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| Search Results | Category |
|---|---|
| Liars
No man has a good enough memory to be a successful liar.
-- Abraham Lincoln
| Philosophy |
| Clear Conscience
A clear conscience is usually the sign of a bad memory.
-- unknown
| Humor |
| Eve's Curse
Genesis 3:16
To the woman God said, “I will make your pains in childbearing very severe; with painful labor you will give birth to children. Your desire will be for your husband, and he will rule over you.”
| Bible |
| June 18th, 1973
On this day in 1973, on Father's Day, the A’s stage a Mustache Day promotion, giving fans with hair above their upper lip free admission into the ballpark. Charlie Finley offers his players a $300 bonus for growing facial hair for the event, and all do except ...
| Sports Facts |
| Ideas
An idea isn't responsible for the people who believe in it.
-- Don Marquis
| Philosophy |
| Annouance
Isaac Asimov once said, "People who think they know everything are a great annoyance to those of us who do!"
| Humor |
| Serpent's Curse, cont.
Genesis 3:15
God: "And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring[a] and hers; he will crush your head, and you will strike his heel.”
| Bible |
| June 17th, 2004
On this day in 2004, the Nashua Pride of the independent Atlantic League celebrate the 32nd anniversary of the Watergate break-in by giving away Richard Nixon bobbleheads to the first 1,000 fans in attendance. The minor league promotion, which included free ...
| Sports Facts |
| Relativity
When you are courting a nice girl an hour seems like a second. When you sit on a red-hot cinder a second seems like an hour. That's relativity.
-- Albert Einstein
| Philosophy |
| Unique
Margaret Mead once said, "Always remember that you are absolutely unique. Just like everyone else."
| Humor |
| Serpent's Curse
Genesis 3:14
So the Lord God said to the serpent, “Because you have done this, cursed are you above all livestock and all wild animals! You will crawl on your belly and you will eat dust all the days of your life.
| Bible |
| June 16th, 1953
On this day in 1953, with a 3-1 victory in the Bronx, the Browns halt the Yankees' winning streak at 18. The St. Louis win snaps their own 14-game losing streak and hands Whitey Ford his first loss in eight decisions.
| Sports Facts |
| Success
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
| Philosophy |
| Blonde's Car
A blonde said to her friend, "I was worried that my mechanic might try to rip me off. I was relieved when he told me all I needed was turn signal fluid."
| Humor |
| Serpent's Deceit
Genesis 3:31
Then the Lord God said to the woman, “What is this you have done?”
The woman said, “The serpent deceived me, and I ate.”
| Bible |
| June 15th, 1963
On this day in 1963, at Candlestick Park, Juan Marichal no-hits Houston, 1-0, to become the first Giants hurler in 34 years, and the first since the franchise moved to San Francisco, to accomplish the feat.
| Sports Facts |
| The Fact
Get your facts first, then you can distort them as you please.
-- Mark Twain
| Philosophy |
| The Fruit
Genesis 3:12
The man said, “The woman whom you gave to be with me, she gave me fruit of the tree, and I ate.”
| Bible |
| Sticky Situation
A man decided to paint the toilet while his wife was away. His wife came home sooner than he expected, used the toilet, and got the seat stuck to her rear.
Distraught, she asked her husband to unscrew the seat and drive her to the doctor.
When they got ...
| Humor |
| What Light Bulb?
Q: How many left-wing activists does it take to change a light bulb?
A: It's irrelevant; they don't even know they're in the dark!
| Humor |
| Be Still
Psalm 46:10
Be still, and know that I am God. I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth!
| Bible |
| June 14th, 2002
On this day in 2002, due to 14 interleague contests all played in National League parks, a designated hitter is not used in a full slate of major league games for the first time since 1972. Visiting hurlers will get plenty of opportunities to swing the bat ...
| Sports Facts |
| Living Each Day
It's only when we truly know and understand that we have a limited time on earth - and that we have no way of knowing when our time is up, we will then begin to live each day to the fullest, as if it was the only one we had.
-- Elisabeth Kubler-Ross
| Philosophy |
| Inner-city Riots
Facebook is pretty lame, but it's given us the solution to this whole inner-city riot problem that we seem to be having. All we need about 20 or 25 grandmothers with belts and the police can do one big drive-by whupping on these punks.
| Humor |
| Family Obligations
1 Timothy 5:8
But if anyone does not provide for his relatives, and especially for members of his household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.
| Bible |