way to find something lost around the house is to buy a replacement.

903. The difference between a rut and a grave is their dimensions. ~ Ellen Glasgow (1873 - 1945).
The difference between a rut and a grave is the depth. ~ Gerald Burrill.

904. The road to success is always under construction. ~ Lily Tomlin.

905. Harte Arbeit führt zum Erfolg! (Trans. from German: Hard work will bring you success!)
● The only place where success comes before work is in the dictionary. ~ Vidal Sassoon.
● As a general rule, the most successful man in life is the man who has the best information. ~ Ahead of the Herd.
● Information is not knowledge. ~ Albert Einstein.

906. You have not lived today until you have done something for someone who can never repay you. ~ John Bunyan.

907. What Confucius did not say:
Man who wants pretty nurse must be patient.
Man who leaps off cliff jumps to conclusion.
Man who drives like hell is bound to get there.
Wise man does not keep sledge hammer and slow computer in same room.
A lion will not cheat on his wife, but a Tiger Wood! ~ Unknown.
Man who runs in front of car gets tired, but man who runs behind car gets exhausted.

Electric Car Explosion.

Posted by Kwai @ Web Videos YT, 28 Mar 2023.
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FACT CHECK: Viral Video Shows Electric Car Exploding while Being Charged?
YouTube video: 1.17 min. Published by Factly, 4 Apr 2023.

908. If you have nothing else to give, you can always give someone a smile. ~ Unknown.

909. A smile is something you can't give away; it always comes back to you. ~ Unknown.

910. A smile is an inexpensive way to change your looks. ~ Charles Gordy.

911. A smile is the light in the window of your face that tells people you're at home. ~ Unknown.

912. If you smile when no one else is around, you really mean it. ~ Andy Rooney.

913. Everyone smiles in the same language. ~ Unknown.

914. Wear a smile - one size fits all. ~ Unknown.

915. Wear a smile and have friends; wear a scowl and have wrinkles. ~ George Eliot.

916. Every smile makes you a day younger. ~ Chinese Proverb.

917. Before you put on a frown, make absolutely sure there are no smiles available. ~ Jim Beggs.

918. A smile cannot be bought, begged, borrowed, or stolen, for it is something that is of no value to anyone until it is given away. ~ Unknown.

919. More smiling, less worrying.
More compassion, less judgment.
More blessed, less stressed.
More love, less hate. ~ Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart.

920. Fear less, hope more; eat less, chew more; whine less, breathe more; talk less, say more; hate less, love more; and all good things are yours. ~ Swedish Proverb.

921. Love is blind; hate is deaf. ~ Unknown.
● Love lights more fires than hate extinguishes. ~ Ella Wheeler Wilcox.

922. No one can hate you more than someone who used to love you. ~ Rick Riordan, The Blood of Olympus.
● Stronger than lover's love is lover's hate. Incurable, in each, the wounds they make. ~ Euripides.
● From the deepest desires often come the deadliest hate. ~ Socrates.

923. Take care that no one hates you justly. ~ Publilius Syrus.
● End discrimination. Hate everybody. ~ Elle Eden.

924. Enjoy when you can, and endure when you must. ~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832).

925. The difference between ordinary and extraordinary is that little extra. ~ Jimmy Johnson.

926. There's a right way and a wrong way to do everything, and the wrong way is to keep trying to make everybody else do it the right way. ~ Colonel Potter in M*A*S*H.

927. The only way you may correct the bad things in your past is to add better things to your future. ~ Shiloh Morrison.

928. Dare to be imperfect and one day there will tug at your sleeve a soulmate. ~ Robert Brault.

929. Promise only what you can deliver. Then deliver more than you promise. ~ Unknown.

930. Don't ever take a fence down until you know why it was put up. ~ Robert Frost.

931. Dig the well before you are thirsty. ~ Chinese Proverb.

932. To know the road ahead, ask those coming back. ~ Chinese Proverb.

933. When you throw dirt, you lose ground. ~ Texan Proverb.

934. Anyone can hold the helm when the sea is calm. ~ Publilius Syrus.

935. The ideal man doesn't smoke, doesn't drink, doesn't do drugs, doesn't swear, doesn't get angry, doesn't exist. ~ Anonymous. (from Cool Funny Quotes).

936. No idea is so antiquated that it was not once modern. No idea is so modern that it will not someday be antiquated. ~ Ellen Glasgow.

937. Never think that war, no matter how necessary, nor how justified, is not a crime. ~ Ernest Hemingway.

938. I am enclosing two tickets to the first night of my new play; bring a friend ... if you have one. ~ George Bernard Shaw to Winston Churchill.
Cannot possibly attend first night, will attend second ... if there is one. ~ Winston Churchill, in response.

939. He has all the virtues I dislike and none of the vices I admire. ~ Winston Churchill.

940. Doing nothing is very hard to do. You never know when you're finished. ~ Leslie Nielsen.

941. The shin bone is a device for finding furniture in the dark. ~ Unknown.

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942. Nothing is foolproof to a sufficiently talented fool. ~ Unknown.

943. A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools. ~ Douglas Adams.

944. When the waitress asked if I wanted my pizza cut into four or eight slices, I said, "Four. I don't think I can eat eight." ~ Yogi Berra.

945. Greed over small gains brings big losses. ~ Chinese idiom.
Don't be penny-wise and pound-foolish. ~ English idiom.
Take care of the pennies and the pounds will take care of themselves. ~ English proverb.

946. In war, there can be no substitute for victory. ~ General Douglas MacArthur.

947. Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you will live forever. ~ Mahatma Gandhi.

948. 12 Steps to Self-Care:
1. If it feels wrong, don't do it.
2. Say "exactly" what you mean.
3. Don't be a people pleaser.
4. Trust your instincts.
5. Never speak bad about yourself.
6. Never give up on your dreams.
7. Don't be afraid to say "No".
8. Don't be afraid to say "Yes".
9. Be kind to yourself.
10. Let go of what you can't control.
11. Stay away from drama and negativity.
12. LOVE. Love yourself. Love others without judgement. ~ Posted on Theta Healing.

949. Only through imitation do we develop toward originality. ~ John Steinbeck.

950. The most precious possession that ever comes to a man in this world is a woman's heart. ~ Josiah G. Holland.

951. As you get older three things happen. The first is your memory goes, and I can't remember the other two. ~ Norman Wisdom.

952. ABC's of Ageing Gracefully ~ From Courage in Stone.com.

953. The ABC's of the Good Life: Action, Belief, Curiosity, Discipline, Energy & Friends. YouTube video, 15:29 min. Published by Conor Neill, Jun 4, 2018.

* Xeriscape: "Derived from the Greek xeros meaning 'dry,' the term means literally 'dry landscape' ... xeriscape landscaping needn't be limited to desert plants ... Rather, the practice allows you to use the plants you want, but insists on common-sense measures that will help conserve water ..."

954. Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one's definition of your life; define yourself. ~ Harvey Fierstein.

955. Don't go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first. ~ Mark Twain.

956. Only a life lived for others is a life worthwhile. ~ Albert Einstein.

957. Life is a dream for the wise, a game for the fool, a comedy for the rich, a tragedy for the poor. ~ Sholom Aleichem.

958. 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.

959. If the shoe fits, get another one just like it. ~ Unknown.

960. Get your facts first, then you can distort them as you please. ~ Mark Twain.

961. If the facts don't fit the theory, change the facts. ~ Albert Einstein.

962. People who think they know everything are a great annoyance to those of us who do. ~ Isaac Asimov.

963. A lot of people are afraid of heights. Not me, I'm afraid of widths. ~ Steven Wright.

964. A woman's mind is cleaner than a man's; she changes it more often. ~ Oliver Herford.

965. If you stop advertising to save money ... you might as well stop your clock to save time!! ~ Echo Germanica, April 2013. No. 4, p. 2.

966. Clever Anagrams - What you get when you re-arrange the same letters:
● Animosity: Is no amity
● Astronomer: Moon starer
● Butterfly: Flutter by
● The centenarians: I can hear ten "tens"
● Coins kept: In Pockets
● A confessional: On a scale of sin
● The countryside: No city dust here
● A decimal point: I'm a dot in place
● Debit card: Bad credit
● Desperation: A rope ends it
● The detectives: Detect thieves
● Dormitory: Dirty room
● Drawback: Backward
● The earthquakes: That queer shake
● Election results: Lies - Let's recount
● Eleven plus two: Twelve plus one
● The Eyes: They see
● Fir cones: Conifers
● A gentleman: Elegant man
● George Bush: He bugs Gore
● Good Friday: Diary of God
● Imprints: Misprint
● Irritable Bowel Syndrome: O my terrible drains below
● Laxative: Exit lava
● Listen: Silent
● Listened: Enlisted
● Lookouts: Outlooks
● Lost in Space: So, let's panic!
● Marching: Charming
● The Morse Code: Here come dots
● Mother's Day: Hey stardom
● Nameless: Salesman
● Overhang: Hangover
● A persecution: I run to escape
● Postmaster: Stamp store
● Presbyterian: Best in prayer
● Schoolmaster: The classroom
● Serfdom: Deforms
● Shotgun: Gunshot
● Slot machines: Cash lost in me
● Snooze alarms: Alas! No more Z's
● Statue of Liberty: Built to stay free
● Thinker: Rethink
● Tom Cruise: So I'm Cuter
● Toneless: Noteless
● United Arab Emirates: But I'm in a desert area
● Viewers: Reviews
● See also: Anagram Solver. WordMantra Word Descrambler

967. The budget should be balanced, the treasury should be refilled, public debt should be reduced, the arrogance of officialdom should be tempered and controlled, and the assistance to foreign lands should be curtailed lest Rome become bankrupt. People must again learn to work, instead of living on public assistance. ~ Cicero, 55 BC.

