Month: March 2012
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It’s a man thing
As a bagpiper, I play many gigs. Recently, I was asked by a funeral director to play at a graveside service for a homeless man. He had no family or friends so the service was to be at a pauper’s cemetery in the Kentucky back country.As I was not familiar with the backwoods, I got…
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Victory
Victory is won not in miles but in inches. Win a little now, hold your ground, and later, win a little more.Louis L’Amour
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Peace
If everyone demanded peace instead of another television set, then there’d be peace.John Lennon
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Bravery
A true knight is fuller of bravery in the midst, than in the beginning of danger.Philip Sidney
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Trouble
Trouble is a part of life, and if you don’t share it, you don’t give the person who loves you a chance to love you enough.Dinah Shore
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Subterfuge
If you can’t convince them, confuse them.Harry S. TrumanI used to have a sign that said, “If you can’t dazzle them with brilliance, then baffle them with bullshit.” Harry said it nicer.