Humor: Best of Fortunes for Sunday May 20, 2007

When President Paul Doumer of France was assassinated in Paris...
When President Paul Doumer of France was assassinated in Paris in 1932, newspapers differed in their versions of the event. This is from "Paris was Yesterday: 1925-1939" by Janet Flanner, edited by Irving Drutman. Taste varied as...

When one burns one's bridges, what a very nice fire it makes...
When one burns one's bridges, what a very nice fire it makes. -- Dylan Thomas

When one knows women one pities men, but when one studies men,...
When one knows women one pities men, but when one studies men, one excuses women. -- Horne Tooke

When one woman was asked how long she had been going...
When one woman was asked how long she had been going to symphony concerts, she paused to calculate and replied, "Forty-seven years -- and I find I mind it less and less." -- Louise Andrews Kent

When people say nothing, they don't necessarily mean nothing.
When people say nothing, they don't necessarily mean nothing.

... The prejudices people feel about each other disappear when...
... The prejudices people feel about each other disappear when then get to know each other. -- Kirk, "Elaan of Troyius", stardate 4372.5

The worst is not so long as we can say "This is...
The worst is not so long as we can say "This is the worst." -- King Lear