The marvel of all history is the patience with which men and women submit to burdens unnecessarily laid upon them by their governments.
William H. Borah
Sometimes the mind, for reasons we don't necessarily understand, just decides to go to the store for a quart of milk.
Diane Frolov and Andrew Schneider, Northern Exposure, Three Doctors, 1993
My therapist told me the way to achieve true inner peace is to finish what I start. So far today, I have finished 2 bags of M&M's and a chocolate cake. I feel better already.
-- Dave Barry
August 11th
American business long ago gave up on demanding that prospective employees be honest and hardworking. It has even stopped hoping for employees who are educated enough that they can tell the difference between the men's room and the women's room without having little pictures on the doors.
-- Dave Barry
They tell me I have got a mind of my own, but sometimes it's like my mind itself has its own mind.
-- Edith Ann, [Lily Tomlin]
August 15th
Iron rusts from disuse; stagnant water loses it purity and in cold weather becomes frozen; even so does inaction sap the vigor of the mind.
-- Leonardo da Vinci
"To me, it's always a good idea to always carry two sacks of something when you walk around. That way, if anybody says, 'Hey, can you give me a hand?,' you can say, 'Sorry, got these sacks.'"
-- Jack Handey [Deep Thoughts]
PLANTAGENET, Richard. Remember before God, Richard III, King of England, and those who fell at Bosworth Field, 22nd August 1485, having kept faith. Loyaulte me Lie.
The Richard III Society
(Obituary placed yearly in the following UK newspapers by the Richard III Society: the Daily Telegraph, Times, Guardian and Independent. Similar obituaries are placed yearly this day in American newspapers by the American branch of the Richard III Society, noteably the New York Times.)
More information on Bosworth Field here
(I've been to the site and it is impressive.)
4dk - It is amazing that after 519 years, the debate of Richard III 's character is still being debated. I don't think we've come very far in our evolution when we compare the current political campaigns to those of the Tudors.