Daily FortunesNov 13, 2017
We know all about the habits of the ant, we know all about...
We know all about the habits of the ant, we know all about the habits of the
bee, but we know nothing at all about the habits of the oyster. It seems
almost certain that we have been choosing the wrong time for studying the
oyster.
-- Mark Twain,...
We should be careful to get out of an experience only...
We should be careful to get out of an experience only the wisdom that is
in it - and stay there, lest we be like the cat that sits down on a hot
stove-lid. She will never sit down on a hot stove-lid again - and that
is well; but also she will never sit down on a cold...
We were young and our happiness dazzled us with its strength...
We were young and our happiness dazzled us with its strength. But there was
also a terrible betrayal that lay within me like a Merle Haggard song at a
French restaurant. [...]
I could not tell the girl about the woman of the tollway, of her milk
white BMW and...
Well, anyway, I was reading this James Bond book, and right...
Well, anyway, I was reading this James Bond book, and right away I realized
that like most books, it had too many words. The plot was the same one that
all James Bond books have: An evil person tries to blow up the world, but
James Bond kills him and his henchmen and makes...
What good is an obscenity trial except to popularize...
What good is an obscenity trial except to popularize literature?
-- Nero Wolfe, "The League of Frightened Men"
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Daily Fortunes for Nov 13, 2017
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