● In place of the above Internet eRumor is the actual quote: The arrogance of officialdom should be tempered and controlled, and assistance to foreign lands should be curtailed, lest Rome fall. ~ Marcus Tullius Cicero (106 - 43 BC).

968. Actual bank robbery in Detroit. Absolutely priceless. Video. 0:34 min.

969. Two signs at a Taco restaurant:
● Sign #1: Sorry, we are CLOSED due to short staff.
● Sign #2: Hire taller staff cause I need a taco!

Go to #1000 to see more FUNNY SIGNS

970. Do not let the behavior of others destroy your inner peace. ~ Dalai Lama.

971. Never miss a good chance to shut up. ~ Will Rogers.

972. Everything will be alright in the end; so, if it's not alright, it's not yet the end. ~ Saying from India - Quote from The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2011 film).

973. Friendship should not be thought of as something we get, it is something we give. ~ Unknown.
● Good friends are like the rare jewels of life, difficult to find and impossible to replace. ~ Unknown.
● Friendship doubles your joys, and divides your sorrows. ~ Euripides.

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974. Blessed are those who can give without remembering, and take without forgetting. ~ Elizabeth Bibesco.

975. Seeing through is rarely seeing into. ~ Elizabeth Bibesco.

9 Hidden Faces
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976. You have your way. I have my way. As for the right way, the correct way, and the only way, it does not exist. ~ Friedrich Nietzsche.

977. I cannot believe in a God who wants to be praised all the time. ~ Friedrich Nietzsche.
● I cannot imagine a God who rewards and punishes the objects of his creation, whose purposes are modeled after our own - a God, in short, who is but a reflection of human frailty. ~ Albert Einstein.

978. He who cannot lie does not know what the truth is. ~ Friedrich Nietzsche.

979. Thoughts are the shadows of our feelings - always darker, emptier and simpler. ~ Friedrich Nietzsche.

980. Great intellects are skeptical. ~ Friedrich Nietzsche.

981. Love is a state in which a man sees things most decidedly as they are not. ~ Friedrich Nietzsche.

982. If there were no God, it would have been necessary to invent him. ~ Voltaire.

983. Only those who attempt the absurd can achieve the impossible. ~ Albert Einstein.
● Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities. ~ Voltaire (1694-1778).

984. It is hard to free fools from the chains they revere. ~ Voltaire.

985. It is better to risk saving a guilty man than to condemn an innocent one. ~ Voltaire.

986. The tongue, like a sharp knife ... Kills without drawing blood. ~ Buddha.

987. Thousands of candles can be lit from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared. ~ Buddha.

988. Work to live, don't live to work. ~ Hank Kimball, Hooterville's County Agent, Character from "Green Acres" (1960s).

989. Marriage is the triumph of imagination over intelligence. Second marriage is the triumph of hope over experience. ~ Oscar Wilde.
● Don't let your emotions play with your intelligence. (Facts over feelings). ~ Alex Ferman.

990. Love me without fear. Trust me without questioning. Need me without demanding. Want me without restrictions. Accept me without change. Desire me without inhibitions. ~ Dick Sutphen.

991. There are signs that Allah will grant victory to Islam in Europe without swords, without guns, without conquest. We don't need terrorists, we don't need homicide bombers. The 50+ million Muslims [in Europe] will turn it into a Muslim continent within a few decades. ~ Muammar al-Gaddafi.
● See Muslim Demographics. YouTube video, 7:31 min.
● See also Muslim Demographics from Snopes.com.
● 2.2 Billion: World's Muslim Population Doubles by Hannamayj, from Time.com.
● The Future of World Religion (in 2050) Published on Jul 22, 2015 by The Daily Conversation.

992. What happens if a politician drowns in a river? That is pollution.
What happens if all of them drown? That is solution. ~ Unknown.

993. You don't drown by falling in the water; you drown by staying there. ~ Edwin Louis Cole.

994. Politicians are the same all over. They promise to build a bridge even where there is no river. ~ Nikita Khrushchev.

995. Politics is the gentle art of getting votes from the poor and campaign funds from the rich, by promising to protect each from the other. ~ Oscar Ameringer.

996. Instead of giving a politician the keys to the city, it might be better to change the locks. ~ Doug Larson.

997. Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson.

998. A good head and a good heart are always a formidable combination. ~ Nelson Mandela.

999. The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails. ~ William Arthur Ward.

Elvis Presley - Coca-Cola Ad on Truck
15 May 2015

I have an idea for a chain of Elvis steak houses. It will be for people who love meat tender.
● Just saw Elvis at the hardware store ... Returned a sander!

1000. Posted Signs and Notices from Around the World:

● Doctor's office in Rome:
SPECIALIST IN WOMEN AND OTHER DISEASES

● Cocktail lounge in Norway:
LADIES ARE REQUESTED NOT TO HAVE CHILDREN IN THE BAR

● In a Bangkok temple:
IT IS FORBIDDEN TO ENTER A WOMAN, EVEN A FOREIGNER, IF DRESSED AS A MAN

● Dry cleaners in Bangkok:
DROP YOUR TROUSERS HERE FOR THE BEST RESULTS

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"... the origin of sagging pants can be traced back to the American prison system, wherein the inmates were not allowed to wear belts or shoestrings, which could be used as potential weapons during fights, or to commit suicide." ~ MenWit.

● On an electrician's truck:
LET US REMOVE YOUR SHORTS

● Hotel in Yugoslavia:
THE FLATTENING OF UNDERWEAR WITH PLEASURE, IS THE JOB OF THE CHAMBERMAID

● Hotel in Japan:
YOU ARE INVITED TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE CHAMBERMAID

● In a Tokyo bar:
SPECIAL COCKTAILS FOR THE LADIES WITH NUTS

● A Laundry in Rome:
LADIES, LEAVE YOUR CLOTHES HERE AND THEN SPEND THE AFTERNOON HAVING A GOOD TIME

● In a laundromat: AUTOMATIC WASHING MACHINES.
PLEASE REMOVE ALL YOUR CLOTHES WHEN THE LIGHT GOES OUT

● Advertisement in UK: FOR SALE BY OWNER.
JOINING NUDIST COLONY! Must sell washer and dryer £100.

● In the window of a dry cleaner's:
SAME DAY DRY CLEANING - ALL GARMENTS READY IN 48 HOURS

● Advertisement: FOR SALE BY OWNER.
WEDDING DRESS FOR SALE ... Worn once by mistake. Call Stephanie.

● In an Abu Dhabi Souk shop window:
IF THE FRONT IS CLOSED PLEASE ENTER THROUGH MY BACKSIDE

● Airline ticket office in Copenhagen:
WE TAKE YOUR BAGS AND SEND THEM IN ALL DIRECTIONS

● In a Nairobi restaurant:
CUSTOMERS WHO FIND OUR WAITRESSES RUDE, OUGHT TO SEE THE MANAGER

● On the main road to Mombasa, leaving Nairobi:
TAKE NOTICE: WHEN THIS SIGN IS UNDER WATER, THIS ROAD IS IMPASSABLE

Confused? Which way to go?
Photo by Flickr User Chuck Coker
posted on DefensiveDriving.org

Image source: DefensiveDriving.org

● In a city restaurant:
OPEN SEVEN DAYS A WEEK AND WEEKENDS

● In a cemetery:
PERSONS ARE PROHIBITED FROM PICKING FLOWERS, FROM ANY BUT THEIR OWN GRAVES

● In the lobby of a Moscow hotel across from a Russian Orthodox Monastery:
YOU ARE WELCOME TO VISIT THE CEMETERY, WHERE FAMOUS RUSSIAN AND SOVIET COMPOSERS, ARTISTS AND WRITERS ARE BURIED DAILY, EXCEPT THURSDAY

● Tokyo hotel's rules and regulations:
GUESTS ARE REQUESTED NOT TO SMOKE, OR DO OTHER DISGUSTING BEHAVIOURS IN BED

● On the menu of a Swiss restaurant:
OUR WINES LEAVE YOU NOTHING TO HOPE FOR

● Sign posted in Germany's Black Forest:
IT IS STRICTLY FORBIDDEN ON OUR BLACK FOREST CAMPING SITE, THAT PEOPLE OF DIFFERENT SEX, FOR INSTANCE, MEN AND WOMEN, LIVE TOGETHER IN ONE TENT, UNLESS THEY ARE MARRIED WITH EACH OTHER FOR THIS PURPOSE

● Sign in a German cafe:
MOTHERS, PLEASE WASH YOUR HANS BEFORE EATING

● Hotel in Zurich:
BECAUSE OF THE IMPROPRIETY OF ENTERTAINING GUESTS OF THE OPPOSITE SEX IN THE BEDROOM, IT IS SUGGESTED THAT THE LOBBY BE USED FOR THIS PURPOSE

● Sign in an Egyptian hotel:
IF YOU REQUIRE ROOM SERVICE, PLEASE OPEN DOOR AND SHOUT, "ROOM SERVICE!"

● In a London department store:
BARGAIN BASEMENT UPSTAIRS

● Sign in a London pizza parlour:
OPEN 24 HOURS - EXCEPT 2 A.M. - 8 A.M.

● Advertisement for donkey rides in Thailand:
WOULD YOU LIKE TO RIDE ON YOUR OWN ASS?

● Advertisement in UK: FOR SALE BY OWNER.
COMPLETE SET OF ENCYCLOPÆDIA BRITANNIA, 45 VOLUMES. Excellent condition, £200 or best offer. No longer needed, got married, wife knows everything.

● On a poster at Kencom:
ARE YOU AN ADULT THAT CANNOT READ? IF SO, WE CAN HELP.

