Wednesday Grab Bag

It is better to execute a plan and see what happens than to make "Let's see what happens" your plan.

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Things go wrong in the course of a day, mostly trivial things trying to make themselves seem important.

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The difference between hope and wishful thinking is that you usually build on hope, whereas wishful thinking is always a strategy in itself.

~~ Robert Brault

Sunday Sermonette

"A mother always counts to ten,

And never, never peeks,

But always knows just where you hide,

And there she never seeks,

Until the very nick of time

Lest tears run down your cheeks."

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Friday Flyer

I'd like to say, on behalf of all us lifelong doubters, that we're a bit overwhelmed these days, there being so much information that needs to be doubted.

~~ Robert Brault

Wednesday Wildcard

Experience is a patient teacher, always willing to repeat the lesson for slow learners.

~~ Robert Brault

Sunday Sermonette

"What a clever liar always discovers is that telling the truth would not only have been more honest but more clever."

~~ Robert Brault

Wednesday Wildcard

Overheard on Judgment Day:  "You did WHAT in My name?"

~~ Robert Brault

Tuesday Muse Day

At age 70, I learned that all those years they were calling me a dim bulb, they meant I was efficient.  Now, past 80, I learn that all those years they said I was cold and aloof, they meant I was controlling the spread.

~~ Robert Brault