Category: Quote of the Day

“Lord, the money we do spend on Government and it’s not one bit better than the government we got for one-third the money twenty years ago.” – Will Rogers

"It is no proof that a man holds life sacred that he wishes to save his own life; it is some proof of it if he refrains from murdering his enemy." – G.K. Chesterson

“Hospitality: making your guests feel like they’re at home, even if you wish they were.” – One of L.K.O.‘s favorite unattribted Paraprosdokian sentences

"Want of foresight, unwillingness to act when action would be simple and effective, lack of clear thinking, confusions of counsel, until the emergency comes, until self-preservation strikes its jarring gong – these are the features that constitute the endless repetition of history." – Winston Churchill

“Blessed [be] the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly [places] in Christ: According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love: Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will, To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved. In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of …

“And David spake unto the LORD the words of this song in the day [that] the LORD had delivered him out of the hand of all his enemies, and out of the hand of Saul: And he said, The LORD [is] my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; The God of my rock; in him will I trust: [he is] my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower, and my refuge, my saviour; thou savest me from violence. I will call on the LORD, [who is] worthy to be praised: so shall I be saved from …

"A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity.  An optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty."  – Winston Churchill

“You know what’s wrong with karate, Jerry? It’s based on the ridiculous assumption that the other guy will fight fair.”  – James Garner, as the television private detective character Jim Rockford, The Rockford Files episode “Backlash of the Hunter “, 1974. (Screenplay by Stephen J. Cannell and Roy Huggins.)

“Change is inevitable, except from a vending machine.” – One of L.K.O.‘s favorite unattributed Paraprosdokian sentences

"Pro captu lectoris habent sua fata libelli." (Loosely translated: "According to the intellect of their readers, books have a destiny.") – Terentianus Maurus, De litteris, De syllabis, De Metris

“We’ve all had to rewrite the scripts of our lives the last few weeks, we’ve learnt a lot and we’ve had to figure out what’s important, what matters – what really matters. Its been quite a time.” – Caitlin Stasey as Ellie Linton in the film Tomorrow When the War Began, (Screenplay by John Marsden and Stuart Beattie.)

“Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work. Say not ye, There are yet four months, and [then] cometh harvest? behold, I say unto you, Lift up your eyes, and look on the fields; for they are white already to harvest. And he that reapeth receiveth wages, and gathereth fruit unto life eternal: that both he that soweth and he that reapeth may rejoice together. And herein is that saying true, One soweth, and another reapeth. I sent you to reap that whereon ye bestowed no labour: …

“Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord, the people He chose for His inheritance.” – Psalm 33:12 (KJV)

“Waking up at the start of the end of the world, But it’s feeling just like every other morning before, Now I wonder what my life is going to mean if it’s gone, The cars are moving like a half a mile an hour And I started staring at the passengers who’re waving goodbye Can you tell me what was ever really special about me all this time? I believe the world is burning to the ground Oh well I guess we’re gonna find out Let’s see how far we’ve come Let’s see how far we’ve come Well I believe …

“We’re not huntin’ trouble, we’re peace lovin’ people.  But if trouble should find us, we’ll stand up and fight.” – Red Steagall, “Stand Up and Fight“