● Message on a leaflet:
IF YOU CANNOT READ, THIS LEAFLET WILL TELL YOU HOW TO GET LESSONS

● Outside an Everett Vacuum store:
EVERYTHING WE SELL SUCKS

● In an office:
AFTER TEA BREAK, STAFF SHOULD EMPTY THE TEAPOT AND STAND UPSIDE DOWN ON THE DRAINING BOARD

● In another office:
WOULD THE PERSON WHO TOOK THE STEP LADDER YESTERDAY PLEASE BRING IT BACK OR FURTHER STEPS WILL BE TAKEN

● Outside a furniture shop:
OUR MOTTO: WE PROMISE YOU THE LOWEST PRICES AND WORKMANSHIP

● Notice in health food shop window:
CLOSED DUE TO ILLNESS

● In a dental office:
BE TRUE TO YOUR TEETH OR THEY WILL BE FALSE TO YOU

● Spotted in a safari park:
ELEPHANTS PLEASE STAY IN YOUR CAR

● Sign in a picture shop:
LET US PUT YOU IN THE PICTURE AND FRAME YOU

● Notice in restaurant:
OUR CUTLERY IS NOT MEDICINE SO PLEASE DO NOT TAKE IT AFTER MEALS

● Sign on a newly painted bench:
WET PAINT - WATCH IT OR WEAR IT

● On a repair shop door:
WE CAN REPAIR ANYTHING. (PLEASE KNOCK HARD ON THE DOOR - THE BELL DOESN'T WORK)

● A sign in a shoe repair store in Vancouver:
WE WILL HEEL YOU
WE WILL SAVE YOUR SOLE
WE WILL EVEN DYE FOR YOU

● Sign over a gynecologist's office
DR. GEORGE, AT YOUR CERVIX

● At an eye clinic:
IF YOU DON'T SEE WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR
YOU'VE COME TO THE RIGHT PLACE

● On a plumber's truck:
WE REPAIR WHAT YOUR HUSBAND FIXED

● In a non-smoking area:
IF WE SEE SMOKE, WE WILL ASSUME YOU ARE ON FIRE AND WILL TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION

● On a maternity room door:
PUSH. PUSH. PUSH.

● At a car dealership:
THE BEST WAY TO GET BACK ON YOUR FEET - MISS A CAR PAYMENT

● At the electric company:
WE WOULD BE DELIGHTED IF YOU SEND IN YOUR PAYMENT ON TIME. HOWEVER, IF YOU DON'T, YOU WILL BE DE-LIGHTED.

● In a restaurant window:
DON'T STAND THERE AND BE HUNGRY
COME ON IN AND GET FED UP

● Sign on the back of septic tank truck:
CAUTION: THIS TRUCK IS FULL OF POLITICAL PROMISES

● On a septic tank truck:
YESTERDAY'S MEALS ON WHEELS

● On a plumber's truck:
DON'T SLEEP WITH A DRIP
CALL YOUR PLUMBER

● Outside a muffler shop:
NO APPOINTMENT NECESSARY
WE HEAR YOU COMING

● In the front yard of a funeral home:
DRIVE CAREFULLY
WE'LL WAIT

● Sign at a church:
HONK IF YOU LOVE JESUS
TEXT WHILE DRIVING IF YOU WANT TO MEET HIM

● A sign on a blinds and curtain truck:
BLIND MAN DRIVING

● In a podiatrist's office:
TIME HEELS ALL WOUNDS

● Notice in a farmer's field:
THE FARMER ALLOWS WALKERS TO CROSS THE FIELD FOR FREE, BUT THE BULL CHARGES

● At a tire shop in Milwaukee:
INVITE US TO YOUR NEXT BLOWOUT

● At a propane filling station:
THANK HEAVEN FOR LITTLE GRILLS

● In a Chicago radiator shop:
BEST PLACE IN TOWN TO TAKE A LEAK

● In a veterinarian's waiting room:
BE BACK IN 5 MINUTES
SIT!
STAY!

   

1001. My socks got really holy ... I can only wear them to church. ~ Unknown.

1002. If you spend your day in a well, can you say that your day was well-spent? ~ Unknown.

1003. I Googled "how to start a wildfire". I got 47,100,000 matches in 0.54 seconds. ~ Unknown.

1004. A vegan said to me, "People who sell meat are gross!" I said, "People who sell fruits and vegetables are grocer." ~ Unknown.

1005. Two egotists started a fight. It was an I for an I. ~ Short-funny.com.

1006. I have no home, I haven't got control, I can't see any escape. Way past the time I got a new keyboard. ~ Short-funny.com.

1007. What do lawyers wear to court? Lawsuits! ~ Unknown.

1008. Can February March? No, but April May. ~ Unknown.

1009. Whoever said "nothing is impossible" clearly never tried slamming a revolving door. ~ Unknown.
● If anything is possible, is it possible for something to be impossible? ~ Unknown.

1010. If money doesn't grow on trees, why do banks have branches? ~ Unknown.

1011. There is no exception to the rule that every rule has an exception. ~ James Thurber.

1012. Life is too short to be anything but happy. (From a German saying: Das Leben ist zu kurz, um nicht glücklich zu sein.) ~ Unknown.
You can't wait until life isn't hard anymore before you decide to be happy. ~ Jane Marczewski, aka Nightbirde.
No one is happy unless he respects himself. ~ Jean-Jacques Rousseau.

1013. We all die. The goal isn't to live forever, the goal is to create something that will. ~ Chuck Palahniuk, Diary.

1014. It is worse for a liar to tell the truth than for a lover of truth to lie. ~ Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Ethics.

1015. One death is a tragedy; one million is a statistic. ~ Joseph Stalin.
Der Tod eines Menschen ist eine Tragödie, der Tod von Millionen eine Statistik. (In German).

1016. There is no true truth only false truth, therefore the truth is false as in true. ~ Anonymous.

1017. There are worse things than getting a call for a wrong number at 4:00 am. It could be a right number. ~ Unknown.

1018. To thrive in life, you need three bones: a wishbone, a backbone and a funny bone. ~ Reba McEntire.

1019. Always remember that you are absolutely unique. Just like everyone else. ~ Margaret Mead.

1020. A successful man is one who makes more money than his wife can spend. A successful woman is one who can find such a man. ~ Lana Turner.

1021. Prejudice is a great time saver. You can form opinions without having to get the facts. ~ E. B. White.

1022. It takes considerable knowledge just to realize the extent of your own ignorance. ~ Thomas Sowell.

1023. Procrastination is the art of keeping up with yesterday. ~ Don Marquis.

1024. Tact is the ability to describe others as they see themselves. ~ Abraham Lincoln.
● Tact is the art of making a point without making an enemy. ~ Isaac Newton.

1025. Everything that used to be a sin is now a disease. ~ Bill Maher.

1026. I would never die for my beliefs because I might be wrong. ~ Bertrand Russell.

1027. All generalizations are false, including this one. ~ Mark Twain.

1028. One picture is worth 1,000 denials. - Ronald Reagan.
● A picture is worth 1,000 words. ~ Henrik Ibsen. Derived from Ibsen's "A thousand words leave not the same deep impression as does a single deed."

1029. To whom do I owe the biggest apology? No one's been crueler than I've been to me. ~ Alanis Morissette.

1030. Fear is only as deep as the mind allows. ~ Japanese proverb.
● Be greedy when others are fearful, and fearful when others are greedy. ~ Warren Buffett.

1031. Life is a foreign language. All men mispronounce it. ~ Christopher Morley.

1032. If you can't think of a word, say "I forgot the English word for it." That way people will think you're bilingual instead of an idiot. ~ Unknown.

1033. It is better to be approximately right than precisely wrong. ~ Warren Buffett, The Essays of Warren Buffett: Lessons for Corporate America.

1034. Don't insist on your rights, don't blame each other, don't judge or condemn each other, don't find fault with each other, but accept each other as you are, and forgive each other every day from the bottom of your hearts. ~ Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Letters and Papers from Prison.

1035. Pride is concerned with who is right. Humility is concerned with what is right. ~ Ezra Taft Benson.

1036. There is meaning in every journey that is unknown to the traveler. ~ Dietrich Bonhoeffer.

1037. Judging others makes us blind, whereas love is illuminating. ~ Dietrich Bonhoeffer, The Cost of Discipleship.

1038. Time is the most valuable thing that we have, because it is the most irrevocable. ~ Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Letters and Papers from Prison.

1039. Stay away from anger. It hurts only you and nobody else. If you are right, then there is no need to get angry. If you are wrong, then you don't have any right to get angry. ~ Buddha quote.

● Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one who gets burned. ~ Buddha quote.

1040. He who wants to accomplish finds a way. He who doesn't, finds an excuse. ~ Hector D. Cantu and Carlos Castellanos in Baldo (Cartoon) - From Quotations - Volume 5.

1041. One can give a reason for everything. ~ Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy.

1042. Only he who believes is obedient, and only he who is obedient believes. ~ Dietrich Bonhoeffer, The Cost of Discipleship.

1043. One act of obedience is worth a hundred sermons. ~ Deitrich Bonhoeffer.

1044. Words and hearts should be handled with care, for words when spoken and hearts when broken are the hardest things to repair. ~ Unknown.

1045. German Proverbs from 21 Inspiring German Proverbs for German Learners by Nick Schäferhoff: (Go to the site to see detailed explanations of meanings of these proverbs).

1. Aller Anfang ist schwer. English: All beginnings are hard.

2. Des Teufels liebstes Möbelstück ist die lange Bank. English: The devil's favorite piece of furniture is the long bench.
(In German, putting something on the "long bench" means putting it off).

3. Wer rastet, der rostet. English: He who rests grows rusty.

4. Anfangen ist leicht, Beharren eine Kunst. English: Starting is easy, persistence is an art.

5. Aus Schaden wird man klug. English: Failure makes smart.

6. Das Billige ist immer das Teuerste. English: The cheapest is always the most expensive.

7. Du siehst den Wald vor lauter Bäumen nicht. English: You don't see the forest for all the trees.

8. Erst denken, dann handeln. English: First think, then act.

9. Eile mit Weile. English: Make haste with leisure. (Take time to smell the roses).

10. Kümmere Dich nicht um ungelegte Eier. English: Don't worry about eggs that haven't been laid yet.

11. Krummes Holz gibt auch gerades Feuer. English: Crooked logs also make straight fires.
Similar to quote from Theodore Roosevelt: Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.

