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Roadside Sign •      “Eggs/Produce/Chicken.” Charles Mathis in Catholic Digest, quoted in Reader’s Digest, February, 1982

The Manuscript Your manuscript is both good and original, but the part that is good is not original, and the part that is original is not good. Samuel Johnson, The Book of Insults, Nancy McPhee

Quote •      I would rather lose in a cause that will some day win, than win in a cause that will some day lose. – Woodrow Wilson (attributed), Speaker’s Idea File, p. 3.

Illusion of Control Money magazine reported in its January 1997 issue that a group of people were asked which is longer, the Panama Canal or the Suez Canal, and then asked how certain they were that their answer was correct. Among those who were 60% certain, 50% of them got the answer right–meaning that this … Continue reading “Overconfidence”

Library Book The most overdue book in the history of library services was a copy of Febrile Diseases. It was checked out of the University of Cincinnati Medical Library in 1823 by Mr. M. Dodd and returned on December 7, 1968 by his great-grandson. It had accrued a fine estimated at $2,646. Sept. 1980, Campus … Continue reading “Overdue”

100 Nails Shortly after I moved from Alaska to California, one of my studded snow tires went flat. The service-station attendant took a long look and the said, “Mister, I don’t know how to tell you this, but you’ve got over a hundred nails in your tire!” Reader’s Digest, Contributed by Ray Longhenry

Resource •      Christian Child Rearing, P. Meier, Baker, 1977, p. 67

Computers The exec was making a presentation to the company board. “Computers have allowed us to cut costs,” he explained. “We expect even more dramatic improvements as computers become increasingly self-sufficient.” He unveiled a large chart showing a man, a dog, and a computer. “Here is our organization plan of the future.” “What kind of … Continue reading “Obsolete”

Success Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles that one has overcome while trying to succeed. Booker T. Washington (1856–1915), Educator, as quoted in Bits & Pieces, Vol. T/No. 17, p. 5 Famous People 1. After Fred Astaire’s first screen test, … Continue reading “Obstacle, Obstacles”

Quote The explanation requiring the fewest assumptions is most likely to be correct. – William of Occam – 14th century scholar