Happy Soul Food Friday!
This week:
- Politics Can Be a Joke
- Never Give Up!
- Upgrade Your Mindset
- Isn’t Nature Magnificent?
Politics Can Be a Joke:
Here are some classics…
If God wanted us to vote, he would have given us candidates.
~Jay Leno~
The problem with political jokes is they get elected.
~Henry Cate, VII~
We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office.
~Aesop~
Politicians are the same all over. They promise to build a bridge even where there is no river.
~Nikita Khrushchev~
When I was a boy, I was told that anybody could become President; I’m beginning to believe it.
~Clarence Darrow~
Politicians are people who, when they see light at the end of the tunnel, go out and buy some more tunnels.
~John Quinton~
Why pay money to have your family tree traced; go into politics and your opponents will do it for you.
~Author unknown~
Politics is supposed to be the second-oldest profession. I have come to realize that it bears a very close resemblance to the first.
~Ronald Reagan~
Politics is the gentle art of getting votes from the poor and campaign funds from the rich, by promising to protect each from the other.
~Oscar Ameringer~
I offer my opponents a bargain: if they will stop telling lies about us, I will stop telling the truth about them.
~Adlai Stevenson, 1952~
A politician is a fellow who will lay down your life for his country.
~ Tex Guinan~
Instead of giving a politician the keys to the city, it might be better to change the locks.
~Doug Larson~
We’d all like to vote for the best man, but he’s never a candidate.
~Kin Hubbard~
Never Give Up!
Nobel Prize winner Katalin Karikó on being ‘demoted 4 times’ and perseverance.
On Monday, Katalin Karikó won the Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine, but her journey to prestige has been punctuated with more hurdles than catalysts.
Nobel Prize winner Katalin Karikó on being demoted, perseverance (cnbc.com)
Nobel Prize Winner Says He Flunked First College Chemistry Exam:
Nobel Prize Winner Says He Flunked First College Chemistry Exam – The Messenger
Some timeless inspiration-
Upgrade Your Mindset:
If by Rudyard Kipling – Read by Sir Michael Caine – YouTube
Invictus by William Henley read by Morgan Freeman | Inspirational Poetry – YouTube
The No. 1 key to a happier, longer life—’that younger people don’t’ know, according to the oldest and ‘wisest’ Americans.
Bestselling author, entrepreneur and psychology researcher Shane Parrish reveals the No. 1 happiness and longevity lesson from the “oldest and wisest Americans.”
Isn’t Nature Magnificent?
13 stunning photos from this year’s best wildlife photographers
From a delicate sack of salamander eggs to a forest illuminated by fireflies, these winning images from an annual competition emphasize the importance of conservation.
13 stunning photos from this year’s best wildlife photographers (nationalgeographic.com)
Thanks this week go to Larry H for the political jokes!
Love,
Neville
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“Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world.
Today I am wise, so I am changing myself.” -Rumi
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