12. Man muss die Dinge nehmen, wie sie kommen. English: You have to take things the way they come.

13. Morgenstund hat Gold im Mund. English: The morning hour has gold in its mouth. (Early bird catches the worm).

14. Selbst ist der Mann. Selbst ist die Frau. English: Yourself is the man. Yourself is the woman. (If you want something done, you have to do it yourself).

15. Taten sagen mehr als Worte. English: Actions say more than words.

16. Übung macht den Meister. English: Practice is what makes a master.

17. Wer zwei Hasen auf einmal jagt bekommt keinen. English: He who chases two rabbits at once will catch none.

18. Wer A sagt, muss auch B sagen. English: He who says A also has to say B. (If you commit to something, commit to it all the way).

19. Wenn der Reiter nichts taugt, ist das Pferd schuld. English: If the rider is no good, it's the horse's fault.

20. Der Hunger kommt beim Essen. English: Appetite emerges while eating.

21. Dienst ist Dienst und Schnaps ist Schnaps. English: Work is work and liquor is liquor. (There's light at the end of the tunnel).

1046. The main facts in human life are five: birth, food, sleep, love and death. ~ E.M. Forster.

1047. Those who think there is a time limit when grieving, have never lost a piece of their heart. ~ Note posted by David Dowell's sister Hannah on Facebook.
David Dowell passed away as a result of salmonella poisoning, possibly caused by the gecko that he ate. From Queensland, Australia, David would have turned 35 in June 2019 but he was tragically ripped away from his partner of 15 years and three daughters 10 days after he was dared to eat a gecko at a Christmas party on December 1, 2018.

1048. When it comes to grieving, there are no shoulds or oughts, that it is different for everyone, that you are allowed to feel what you feel, when you want to feel it. We do not grieve by a rule book. ~ Rebecca Abrams, When Parents Die.

1049. The capacity to love requires the necessity to mourn when someone you love dies. ~ Dr. Alan Wolfelt.

1050. I'm still here, please don't mourn for me,
I'm still here, though you don't see.
I'm right by your side each night and day,
and within your heart I long to stay.
My body is gone, but I'm always near.
I'm everything you feel, see or hear.
My spirit is free, but I'll never depart,
as long as you keep me alive in your heart.
I'll never wander out of your sight,
I'm the brightest star on a summer night.
I'll never be beyond your reach,
I'm the warm moist sand when you're at the beach.
I'm the colorful leaves, when fall comes around,
and the pure white snow that blankets the ground.
I'm the beautiful flowers of which you're so fond,
the clear cool water in a quiet pond.
I'm the first bright blossom you'll see in the spring,
the first warm raindrop that April will bring.
I'm the first ray of light when the sun starts to shine,
and you'll see that the face in the moon is mine.
When you start thinking there's no one to love you,
you can talk to me through the Lord above you.
I'll whisper my answer through the leaves on the trees,
and you'll feel my presence in the soft summer breeze.
I'm the hot salty tears that flow when you weep,
and the beautiful dreams that come while you sleep.
I'm the smile you see on a baby's face.
Just look for me, I'm everyplace!
~ Obituary of Manuel Soares.
Sunrise June 11, 1937 Arrifes, Portugal.
Sunset December 6, 2010 Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

1051. For life and death are one, even as the river and the sea are one. ~ Kahlil Gibran.

1052. There is nothing that can replace the absence of someone dear to us ... the more beautiful and full the remembrances, the more difficult the separation. ~ Dietrich Bonhoeffer.
● Death ends a life, not a relationship. All the love you created is still there. All the memories are still there. You live on - in the hearts of everyone you have touched and nurtured while you were here. ~ Morrie Schwartz.

1053. On "Companioning" the Bereaved by Dr. Alan Wolfelt:
● 1. Companioning is about being present to another person's pain; it is not about taking away the pain.
● 2. Companioning is about going to the wilderness of the soul with another human being; it is not about thinking you are responsible for finding the way out.
● 3. Companioning is about honoring the spirit; it is not about focusing on the intellect.
● 4. Companioning is about listening with the heart; it is not about analyzing with the head.
● 5. Companioning is about bearing witness to the struggles of others; it is not about judging or directing these struggles.
● 6. Companioning is about walking alongside; it is not about leading or being led.
● 7. Companioning means discovering the gifts of sacred silence; it does not mean filling up every moment with words.
● 8. Companioning the bereaved is about being still; it is not about frantic movement forward.
● 9. Companioning is about respecting disorder and confusion; it is not about imposing order and logic.
● 10. Companioning is about learning from others; it is not about teaching them.
● 11. Companioning is about curiosity; it is not about expertise. ~ Alan D. Wolfelt, Ph.D., Center for Loss & Life Transition.
Note: A shortened version of Companioning the Bereaved is available at the Coping Centre.
See also: How to Help Grieving People by Roslyn Crichton, ed. by Wendy Lindsay.

1054. The risk of love is loss, and the price of loss is grief - But the pain of grief is only a shadow when compared with the pain of never risking love. ~ Hilary Stanton Zunin.

1055. When we lose someone we love, we must learn not to live without them, but to live with the love they left behind. ~ Anonymous.

1056. Grief never ends, but it changes. It's a passage, not a place to stay. Grief is not a sign of weakness, nor a lack of faith. It is the price of love. ~ Unknown.

1057. When someone you love becomes a memory, the memory becomes a treasure. ~ Unknown.

1058. The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched. They must be felt with the heart. ~ Helen Keller.

1059. When you are sorrowful, look again in your heart, and you shall see that in truth you are weeping for that which has been your delight. ~ Kahlil Gibran.
● There is no greater sorrow than to recall happiness in times of misery. ~ Dante.
● The pain of missing you is a beautiful reminder of the joy of loving you. ~ Dean Jackson.

1060. There is no pain so great as the memory of joy in present grief. ~ Aeschylus.

1061. The only way to get over a death is by seeing it as a life completed, instead of a life interrupted. ~ Anonymous.

1062. The death of a beloved is an amputation. ~ C. S. Lewis.
● Death ends a life, not a relationship. ~ Mitch Albom.
● Say not in grief that "he is no more" but in thankfulness that "he was". ~ Hebrew Proverb.
● Deep down inside, we always seek for our departed loved ones. ~ Munia Khan.
● Come back. Even as a shadow, even as a dream. ~ Euripides.

1063. His death brings new experience to my life - that of a wound that will not heal. ~ Ernst Jünger.

1064. The sorrow we feel when we lose a loved one is the price we pay to have had them in our lives. ~ Rob Liano.

1065. They said ... Time will heal all wounds but they lied. ~ Tilicia Haridat.

1066. Grief's timing is not my timing.
But if I give grief the day,
If I mourn the loss of could have been,
Do I also bury tomorrow's would have been? ~ The Thing to Do with Hearts.

1067. I love you every day. And now I will miss you every day. ~ Mitch Albom.

1068. If the people we love are stolen from us, the way to have them live on is to never stop loving them. ~ James O'Barr.

1069. Those we love don't go away, they walk beside us every day. Unseen, unheard, but always near; so loved, so missed, and so very dear. ~ Anonymous.
● In life, we loved you dearly. In death, we love you still. In our hearts, you hold a place no one else will ever fill. ~ Unknown.
● What we have once enjoyed deeply we can never lose. All that we love deeply becomes a part of us. ~ Helen Keller.
● Unable are the loved to die. For love is immortality. ~ Emily Dickinson.

1070. Tears have always been easier to shed than explain. ~ Marty Rubin.

1071. If tears could build a stairway,
and memories a lane.
I would walk right up to Heaven
and bring you back again.

No farewell words were spoken,
No time to say "Goodbye".
You were gone before I knew it,
and only God knows why.

My heart still aches with sadness,
and secret tears still flow.
What it meant to love you -
No one can ever know.

But now I know you want me
to mourn for you no more;
To remember all the happy times
life still has much in store.

Since you'll never be forgotten,
I pledge to you today
A hallowed place within my heart
is where you'll always stay. ~ Unknown

1072. It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather, we should thank God that such men lived. ~ George S. Patton, Jr.

1073. Grief, I've learned, is just love. It's all the love you want to give but cannot. All of that unspent love gathers up in the corners of your eyes, the lump in your throat, and in that hollow part of your chest. Grief is just love with no place to go. ~ Anonymous.

1074. I should know enough about loss to realize that you never really stop missing someone - you just learn to live around the huge gaping hole of their absence. ~ Alyson Noel.

1075. Grief is not a disorder, a disease or a sign of weakness. It is an emotional, physical and spiritual necessity, the price you pay for love. The only cure for grief is to grieve. ~ Earl Grollman.

1076. Nothing that grieves us can be called little; by the external laws of proportion, a child's loss of a doll and a king's loss of a crown are events of the same size. ~ Mark Twain, Which Was the Dream?

1077. There is a sacredness in tears. They are not the mark of weakness, but of power. They speak more eloquently than ten thousand tongues. They are the messengers of overwhelming grief, of deep contrition, and of unspeakable love. ~ Washington Irving.

1078. Tears are the silent language of grief. ~ Voltaire.

1079. There is no grief like the grief that does not speak. ~ Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
● Grief can't be shared. Everyone carries it alone; his own burden in his own way. ~ Anne Morrow Lindbergh.
● Grieving doesn't make you imperfect. It makes you human. ~ Sarah Dessen.

