It’s not the size of the dog in the fight, its the size of the fight in the dog. Mark Twain
Mark Twain (Samuel Langhorne Clemens) (1835-1910)
Monthly Archives: October 2021
In the long history of the world, only a few generations have …
In the long history of the world, only a few generations have been granted the role of defending freedom in its hour of maximum danger. I do not shrink from this responsibility-I welcome it. John F. Kennedy
U.S. President, Inaugural Address, January 20, 1961
When tyranny comes to your door, it will be wearing a uniform. …
When tyranny comes to your door, it will be wearing a uniform. Jack Mc Lamb
One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that …
One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors. Plato
Father was a man who respected time and never had enough of …
Father was a man who respected time and never had enough of it. He used it like a miser, saving and spending it in his own ways. Degna Marconi
Daughter of Guglielmo Marconi (Physicist and inventor of a ‘wireless communications system’ (1874-1937)) in ‘My Father, Marconi’ on his work ethic.
No one ever won a war by dying for their country. They …
No one ever won a war by dying for their country. They won by making the other son-of-a-bitch die for his. General George.C. Patton
General G.C. Patton (1885-1945), one of two variations (Flags of Our Fathers, James Bradley, 2000)
Death lies on her, like an untimely frost upon the sweetest flower …
Death lies on her, like an untimely frost upon the sweetest flower of all the field. William Shakespeare
Rom & Jul, Act iv, Sc.4
We are always more anxious to be distinguished for a talent which …
We are always more anxious to be distinguished for a talent which we do not possess, than to be praised for the 15 others which we do possess. Mark Twain