Cite-Seeing

Monday
17Mar2008

Islamists Past and Future

"To me it seems certain that the fatalistic teachings of Mohammed and the utter degradation of women is the outstanding cause for the arrested development of the Arab.  He is exactly as he was around the year 700, while we have kept on developing."

Bouncing a ball.

 

Patton General Patton - 1942

Monday
15Oct2007

Who Said That?

"Tis true that the merchant does not always succeed, but with patient industry he generally does.  There is one thing certain -- that no one succeeds without application and close attention to the business he is intended for."

 

Bouncing a ball.

 

 

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Samuel Cunard,

The driven, abstemious and Horatio Alger-like Scot chief of the Cunard Line.

 

 

 

 

Tuesday
02Oct2007

Who Said That?

"The safest place for a ship is in the harbor.  But that is not what ships are for."

 

Bouncing a ball.

 

 

 

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Winston Churchill

 

Thursday
20Sep2007

Who Said That?

 "It appears we have appointed our worst generals to command forces, and our most gifted and brilliant to edit newspapers. In fact, I discovered by reading newspapers that these editor/geniuses plainly saw all my strategic defects from the start, yet failed to inform me until it was too late.  Accordingly, I am readily willing to yield my command to these obviously superior intellects, and I will, in turn, do my best for the Cause by writing editorials - after the fact."

 

 

Bouncing a ball.

 

 

 

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Robert E. Lee - 1863

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Monday
17Sep2007

Who Said That?

"Happy 9/11."  ..."Celebrate the day, right?"

 

Bouncing a ball.

 

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James Brolin on the Chaz and AJ Show promoting his new film (which LowDownCentral will not be promoting).  This brings to mind another favorite quote: "Better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak up and remove all doubt."