1080. Fill not your heart with pain and sorrow,
But remember me in every tomorrow.
Remember the joy, the laughter, the smiles,
I've only gone to rest a little while.
Although my leaving causes pain and grief,
My going has eased my hurt and given me relief.
So dry your eyes and remember me,
Not as I am now, but as I used to be.
Because, I will remember you all
And look on with a smile.
Understand in your hearts,
I've only gone to rest a little while.
As long as I have the love of each of you,
I can live my life in the hearts of all of you. ~ Joey Beighley.

1081. Why does it take a minute to say hello and forever to say goodbye? ~ Unknown.

1082. I Will Wait for You

I will wait for you ...
Though we never had a chance to say goodbye,
remember me ...
When winter snows are falling through a quiet sky,
I'll remember you.

When, in our darkest hour,
you held my hand and prayed I wouldn't go,
but a silent voice called out to me;
my time had come, and I had to travel Home ...

Since then, I know your life has never been the same,
for I visit you each day:
so many times I've felt your pain:
I've watched you cry,
and I've heard you call my name ...

But now, further along life's road I stand
in a timeless world, just beyond your sight,
but waiting for the day when I can take your hand
and bring you across to this Land of Golden Light ...

Till then, remember me, you understand - and try not to cry.
But if you do,
let your tears fall for the happiness and joy we knew,
and for the special love we shared;
for love can never die. ~ Stephen O'Brien.
From Poems for funerals without religion.

1083. All deaths are sudden, no matter how gradual the dying may be. ~ Michael McDowell.
● No matter how prepared you think you are for the death of a loved one, it still comes as a shock, and it still hurts very deeply. ~ Billy Graham.

1084. Grief is the price we pay for love. ~ Queen Elizabeth II.

1085. Death leaves a heartache no one can heal, love leaves a memory no one can steal. ~ From a headstone in Ireland.
● Come back. Even as a shadow, even as a dream. ~ Euripides.

1086. We understand death only after it has placed its hands on someone we love. ~ Anne L. de Stael.

1087. I'm gone now, but I'm still very near, death can never separate us. Each time you feel a gentle breeze, it's my hand caressing your face. Each time the wind blows, it carries my voice whispering your name. When the wind blows your hair ever so slightly, think of it as me pushing a few stray hairs back in place. When you feel a few raindrops fall on your face, it's me placing soft kisses. At night, look up in the sky and see the stars shining so brightly. I'm one of those stars and I'm winking at you and smiling with delight. For never forget, you're the apple of my eye. ~ Mary M Green.

1088. At some point you must make a decision to move beyond the denial. If you spend too long denying your loss, you will be unable to move forward with life. ~ GriefShare Daily Emails, Day 18.

1089. You cannot prevent the birds of sorrow from flying over your head, but you can prevent them from building nests in your hair. ~ Old Chinese proverb.

1090. On grieving for the loss of a loved one: There is no microwave healing. There's no way you can just zap it, and you're better. God's healing takes time, but morning will come. ~ Barbara Johnson.

1091. There is no wrong way to grieve, provided you're not harming yourself or others. Feelings are the reason we exist; happiness, joy, exhilaration, love, all these things make life worth living. And sadness is part of that. Feeling sadness isn't being weak. It's just part of being alive. ~ thebestatheist, Reddit, May 22, 2020.

1092. A wife who loses a husband is called a widow. A husband who loses a wife is called a widower. A child who loses his parents is called an orphan. There is no word for a parent who loses a child. That's how awful the loss is. ~ Jay Neugeboren, An Orphan's Tale.

1093. There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under heaven; a time to be born and a time to die, a time to plant and a time to uproot. ~ Ecclesiastes 3:1-2.

1094. A thief in Paris planned to steal some paintings from the Louvre. After careful planning, he got past security, stole the paintings, and made it safely to his van. However, he was captured only two blocks away when his van ran out of gas. When asked how he could mastermind such a crime and then make such an obvious error, he replied, "Monsieur, that is the reason I stole the paintings. I had no Monet to buy Degas to make the Van Gogh because I was too Baroque." See if you have De Gaulle to send this on to someone else. I sent it to you because I figured I had nothing Toulouse. ~ Unknown.

1101. We are all manufacturers. Making good, making trouble, or making excuses. ~ H. V. Adolt.

1102. Don't make excuses, make good. ~ Elbert Hubbard.

1103. If you don't want to do something, one excuse is as good as another. ~ Yiddish Proverb.

1104. Two wrongs don't make a right, but they make a good excuse. ~ Thomas Szasz.

1105. There aren't nearly enough crutches in the world for all the lame excuses. ~ Marcus Stroup.

1106. It is easier to find an excuse than to find a reason. ~ Doug Brown.

1107. Turn your excuses into reasons. ~ Unknown.

1108. We have forty million reasons for failure, but not a single excuse. ~ Rudyard Kipling.

1109. Never ruin an apology with an excuse. ~ Kimberly Johnson.

1110. He who excuses himself, accuses himself. ~ Gabriel Meurier.

1111. Uncalled for excuses are practical confessions. ~ Charles Simmons.

1112. If you're going to quit anything: Quit being lazy, quit making excuses, and quit waiting for the right time. ~ Unknown.

1113. A woman's mind is cleaner than a man's because she changes it more often. ~ Unknown.

1114. Every girl should use what Mother Nature gave her before Father Time takes it away. ~ Laurence J. Peter.

1115. Behind every successful man there is a surprised woman. ~ Maryon Pearson.
Behind every successful woman is herself. ~ Unknown.

1116. In 1816, women had no rights. In 1916, women fought for some right. In 2016, women are always right. ~ Unknown.

1117. A woman may be misinformed, mislead, unclear, misguided, and even downright stupid, but she is never ever wrong. ~ Unknown.

● A wise man once told his son: My boy, when you accumulate the understanding to know why a pizza is made round, to be put in a square box and is eaten in triangles, then and only then will you be able to understand women. ~ Unknown.

1118. Luck is a dividend of sweat. The more you sweat, the luckier you get. ~ Ray Kroc.

1119. How others see you is not important. How you see yourself means everything. ~ Unknown.

1120. To plant a garden is to believe in tomorrow. ~ Audrey Hepburn.

1121. May your heart find peace and tranquility through the healing power of love, hope and light, today and always. ~ Unknown.

1122. Giving is living. If you stop wanting to give, there's nothing more to live for. ~ Audrey Hepburn.

1123. The best thing to hold onto in life is each other. ~ Audrey Hepburn.

1124. When you undervalue what you do, the world will undervalue who you are. ~ Ophrah Winfrey.

1125. One of the hardest things in life to learn are which bridges to cross and which bridges to burn. ~ Ophrah Winfrey.

1126. When people treat you like they don't care, believe them. ~ Ophrah Winfrey.

1127. Men, their rights, and nothing more; women, their rights, and nothing less. ~ Susan B. Anthony.
The true republic: men, their rights and nothing more; women, their rights and nothing less. ~ Franklin P. Adams.

1128. Educate a man and you educate an individual. Educate a woman and you educate a family. ~ A.Cripps.

1129. If you want something said, ask a man; if you want something done, ask a woman. ~ Margaret Thatcher.

1130. Human rights are women's rights and women's rights are human rights, once and for all. ~ Hillary Clinton.

1131. A woman is like a teabag - you never know how strong she is until she gets in hot water. ~ Eleanor Roosevelt.

1132. 365 days, 365 new chances. ~ Unknown.

1133. New Year's resolution: Focus on what you WILL do, and not on what you WON'T do. ~ Unknown.

1134. The secret to getting ahead is getting started. ~ Mark Twain.

1135. Problems are not stop signs, they are guidelines. ~ Robert H. Schuller.

1136. Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do. ~ John Wooden.

1137. Don't wait until you're confident to show up. Show up until you're confident. ~ Unknown.

1138. Be a pineapple: Stand tall, wear a crown, and be sweet on the inside. ~ Unknown.

1139. I guess if you keep making the same mistake long enough, it becomes your style. ~ John Prine (October 10, 1946 - April 7, 2020), an eccentrically off-kilter, brilliant American country folk singer-songwriter, a COVID-19 casualty.

1140. You know that old trees just grow stronger
And old rivers grow wilder every day
Old people just grow lonesome
Waiting for someone to say, "Hello in There, Hello." ~ John Prine.

1140. Think deeply. Speak gently. Love much. Laugh a lot. Work hard. Give freely, and Be kind. ~ Unknown.

1141. Don't wait for inspiration. Become it. ~ Unknown.

1142. Too many people spend money they haven't earned to buy things they don't want, to impress people they don't like. ~ Will Rogers.
● A bargain is something you can't use at a price you can't resist ~ Franklin Jones.
● No matter how hard you hug your money, it never hugs back. ~ Quoted in P.S. I Love You, compiled by H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
● I'm so poor I can't even pay attention. ~ Ron Kittle.
● The waste of money cures itself, for soon there is no more to waste. ~ M.W. Harrison.
● The art of thrifting: If it's not on sale, you don't need it! ~ Bernard Ouelette.
● Beware of small expenses; a small leak will sink a great ship. ~ Benjamin Franklin.
● When people ask me if I have any spare change, I tell them I have it at home in my spare wallet. ~ Nick Arnette.

1143. One world, one fight! Together, we can do this. [Fight to stop coronavirus] ~ Jack Ma, Tech billionaire and philanthropist, April 26, 2020.

1144. Be calm, be kind, be safe. ~ Dr. Bonnie Henry (Canadian physician who is the Provincial Health Officer for British Columbia and Clinical Associate Professor at the University of British Columbia). Comment in relation to COVID-19 Coronavirus Pandemic in 2020.

1145. Breaking News! Wearing a mask inside your home is now highly recommended. Not so much to prevent COVID-19 but to stop eating. ~ Unknown.
● Overeaters Anonymous Hotline - 888-888-8888. ~ Indian Hills Community Center.

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1146. What's the difference between COVID-19 and Romeo and Juliet? One's the coronavirus and the other is a Verona crisis. ~ Unknown.

