Sep 8, 2008

Thoughts to ponder

*The genius of Einstein leads to Hiroshima.
*Vincent Van Gogh never sold a painting while he was alive.
*Michelangelo painted 12,000 square feet of the chapel ceiling between
1508 and 1512. He resented the commission, and believed his work only served the Pope's need for grandeur.
*Mt. T was a MP and also tried out for the Green Bay Packers.
*Color blindess affects 1 person in 30.
* Galileo said: All truths are easy to understand once they are discovered; the point is to discover them.
*Walt Disney said: I do not like to repeat successes, I like to go on to other things.
*John Cleese said: He who laughs most, learns best.
*Barack Obama said: "In case you missed it, this week, there was a tragedy in Kansas. Ten thousand people died -- an entire town destroyed." --on a Kansas tornado that killed 12 people. (dumb ass)
*John McCain said:Do not yield. Do not flinch. Stand up. Stand up with our President and fight. We're Americans. We're Americans, and we'll never surrender. They will.
*Paris Hilton said:It hurts that, you know, the media's made me into sort of this like punching bag or cartoon character--they think that I don't have any feelings, and, you know, it hurts like anyone else.
*Brett Favre is the best quarterback ever!!!!! (next to Dan Marino)
*The Detriot RedWings are the best hockey team ever!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
*On average, a disposable diaper can hold up to 7 pounds of liquid.
*Author Dr. Seuss wrote the book "Green Eggs and Ham" because the editor made him a bet that he could not write a book, which contained less than fifty words.
*Ernest Vincent Wright wrote a fifty thousand-word novel, "Gadsby," without any word containing the letter "e."
*The headwater on twenty rivers begins in Colorado, with the Continental Divide directing each river's course.
*The state of Washington is the only state to be named after a United States president.
*Iowa is the only state name that starts with two vowels.

*Quotes are nothing but inspiration for the uninspired.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Thanks Cliff Claven

Anonymous said...

Hiroshima was a good call

Anonymous said...

Yeah Cliff was the best!

Did you know?
"Everyone is the Swiss Army owns a Swiss Army Knife. That's why no one messes with Switzerland."
AND
"It's a little known fact that the tan became popular in what is known as the Bronze Age."