There are perhaps 5% of the population that simply can't think. There are another 5% who can, and do. The remaining 90% can think, but don't

At one time kings were anointed by Deity, so the problem was to see to it that Deity chose the right candidate. In this age the myth is "the will of the people" ... but the problem changes only superficially.

Heroism' often consists in keeping your head in an emergency and doing the best you can with what you have instead of panicking and being shot in the tail. People who fight this way win more battles than do intentional heroes; a glory hound often throws away the lives of his mates as well as his own.

When it don’t rain, the roof don’t leak; when it rains, I can’t fix it nohow.

Always cut the cards...and smile when you lose.

The Bible is such a gargantuan collection of conflicting values that anyone can prove anything from it.

Never do today what you can put off till tomorrow if tomorrow might improve the odds.