1147. Last year I was feeling sad, lonely and depressed. I have managed to turn that around this year. Now I'm depressed, lonely and sad. ~ Unknown.

1148. What do you tell yourself when you wake up late for work and realize you have a fever? Self, I so late. ~ Unknown.

1149. Finland has just closed it borders ... so now nobody can cross the Finnish line. ~ Unknown.

1150. What do you call panic-buying of sausage and cheese in Germany? The wurst-kase scenario. ~ Unknown.
● Germany has more castles than there are McDonalds in the United States. Germany is estimated to have 25,000 castles, and there are 13,529 McDonalds restaurants in the United States as of March 12, 2024.

1151. Nothing has more strength than dire necessity. ~ Euripides.

1152. Every disaster movie begins with the government ignoring the scientists. ~ Unknown.

1153. The World Health Organization has announced that dogs cannot contract COVID-19. Dogs previously held in quarantine can now be released. To be clear, WHO let the dogs out. ~ Unknown.
● Dogs are one of the three deadliest animals in the UK. The other two are bees and cows.

1154. T'was a month before Christmas,
And all through the town,
People wore masks,
That covered their frown.

The frown had begun
Way back in the Spring,
When a global pandemic
Changed everything.

They called it corona,
But unlike the beer,
It didn't bring good times,
It didn't bring cheer.

Airplanes were grounded,
Travel was banned.
Borders were closed
Across air, sea and land.

As the world entered lockdown
To flatten the curve,
The economy halted,
And folks lost their nerve.

From March to July
We rode the first wave,
People stayed home,
They tried to behave.

When summer emerged
The lockdown was lifted.
But away from caution,
Many folks drifted.

Now it's November
And cases are spiking,
Wave two has arrived,
Much to our disliking.

It's true that this year
Has had sadness a plenty,
We'll never forget
The year 2020.

And just 'round the corner -
The holiday season,
But why be merry?
Is there even one reason?

To decorate the house
And put up the tree,
Who will see it,
No one but me.

But outside my window,
The snow gently falls,
And I think to myself,
Let's deck the halls!

So, I gather the ribbon,
The garland and bows,
As I play those old carols,
My happiness grows.

Christmas is not cancelled
And neither is hope.
If we lean on each other,
I know we can cope ~ Unknown.

● COVID-19 Coronavirus Pandemic Economic Carols from BMO Focus, Dec 23, 2021.
We Three Ships ~ Sung to the tune of We Three Kings
Supply Tight ~ Sung to the tune of Silent Night
Rockin' Around the Stimulus Tree ~ Sung to the tune of Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree
O Little Town of Restrictions ~ Sung to the tune of O Little Town of Bethlehem
It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Crypto ~ Sung to the tune of It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas
Do They Know It's Tightening Time? ~ Sung to the tune of Do They Know It's Christmas?
O Christmas Tree, How Pricey Are Thy Branches ~ Sung to the tune of O Christmas Tree
I Want a Rapid Testing Kit for Christmas ~ Sung to the tune of I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas
Maybe This Business ~ Sung to the tune of Maybe This Christmas

Funny Images from 2020

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Sanitized Santa by Dave Granlund Image source: Tulsa World
Communion during pandemic Image source: The Libertarian Catholic
Pandemic Haircut in China Image source: New York Post
Quarantined hairdresser cuts customers' hair through window in China amid Coronavirus lockdown, 2020 Image source: Dailymail.co.uk Video: 0:23 min.

1156. Has anybody let the Amish know what's going on yet? ~ thehoeunion, posted on Instagram.

1157. top 10 Funny social distance ideas (crazy social distancing). YouTube video, 4:05 min. Published by Listed, May 22, 2020.

Three Cheers for Social Distancing from New York Times, Mar. 27, 2020. Cheers to Me, Mee and Meee!!! Short video clip, 0:09 min. Source: Enrico Barberis Negra as he was unwinding with a glass of prosecco in his apartment outside of Milan, Italy.

1158. Economies can recover, the dead can't. ~ Helen Clark, former New Zealand prime minister. (In reference to New Zealand's strict nationwide lockdown to combat COVID-19 pandemic).

1159. Hygienic hopper. How to avoid catching COVID when jumping subway gate. ~ Dailymail.co.uk.

Image source: New York Post, 3 Aug 2020.
Irish pub bans singing Neil Diamond's 'Sweet Caroline'.

1160. The Irony of Current Time (during the height of COVID-19 - Coronavirus Pandemic):
- Never have I seen such a mess in life.
- The air is pure but wearing a mask is mandatory.
- Never in a million years could I have imagined I would go up to a bank teller wearing a mask and asking for money.
- Those who have money have no way to spend it.
- Those who don't have money have no way to earn it.
- People have clean hands but there is a ban on shaking hands.
- Friends can sit together 6-feet apart but they cannot get together.
- I never thought the comment, "I wouldn't touch him/her with a 6-foot pole" would become a national policy, but here we are!
- The spread of COVID-19 is based on 2 things:
  1. How dense the population is.
  2. How dense the population is.
- Every Monday, the heart longs to go out, but the weekend does not seem to end.
- The world has turned upside down. Old folks are sneaking out of the house and their kids are yelling at them to stay indoors!
- This virus has done what no woman has been able to do. Cancel sports, shut down all bars and keep men at home!
- 2019: Stay away from negative people. 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023: Stay away from positive people.
- Be positive but test negative.
- We can all agree that in 2015 not a single person got the answer correct to: "Where do you see yourself 5 years from now?"
- Hardly anyone saw a worldwide pandemic happening this year [2020] as most people don't have 2020 vision.
- The cook inside you is crazy, but you cannot call anyone to lunch or dinner.
- I need to practice social-distancing from the refrigerator.
- Every few days try your jeans on just to make sure they fit. Pajamas will have you believe all is well.
- There is enough time on hand but you can't fulfill your dreams.
- The culprit is all around but cannot be seen.
- A world full of irony! ~ Unknown.

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1161. When you find no solution to a problem, it's probably not a problem to be solved, but rather a truth to be accepted. ~ Unknown.

1162. So far, you've survived 100% of your worst days. This too shall pass. ~ Unknown.
I'm so much more than the bad things that happen to me. ~ Jane Marczewski, aka Nightbirde.
I have a 2 percent chance of survival, but 2 percent is not 0 percent ... Two percent is something. ~ Jane Marczewski, aka Nightbirde.

1163. Dream as if you live forever. Live as if you die today. ~ James Dean.

1164. Die Zukunft liegt in deinen Händen. (Translated: The future is in your hands.) ~ German saying.

1165. Never approach a bull from the front, a horse from the rear, or a fool from any direction. ~ Old West Proverb.

1166. If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together. ~ African proverb.

1167. A fact is information minus emotion. An opinion is information plus experience. ~ Unknown.
● Ignorance is an opinion lacking information, and stupidity is an opinion that ignores a fact. ~ Unknown.
● Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored. ~ Aldous Huxley.
● We are all born ignorant, but one must work hard to remain stupid. ~ Benjamin Franklin.
● No amount of evidence will ever pursuade an idiot. ~ Mark Twain.
● Never argue with an idiot. People watching won't be able to tell the difference. ~ Unknown.

1168. There are a group of people that wake up everyday and go to work to learn nothing, get nowhere and wonder when and how things will ever change. ~ Don Sabatini.

1169. A mistake repeated more than once is a decision. ~ Paulo Coelho.
● Don't cling to a mistake just because you spent a lot of time making it. ~ Unknown.

1170. It's sad, but sometimes moving on with the rest of your life, starts with goodbye. ~ Carrie Underwood.

1171. It is easier to get older than it is to get wiser. ~ Unknown.

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1172. Life's tragedy is that we get old too soon and wise too late. ~ Benjamin Franklin.

● We get too soon old and too late smart. ~ Sign in a German Restaurant in Toronto.

August 2011

1173. Three things you can't recover in life: The word after it's said, the moment after it's missed, and the time after it's gone. ~ Unknown.

● Time waits for no one. Treasure every moment you have. ~ Unknown.

1174. Any day above ground is a good day. ~ Robert Gerus.

1175. I can't breathe. ~ George Floyd, 46, a handcuffed and pinned-down-on-the-ground black man who pleaded for air and for his mother but died after Derek Chauvin, a Minneapolis police officer, knelt on his neck for 9 minutes and 29 seconds. May 25, 2020.

1176. The real struggle of the 21st century will not be between civilizations, nor between religions. It will be between violence and nonviolence. It will be between barbarity and civilization in the truest sense of the word. ~ Words of Wisdom, Buddhist Inspiration from Daisaku Ikeda.

1177. Lies travel faster than the truth, particularly in the age of social media. ~ Bill Gates.

1178. I will always choose a lazy person to do a difficult job because a lazy person will find an easy way to do it. ~ Bill Gates.

● Hired a handy man and gave him a list. When I got home, only #1, 3 and 5 were done. Turns out, he only does odd jobs.

1179. Sign seen on CTV 4 August 2020: Protect Our Oceans. Take Only Pictures. Leave Only Bubbles.

1180. The person who has lived the most is not the one with the most years but the one with the richest experiences. ~ Jean-Jacques Rousseau.

1181. Man was born free, and he is everywhere in chains. Those who think themselves the masters of others are indeed greater slaves than they.~ Jean-Jacques Rousseau.

1182Freedom is the power to choose our own chains. ~ Jean-Jacques Rousseau.

1183. Liberty is obedience to the law which one has laid down for oneself. ~ Jean-Jacques Rousseau.

1184. The one thing we do not know is the limit of the knowable. ~ Jean-Jacques Rousseau.

1185. Living is not breathing but doing. ~ Jean-Jacques Rousseau.

1186. Reason deceives us; conscience, never. ~ Jean-Jacques Rousseau.

1187. Insults are the arguments employed by those who are in the wrong. ~ Jean-Jacques Rousseau.
● Write your injuries in dust, your benefits in marble. ~ Benjamin Franklin.
● An injury is much sooner forgotten than an insult. ~ Lord Chesterfield.

