“Never criticize a man unless you’ve walked a mile in his shoes. By then he’ll be a mile away and won’t have any shoes to chase you in.”
–Wimp Sanderson, Alabama basketball coach (circa 1985)
Sound Bite to Remember Saturday, Jun 18 2011
Aphorisms and History Lord Acton 10:28 am
No public character has ever stood the revelation of private utterance and correspondence.
— Lord Acton, 1887 (pre-Twitter)
Memorable Insight (circa 1985) Tuesday, Feb 1 2011
Aphorisms Jackie Gleason, quotations 2:13 pm
“Vanity is an actor’s courage.” – Jackie Gleason
Old Gambler’s Proverb Sunday, Dec 12 2010
Aphorisms George M. Cohan, quotations 1:56 pm
Folk Wisdom of the Week Tuesday, Nov 23 2010
Aphorisms and Sports Branch Rickey 3:58 pm
Presidential wisdom (circa 1925) Sunday, Aug 22 2010
Aphorisms and Politics quotations 3:22 pm
“It is a great advantage to a President and a major source of safety to the country for him to know he is not a great man.”
— Calvin Coolidge
Ultimate Celebrity Tuesday, Aug 17 2010
Aphorisms quotations 3:13 pm
“I’ll tell you when you’ve really made it big. It’s when you die and the newspapers keep running stories that you haven’t.”
— Bob Orben
