Govornor Bradford's
Govornor Bradford\'s
Thanksgiving Proclamation
Inasmuch as the great Father has given us this year an abund...
BRAIN
BRAIN
Watts of power used by the human brain when it's engaged in deep thought: 14; watts required to operate an I...
BREVITY
BREVITY
Usually, by the time a person says, "Well, to make a long story short," it's too late.
BROKEN
BROKEN
In his retirement, Thomas Jefferson founded the University of Virginia. Because Jefferson trusted that students ...
BUDGET
BUDGET
Beware of little expenses; a small leak will sink a great ship.
B. Franklin.
BUILD
BUILD
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POEMS
A Build...
BUREAUCRACY
BUREAUCRACY
The Swedish navy felt the need to construct a huge battleship, with 64 guns set in two decks, for its fleet...
BUSINESS
BUSINESS
Upward Mobility Rule: don't be irreplaceable. If you can't be replaced, you can't be promoted. ...
BURNOUT
BURNOUT
(see also WORKAHOLIC)
Architect Frank Lloyd Wright once told of an incident that may have seemed insignif...
BUSY
BUSY
Beware of the barrenness of a busy life.
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CALLING
CALLING
In the eleventh century, King Henry III of Bavaria grew tired of court life and the pressures of being a monarc...
CALLOUSNESS
CALLOUSNESS
If you live in a graveyard too long you stop crying when someone dies.
Traditional.
CALM
CALM
Here is an instruction on how to react to hungry pythons, as given to Peace Corpsmen serving in Brazil -- "Remembe...
CALVINISM
CALVINISM
When a Calvinist says that all things happen according to the predestination of God, he speaks the truth, and...
CARELESSNESS
CARELESSNESS
For want of a nail the shoe was lost; for want of a shoe the horse was lost; and for want of a horse the r...
CARNAL
CARNAL
What is carnality? According to the Greek dictionary, it means to have the nature and characteristics of the fle...
CAUGHT
CAUGHT
Robert Wood Johnson, the former chairman of Johnson & Johnson, was known to be a terror when he inspected his pl...
CAUTION
CAUTION
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POEMS
Oppor...
CELEBRATION
CELEBRATION
Author Leo Buscaglia tells this story about his mother and their "misery dinner." It was the night after hi...
CERTAINTY
CERTAINTY
When I was young I was sure of everything; in a few years, having been mistaken a thousand times, I was not h...