Notable Quotes for May
"Who in their infinite wisdom decreed that Little League uniforms be white? Certainly not a mother."
— Erma Bombeck
“There are 3 kinds of men: The one that learns by reading; the few who learn by observation.
The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence for themselves.”
— Will Rogers
“David Stern should get with the mothers of the NBA and let the moms decide what the dress code should be.
I asked my mother if I could wear a chain, and she told me,‘Yeah.’ So I do stuff that my parents allow me to do.”
— Shaquille O’Neal
"In matters of style, swim with the current. In matters of principle, stand like a rock."
— Thomas Jefferson
“Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time”
— Thomas A. Edison
Although Edison held over 1,000 patents in his name, many of his inventions were not completely original,
but rather improvements of earlier patents.
His secret to success was in continual research and improvements, and in “not giving up” on solving a problem.
Worry is like a rocking chair: It gives you something to do, but it doesn’t get you anywhere.
— Erma Bombeck
“On account of being a democracy and run by the people,
we are the only nation in the world that has to keep a government four years, no matter what it does.”
— Will Rogers
“Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.”
— Albert Einstein
“Executive ability is deciding quickly and getting somebody else to do the work.”
— John Garland Pollard