1188. Rather suffer an injustice than commit one. ~ Jean-Jacques Rousseau.

1189. By doing good, we become good. ~ Jean-Jacques Rousseau.

1190. One can buy anything with money except morality. ~ Jean-Jacques Rousseau.
● The most important human endeavor is the striving for morality in our actions. ~ Albert Einstein, The Human Side.
● Without a moral compass, the human mind will justify anything. ~ Mehrnaz Bassari.

1191. Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the World's Most Dangerous Man ~ Title of a book by Mary L. Trump, Ph.D., a clinical psychologist and President Trump's only niece. [Book to be released on 28 July 2020] `#Ad

1192. When one with honeyed words but evil mind persuades the mob, great woes befall the state. ~ Euripides.

1193. Here's a good rule of thumb. Looking back through history, whenever you see someone in authority using the Bible to justify law and order, it ends badly. ~ Anthony Kidd, Evangelical Believer, Daphne, Alabama.
● Blind belief in authority is the greatest enemy of truth. ~ Albert Einstein.

1194. When the looting starts, the shooting starts. ~ Walter Everett Headley, Jr., Miami Police Chief, Miami Herald, Dec. 17, 1967.
When the looting starts, the shooting starts. ~ Donald John Trump, President of the United States, Twitter, May 29, 2020.

1195. The Big Con, 17 Sep 2020.

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The good news is, President Obama was born in America.
The bad news is, so was Donald Trump. ~ Jay Leno.


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"I did not vote for Donald Trump" ~ Wil Donnelly
Donald Trump has had several foreign wives.
It turns out that there really are jobs Americans won't do.
~ Mitt Romney.


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'We Need Brain': Top 10 Funniest Politics Videos of 2020 | NowThis.
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The Biggest Lies of Trump's Presidency.
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Trump Calls 2020 Election Defeat a 'Big Lie'
by Ken Bredemeier, Voice of America (VOA) News, May 3, 2021

Joseph Goebbels: On the "Big Lie". "The original description of the big lie appeared in Adolf Hitler's Mein Kampf. On his use of the big lie, Hitler's primary rules were: never allow the public to cool off; never admit a fault or wrong; never concede that there may be some good in your enemy; never leave room for alternatives; never accept blame; concentrate on one enemy at a time and blame him for everything that goes wrong; people will believe a big lie sooner than a little one; and if you repeat it frequently enough people will sooner or later believe it."

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@Kasparov63, Aug 2, 2018

1196. My twitter has become so powerful that I can actually make my enemies tell the truth. ~ Donald Trump.

1197. You have to think anyway, so why not think big? ~ Donald Trump.

● Barron Trump is already 6 feet 7 inches tall even though he only just turned 15. He is the new Trump tower. ~ Lee Brown, New York Post, Jul 8, 2021.

1198. Who would have guessed that a reality TV star with no government experience or knowledge, 6 bankruptcies, 5 kids from 3 different marriages, 11 charges of sexual assault, and 4000 plus lawsuits, could be so bad at being president? ~ Bruce Bacon.

101 Indisputable Facts Proving Donald Trump Is An Idiot: A brief background of the most spectacularly unqualified person to ever occupy the White House by Guy Fawkes, Jun 19, 2018. Kindle Edition. Note: This book wasn't written by Guy Fawkes. He's been dead since 1606. This is a reference book of presidential idiocy compiled by a small gathering of experienced journalists. *Ad.

● Niemand steht über dem Gesetz. ~ German saying.
Translation from German: Nobody is above the law.

● For more serious comments about Trump, see Political parties - United States, Republican Party (U.S.) e.g. Why Is Donald Trump So Appealing to So Many People? Four Reasons Republicans Love Trump.

● Donald J. Trump: The Greatest President In History of All Time. "Donald J. Trump: the greatest at commanding, wall-building, the environment, uniting, wall-building, and speeching." An RNC biopic narrated by Jeffrey Wright, The Daily Show, Aug 27, 2020.

● The Trump legacy by Daniel W. Drezner, PostEverything, Washington Post, Jan, 20, 2021. "Are there positive accomplishments the Trump administration can take credit for? Sure. Every administration has their concrete achievements. Trump got some small concessions from the Universal Postal Union. The criminal justice bill was pretty good. A few more countries recognize Israel's right to exist than before."

● Trump's Top 10 accomplishments of 2020 (Opinion) by Express-Times guest columnist, Steve Cortes, lehighvalleylive.com, Easton, Pa, Jan 1, 2021.

● Trump Administration Accomplishments. From TrumpWhiteHouse.archives.gov as of January 2021.

● Letter: Trump's accomplishments since 2016. Letters to the Editor at the New Hampshire Union Leader, Dec 20, 2020. Letter from Nick De Mayo, Sugar Hill, NH - a town with a population of 563 (2010 census).

1199. Nearly 70 percent of Americans said a Trump presidency would make them "anxious." And 30 percent said a Trump presidency would make them "Canadian." ~ Conan O'Brien.

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1200. For evil to flourish, all that is needed is for good people to do nothing. ~ Edmund Burke.
● The world will not be destroyed by those who do evil, but by those who watch and do nothing. ~ Albert Einstein.
● Silence in the face of evil is itself evil; God will not hold us guiltless. Not to speak is to speak. Not to act is to act. ~ Dietrich Bonhoeffer.
● Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter. ~ Martin Luther King, Jr.

1201. What you allow is what will continue. ~ Unknown.

1202. The popular QAnon hashtag, #WWG1WGA stands for: "Where We Go One, We Go All". ~ What is the QAnon conspiracy theory? CBS News, 29 Sep. 2020.

1203. Donald has attacked every person of color - except John Boehner. ~ Joe Biden.

● You know who Boehner is, right? He's that orange looking guy. See, for Republicans that counts as diversity. ~ Jay Leno.

1204. What separates the winners from the losers is how a person reacts to each new twist of fate. ~ Donald Trump.

1205. Show me someone with no ego and I'll show you a big loser. ~ Donald Trump and Meredith McIver How to Get Rich, 2004.

1206. The beauty of me is that I'm very rich. ~ Donald Trump.

● I'm proud of my net worth; I've done an amazing job ... The total is $8,737,540,000 USD. I'm not doing that to brag, because you know what, I don't have to brag. ~ Donald Trump, circa June 2015.

● Note: "Trump is ... fond of inventing numbers to describe how rich he is. Virtually every number he's ever quoted for his personal wealth is inaccurate by several billion dollars." ~ Richard Stockton, All That's Interesting.

● The greatness of a man is not in how much wealth he acquires, but in his integrity and his ability to affect those around him positively. ~ Bob Marley.

● Nowadays people know the price of everything and the value of nothing. ~ Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray.

● Price is what you pay, value is what you get. ~ Warren Buffett.

● Don't educate your children to be rich. Educate them to be happy. So when they grow up they will know the value of things and not the price. ~ Steve Jobs.

● STEVE JOBS' LAST WORDS. YouTube video, 4:34 min. Published by Channel N - TV, Apr 17, 2020.

1207. Money has never made man happy, nor will it; there is nothing in its nature to produce happiness. The more of it one has the more one wants. ~ Benjamin Franklin.

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1208. What money cannot buy: ability to forgive, ability to tell the truth, character, common sense, conscience, contentment, decency, devotion, empathy, friendship, genuine goodness, good memory, happiness, health, physical body height (exception), high or low IQ, honesty, ideal DNA, inner peace, insanity, integrity, intelligence, kindness, life, love, loyalty, manners, morality, patience, personality, respect, self-esteem (maybe), sense of humor, sincerity, stupidity, time, tranquility, trust, and wisdom. ~ I. Davenport.

1209. It's freezing and snowing in New York - we need global warming! ~ Donald Trump.

1210. I will be the greatest jobs president that God ever created. ~ Donald Trump.

1211. Apologizing is a great thing, but you have to be wrong. I will absolutely apologize sometime hopefully in the distant future if I'm ever wrong. ~ Donald Trump.

1212. It's not surprising that a criminal like Trump pardons other criminals. But apparently to get a pardon, one has to be either a Republican, a convicted child murderer or a turkey. ~ Senior U.S. District Judge Robert Pratt of the Southern District of Iowa, Dec 28, 2020.

See Political parties - United States for more serious remarks about Donald Trump.

1213. Say what you will about Trump, he is not stupid. He is a smart man with a deep understanding of what stupid people want. ~ Andy Borowitz.

1214. What you're seeing and what you're reading is not what's happening. ~ Donald Trump, July 24, 2018.

● I could stand in the middle of 5th Avenue and shoot somebody and I wouldn't lose voters. ~ Donald Trump.

Population of Heard and McDonald Island protesting
Trump's imposition of 10% tariffs
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● When a clown moves into a palace he doesn't become a king, the palace instead becomes a circus. ~ Turkish proverb.

1215. Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump - 51 Following, 88.7M Followers. Account suspended. Twitter suspends accounts that violate the Twitter Rules. ~ 8 Jan. 2021.

● Trump violated Twitter's "42,000 strikes and you're out" policy. ~ Ish@Ish, Twitter Web App, 8 Jan. 2021.

● "What began in May 2009, and consisted of a 57,000 Tweet library of mostly incoherent nonsense, has officially come to an end. Regardless of which side of the aisle you're on, you've gotta be a little glad this carnival show is over. Or a lot glad. He did, after all, cause the deaths of supporters and first responders alike this week. If that doesn't deserve a ban from a social media site, I don't know what does." ~ Ruin My Week, 8 Jan. 2021.

1216. Weak people revenge. Strong people forgive. Intelligent people ignore. ~ Albert Einstein.

1217. Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity. ~ Martin Luther King, Jr.

