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Posted on November 9, 2025

“If it weren’t for the coffee, I’d have no identifiable personality whatsoever.”—David Letterman, American comedian, 1947-

Posted on August 8, 2025August 7, 2025

“Facts are stubborn things, but statistics are more pliable.”—Mark Twain/Samuel Clemens, American author & humorist, 1835-1910

Posted on January 7, 2025

“Wisdom is the quality that keeps you from getting into situations where you need it.”—Doug Larson, American columnist, 1926-2017

Posted on September 18, 2024September 17, 2024

“Have more than thou showest, Speak less than thou knowest.”—(‘King Lear’), William Shakespeare, English playwright, 1564-1616

Posted on September 1, 2024September 1, 2024

“Sometimes opportunity knocks, but most of the time it sneaks up and then quietly steals away.”—Doug Larson, American columnist, 1926-2017

Posted on June 22, 2023June 21, 2023

“For disappearing acts, it’s hard to beat what happens to the eight hours supposedly left after eight of sleep and eight of work.”—Doug Larson, American columnist, 1926-2017

Posted on June 18, 2023June 18, 2023

“Man is certainly stark mad. He cannot make a worm, and yet he will be making gods by dozens.”—Michel de Montaigne, French Renaissance philosopher, 1533-1592

Posted on June 2, 2023

“It’s easier to fool people than to convince them that they have been fooled.”—Mark Twain/Samuel Clemens, American author & humorist, 1835-1910

Posted on May 3, 2023

“As a painter I shall never signify anything of importance. I feel it absolutely.”—Vincent van Gogh, Dutch painter, 1853-1890

Posted on February 18, 2023

“The fashion wears out more apparel than the man.”—(‘Much Ado About Nothing’), William Shakespeare, English playwright, 1564-1616

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