NEWTON, JOHN
NEWTON, JOHN
John Newton was a rough, dirty sailor with a foul mouth and an appetite for rotten living. He hated life and life hated him. He was captain o...
NEW AGE
NEW AGE
About half of the Americans who are familiar with the New Age movement don't take its teachings seriously, and a third of them say New Age th...
NEW CREATION
NEW CREATION
London businessman Lindsay Clegg told the story of a warehouse property he was selling. The building had been empty for months and needed rep...
NEW YEAR
NEW YEAR
Boast not thyself of tomorrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth
Proverbs 27:1.
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NO
NO
Writing for the New York Times Magazine, Mauren Dowd and Thomas L. Friedman describe a conversation that once took place between Secretary of State Jam...
NOISE
NOISE
It happens every time the prof calls a group of students to the board to solve a physics problem. Someone holds the chalk wrong and sends chills up ...
NONSENSE
NONSENSE
Sam Goldwyn, the movie producer, used to mangle the English language so badly that his malaprops and mixed metaphors came to be known as Goldwyni...
NOVICE
NOVICE
Sign outside a riding stable: We have fast horses for folks who like to ride fast. We have slow horses for folks who ride slow. We have big horses ...
OBEDIENCE
OBEDIENCE
Neil Marten, a member of the British Parliament, was once giving a group of his constituents a guided tour of the Houses of Parliament. During t...
OBESITY
OBESITY
Half of Americans in a recent poll said they or their family members have suffered from depression, 46% considered it a health problem, and 43% sa...
OBJECTION
OBJECTION
Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must be first overcome.
Samuel Johnson.
OBJECTIVE
OBJECTIVE
Flight 401
It was Flight 401 bound for Miami from New York City with a load of holiday passengers. As the huge aircraft approached ...
OBLIVIOUS
OBLIVIOUS
In December 1903, after many attempts, the Wright brothers were successful in getting their "flying machine" off the ground. Thrilled, they tele...
OBSTACLE
OBSTACLE
Michael A. Guido of Metter, Georgia, columnist of several newspapers writes:
"An artist in Mexico lost his right hand while working...
Office
Office
How To Maintain A Healthy Level Of Insanity In The Workplace...
1. Page yourself over the intercom. Don't disguise your voice.
OLD AGE
OLD AGE
George Burns once said, "Tennis is a game for young people. Until age 25, you can play singles. From there until age 35, you should play doubles. ...
OMISSION
OMISSION
His career as a private detective supplied novelist Dashiell Hammett with much of the material used in his books. On one occasion, the chief of p...
OMNIPOTENCE
OMNIPOTENCE
Does omnipotence mean that God can do literally anything? No, that is not the meaning. There are many things God cannot do. He cannot do what ...
ONE ANOTHER
ONE ANOTHER
People need people. Laurie was about three when one night she requested my aid in getting undressed. I was downstairs and she was upstairs, an...
ONWARD Christian Soldiers
ONWARD Christian Soldiers
Backward Christian Soldiers
1. Backward Christian soldiers,
Fleeing from the fight,
With ...