A happy family is but an earlier heaven.

George Bernard Shaw

"Quick to judge, quick to condemn, and quick to kick myself for being so stupid. That's me in a nutshell."
―Me

Failure is simply the opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently.

Henry Ford

"We don't like their sound, and guitar music is on the way out."

Decca Recording Co. rejecting the Beatles, 1962

“In the first place God made idiots. This was for practice. Then he made school boards.”

What is Man? Man is a noisome bacillus whom Our Heavenly Father created because he was disappointed in the monkey.”

“There's one way to find out if a man is honest: ask him; if he says yes, you know he's crooked.”

“Civilization is a limitless multiplication of unnecessary necessaries.”

“He who asks is a fool for five minutes, but he who does not ask remains a fool forever.”

Mark Twain

Coming together is a beginning; keeping together is progress; working together is success.

Henry Ford

"'Society' has no rights. 'The Majority' has no rights. 'The Minority' has no rights. No group has rights. Only individuals have rights."
―Me

It is better to lead from behind and to put others in front, especially when you celebrate victory when nice things occur. You take the front line when there is danger. Then people will appreciate your leadership.

Nelson Mandela

"Looking into his eyes was like watching fish in an aquarium bowl."

Barry Craig
Fictional private detective

"In America, anybody can be president. That's one of the risks you take."

Adlai Stevenson

A joke is a very serious thing.

Winston Churchill

"Experience all the frustrations of a Uboat Captain , and that's only installing the game and mods."

sober

A fanatic is one who can't change his mind and won't change the subject.

Winston Churchill

"Some people are born stupid. I've had to work hard my whole life to get this way."
―Me

That was the original version. When I quoted it to one of my passengers in my ski van he said "And you've done a job you can be proud of!"

Then I started adding a variant of that: "And I'm proud of the job I've done."

When I quoted that longer version to my dad he had another add-on: "And if you don't like it, I can try harder." :D

Art is the most intense mode of individualism that the world has known.

Oscar Wilde