Wars Almost Never End The Way Starters

Generous Gestures Yield The Most When That Isn't Their Purpose.

When A Fissure Off The California Coast Started Pumping And Dumping Oil On The Nearby Towns And Beaches, Everybody Started Dumping On Union Oil. Matters Weren't Helped One Iota By A Manufactured Quotation Attributed To Union's President, Fred Hartley, Alleging His Amazement At The Publicity For The Loss Of A Few Birds.... Fred Hartley Never Said What The Press Reported, As The Transcript And The Senate Committee Members Definitely Established. But I Don't Suppose The Truth Will Ever Catch Up With The More Colorful Falsehood.

When Things Are Bad, We Take Comfort In The Thought That They Could Always Get Worse. And When They Are, We Find Hope In The Thought That Things Are So Bad They Have To Get Better.

In The Long Run, A Short Cut Seldom Is.

After The Fact, Our Hearts Always Go Out To The Fallen Goliaths. Yet We Invariably Root For Their Davids. Until They're Winners.