1218. There is usually only a limited amount of damage that can be done by dull or stupid people. For creating a truly monumental disaster, you need people with high IQs. ~ Thomas Sowell.

● I'm a very stable genius. ~ Donald Trump, NATO Summit, Jul 12, 2018.

"The Elements of Genius" on Boy's T-shirt
Mississauga ON Canada, 31 July 2023

1219. The definition of genius is taking the complex and making it simple. ~ Albert Einstein.
● The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits. ~ Albert Einstein.
● Genius is 1% talent and 99% percent hard work. ~ Albert Einstein.
● A true genius admits that he/she knows nothing. ~ Albert Einstein.

1220. The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom. ~ Isaac Asimov.

1221. You're never too old to learn something stupid. ~ From Paraprosdokians - English Forums.

1222. Against stupidity we are defenseless. ~ Dietrich Bonhoeffer.
● The only element in the universe more common than hydrogen is stupidity. ~ Einstein.

1223. Das Problem dieser Welt ist, dass die intelligenten Menschen so voller Selbstzweifel und die Dummen so voller Selbstvertrauen sind. ~ Ch. Bukowski.
Translation from German: The problem in this world is that the intelligent people are so full of self-doubt and the stupid are so full of self-confidence.

1224. Don't confuse my personality with my attitude. My personality is who I am, and my attitude depends on who you are. ~ Unknown.

1225. You can't go back and change the beginning, but you can start where you are and change the ending. ~ C.S. Lewis.

1226. No matter how much a snake sheds skin, it's still a snake. ~ Unknown.

1227. Love is patient, love is kind.
It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.
It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking,
It is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs.
Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth.
It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.
Love never fails. ~ 1 Corinthians 13 1.

1228. When I was in the military, they gave me a medal for killing two men and a discharge for loving one. ~ A gay Vietnam veteran. (Epitaph: Never again 6 July 1943 - Never forget 22 June 1988).

1229. Never forget the 3 types of people in your life:
1. Those who helped you in your difficult times;
2. Those who left you in your difficult times; and
3. Those who put you in your difficult times. ~ Unknown.

1230. No matter how educated, talented, rich or cool you believe you are, how you treat people ultimately tells. Integrity is everything. ~ Unknown.
● In looking for people to hire, you look for three qualities: integrity, intelligence, and energy. And if they don't have the first, the other two will kill you. ~ Warren Buffet.

1231. The truth doesn't cost anything, but a lie could cost you everything. ~ Unknown.

1232. All governments lie. ~ I.F. Stone (critiquing official U.S. statements on "progress" of Vietnam War, 1965).

1233. A lie will gallop halfway round the world before the truth has time to pull its breeches on. ~ Cordell Hull, US Secretary of State, 1948.
      ● In 2020, a lie circles the world countless times before the truth has a chance to hit "Post." ~ Jackson Ryan, Science Editor, CNET, Sydney.

1234. Better to be slapped with the truth than kissed with a lie. ~ Unknown.

1235. Always know the difference between what you're getting and what you deserve. ~ Unknown.

1236. Strong women don't have attitudes, they have standards. ~ Unknown.

1237. It's amazing how fast someone can become a stranger. ~ Unknown.

1238. One of the hardest lessons in life to learn is figuring out which bridges to cross and which to burn. ~ Unknown.

1239. When you're happy, you enjoy the music. When you're sad, you understand the lyrics. ~ Unknown.
● Singing in the shower is fine until you get soap in your mouth. Then it's a soap opera. ~ Unknown.
● The Black-Eyed Peas can sing us a song but the chick peas can only hummus one. ~ Unknown.

1240. Stop looking for happiness in the same place you lost it. ~ Unknown.

1241. What is luxury?
They made us believe that luxury was the rare, the expensive, the exclusive, everything that seemd unattainable ...
Now, we realize that luxury were those little things that we did not know how to value when we had them and now that they are gone, we miss them so much ...
Luxury is being healthy.
Luxury is not stepping into a hospital.
Luxury is being able to walk along the seashore.
Luxury is going out on the streets and breathing without a mask.
Luxury is meeting with your whole family, with your friends.
Luxury are the looks.
Smiles are luxury.
Luxury are hugs and kisses.
Luxury is enjoying every sunrise.
Luxury is the privilege of loving and being alive.
All this is a luxury and we did not know ...
Stay blessed. Stay grateful. ~ Unknown.

1242. From error to error one discovers the entire truth. ~ Sigmund Freud.

1243. Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself. ~ Rumi.

1244. It's not what we have in life, but WHO we have in our life that matters. ~ J.M. Lawrence.

1245. Relationships are like birds. If you hold tightly, they die. If you hold loosely, they fly. But if you hold with care, they remain with you forever. ~ Unknown.

1246. Raise your words, not your voice. It is rain that grows flowers, not thunder. ~ Rumi.
● 10% of conflict is due to difference in opinion and 90% is due to delivery and tone of voice. ~ Unknown.

1247. You were born with wings, why prefer to crawl through life? ~ Rumi.

1248. Goodbyes are only for those who love with their eyes. Because for those who love with heart and soul there is no such thing as separation. ~ Rumi.

1249. Wherever you are, and whatever you do, be in love. ~ Rumi.

1250. It's your road, and yours alone, others may walk it with you, but no one can walk it for you. ~ Rumi.

1251. The root of suffering is attachment. ~ Buddha.

1252. The tongue like a sharp knife ... kills without drawing blood. ~ Buddha.

1253. The scariest moment is always just before you start. ~ Stephen King.

1254. An ounce of action is worth a ton of theory. ~ Friedrich Engels.

1255. Diligence is the mother of good fortune. ~ Miguel de Cervantes.

1256. If you are not willing to risk the unusual, you will have to settle for the ordinary. ~ Jim Rohn.

1257. The art of conversation lies in listening. ~ Malcolm Forbes.
● Everyone wants to be heard but no one wants to listen. ~ Julie Garrison.

1258. What a different world this would be if people would listen to those who know more and not merely try to get something from those who have more. ~ William J.H. Boetcker.

1259. The individual activity of one man with backbone will do more than a thousand men with a mere wishbone. ~ William J.H. Boetcker.

1260. A satisfied life is better than a successful life because our success is measured by others, but our satisfaction is measured by our own soul, mind and heart. ~ Unknown.

1261. Accept what is, let go of what was, and have faith in what will be. ~ Sonia Ricotti.

1262. The secret to living well and longer is: eat half, walk double, laugh triple, and love without measure. ~ Tibetan proverb.

1263. It's better to have a friend with two chins than to have a friend with two faces. ~ Unknown.

1264. We forget that waking up each day is the first thing we should be grateful for. ~ Mindy Butler.

1265. Close Call. Video, 1:42 min. Compiled from clips gathered Nov. 7 - 28, 2018.
● Every soul has guardian angels. ~ Quran or Koran, Chapter 86:4.
● All God's angels come to us disguised. ~ James Russell Lowell.
● God sends angels with special orders to protect you wherever you go, defending you from all harm.
For he shall give his angels charge over thee,
To keep thee in all thy ways.
For he will order his angels to protect you wherever you go. ~ Psalms 91:11.

● The nicest place to be is in someone's thoughts,
The safest place to be is in someone's prayers, and the very best place to be is ...
In the hands of God.
May God bless you every day of your life.

1266. A life not lived for others is not a life. ~ Mother Teresa.
● The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others. ~ Alex Ferman.
● You have never really lived until you have done something for someone who can never repay you. ~ John Bunyan.

1267. Never travel faster than your guardian angel can fly. ~ Mother Teresa.
(AI explanation: A thought-provoking phrase that encourages individuals to cultivate emotional intelligence, seek guidance, and practice humility in their daily lives).

1268. Spread love everywhere you go. Let no one ever come to you without leaving better and happier. Be the living expression of God's kindness: kindness in your face, kindness in your eyes, kindness in your smile. ~ Mother Teresa.

1269. Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless. ~ Mother Teresa.

1270. What wisdom can you find that is greater than kindness? ~ Unknown.

1271. You can accomplish by kindness what you cannot by force. ~ Unknown.

1272. The most terrible poverty is loneliness, and the feeling of being unloved. ~ Mother Teresa.
● Loneliness doesn't come from having no one around you, but from being unable to communicate the things that are important to you. ~ Carl Jung.

1273. It's not how much we give but how much love we put into giving. ~ Mother Teresa.

1274. When you judge someone you have no time to love them. ~ Mother Teresa.

1275. Love means to be willing to give until it hurts. ~ Mother Teresa.

1276. If you give what you do not need, it is not giving. ~ Mother Teresa.

1277. Live simply so others may simply live. ~ Mother Teresa.

1278. Do things for people not because of who they are or what they do in return, but because of who you are. ~ Unknown.

1279. I shall pass through this world but once. Any good therefore that I can do or any kindness that I can show to any human being, let me do it now. Let me not defer or neglect it, for I shall not pass this way again. ~ Stephen Grellet.

1280. Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishment. ~ Mother Teresa.

1281. One child, one teacher, one book, one pen can change the world. ~ Malala Yousafzai.

1282. In time of test, family is best. ~ Burmese Proverb.

1283. A family is not an important thing, it's everything. ~ Michael J. Fox.

1284. Remember, it's very important that you not ignore your family while you're working in politics because, after everything is done, all you have left is your family. ~ Aline Chretien to Peter Donolo, Director of Communications in the office of Prime Minister Jean Chrétien, 1993. Aline was Jean Chretien's wife who passed away at age 84 on September 13, 2020, 3 days after their 63rd Wedding Anniversary. She was Chretien's confidante and most trusted adviser, his "Rock of Gibraltar," as he always called her.

See photo of Hon. Jean Chretien (Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development), with Hettie Sylvester, Irene Davenport, and Chief Rodney Monague of Christian Island Indian Reserve. Photo taken by Mildred Redmond, C.M., ca. 1969.

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