Books --> Radio --> TV --> Internet

“A room without books is like a body without a soul.”

- Marcus Tullius Cicero

“Man - you would have loved the internet.”

- Arthur Unknows  

(Non-Native-American-Norwegian-English-add some Mutt-Natural Born-European-American Writer)

More Water Please

“Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened.”

- Dr. Seuss

“I heard that Dr. Seuss had constipation problems, hence the origination of such a gleeful statement.”

- Arthur Unknows  

(Non-Native-American-Norwegian-English-add some Mutt-Natural Born-European-American Writer)

Merry Christmas

"Merry Christmas."
- Arthur Unknows
(Non-Native-American-Norwegian-English-add some Mutt-Natural Born-European-American Writer)

Football Parrot-y

“A bird doesn't sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a song.”

- Lou Holtz

“I beg to differ… A bird in nature with such a nice song is clearly looking for some tail-feathers to ruffle.”

- Arthur Unknows  

(Non-Native-American-Norwegian-English-add some Mutt-Natural Born-European-American Writer)

"Closed on Sundays...see me tomorrow morning.  The early birds gets the worms words."
- Arthur Unknows
(Non-Native-American-Norwegian-English-add some Mutt-Natural Born-European-American Writer)

Deliberately Obtuse

“Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see a shadow.”

- Helen Keller

“Yep – you see what’s wrong with this one too - right?  I would have typed it in Braille, however our technology hasn’t been utilized to morph our monitor screens - you dig?”

- Arthur Unknows  

(Non-Native-American-Norwegian-English-add some Mutt-Natural Born-European-American Writer)

Sputter, Sputter - Blah

“Thoughts are energy, and you can make your world or break your world by your thinking.”

- Susan L Taylor

“Long way of saying – I am the master of myself.”

- Arthur Unknows  

(Non-Native-American-Norwegian-English-add some Mutt-Natural Born-European-American Writer)

Ambiguous Ranting

“If you want something to happen, make a space for it.  …Practically all goals tarnish with time if not renewed.”

- David Campbell

“I created a space for my goal I did not set - therefore noooooooooo tarnishing.”

- Arthur Unknows  

(Non-Native-American-Norwegian-English-add some Mutt-Natural Born-European-American Writer)

Nuclear Peanuts

“You can do what you have to do, and sometimes you can do it even better than you think you can.”

- Jimmy Carter

“When you have to do something - its’ ease - is in the belief you have to do it.”

- Arthur Unknows 

 (Non-Native-American-Norwegian-English-add some Mutt-Natural Born-European-American Writer)

Service --> Thinking --> Rambling

“A positive attitude may not solve every problem, but it makes solving any problem a more pleasant experience.”

- Grant Fairley

“Hello, meet Grant Fairley – your local customer service rep.”

- Arthur Unknows  

(Non-Native-American-Norwegian-English-add some Mutt-Natural Born-European-American Writer)

Pious Poise

 “The profit of great ideas comes when you turn them into reality.”

- Michael Harrington

  

“Profit – the motivator of ideas – ideas that are then deemed good or bad eventually.”

- Arthur Unknows

(Non-Native-American-Norwegian-English-add some Mutt-Natural Born-European-American Writer)

"Closed on Sundays...see me tomorrow morning.  The early birds gets the worms words."
- Arthur Unknows
(Non-Native-American-Norwegian-English-add some Mutt-Natural Born-European-American Writer)

Bee Ess

“Ambition is the path to success.  Persistence is the vehicle you arrive in.”
- Bill Bradley

“Words are the conduits to communication.  Talking is the spewing of your, ahem… thoughts.”

- Arthur Unknows 

  (Non-Native-American-Norwegian-English-add some Mutt-Natural Born-European-American Writer)

"Closed on Sundays...see me tomorrow morning.  The early birds gets the worms words."
- Arthur Unknows

Duh Vinci

“The common sense is that which judges the things given to it by other senses.”

- Leonardo Da Vinci

“No Leonardo Duh Vinci… that would be familiar sense, not common.  Leave the word verbiage to the master probator seeking pardon from grammar.”

- Arthur Unknows

Accept-Not

“Look well into thyself; there is a source which will always spring up if thou wilt always search there.”

- Marcus Aurelius

“My sub-conscious will not ‘Accept’ that.”  (Thoughts of Chuckie)

- Arthur Unknows

Epic-Name

“He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has.”

- Epictetus

“What’s in a name?... Let’s have a look.  Epic-tetus… tetus is a version of titus, which is defined as ‘a male given name.’  So ‘Epic-male given name’ is what Epictetus means. Huh”

- Arthur Unknows

Lecter's Lecture

“The best gifts are tied with heartstrings.”

- Author Unknown

“Says Hannibal Lecter!.”

- Arthur Unknows

Interpretation Relation

“What we learn about another person will always result in a greater reward than what we tell him about ourselves.”

- Author Unknown

“Interpretation is reality and self promotion a winded commercial.”

- Arthur Unknows

Pierre's Cares

“Learn your craft one step at a time.  Dedicate yourself to the details of your enterprise, and the rest will take care of itself.”

- Jean-Pierre Garnier

“Craft… Dedicate… Enterprise… Care.  Business Magnate / Rx Drug Dealer.”

- Arthur Unknows

"Closed on Sundays...see me tomorrow morning.  The early birds gets the worms words."
- Arthur Unknows

Rough Plough

“The more a plough is used, the brighter it becomes.”

- Slovenian Proverb

“Imagination with a Sloven Pervert.”

- Arthur Unknows

Eating Used Food

“Character is like a tree, and reputation like its shadow.  The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing.”

- Author Unknown

“Voting is like eating food, and the outcome resembles used food.  The used food is what we think of politicians; the eating food is the only enjoyment.”

- Arthur Unknows

Injun-Hyphen

“We will be known forever by the tracks we leave.”

- Native American Proverb

  

“Hyphen!  Its needs more hyphen… following the modern Hyphenated-American’s unnecessary, extracurricular, homage to self-classification; I present the following.  “Native-American Proverb, you see, the hyphen gives it oomph!”

- Arthur Unknows (Non-Native-American-Norwegian-English-add some European Mutt-Natural Born-American Writer)

T-able

“There are two kinds of light—the glow that illumines, and the glare that obscures.”
- James Thurber

“From one beam there are two kinds of products – the table that adorns, and the slivers that sore.”

- Arthur Unknows

"Closed on Sundays...see me tomorrow morning.  The early birds gets the worms words."
- Arthur Unknows

Feeding Darwin

“Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.”
- Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Context is a funny thing… this is a riddle out of context, however we must surmise that Ralphie is suggesting that you should be yourself and blaze your own.  Okay I get it – I feel sorry for the soul that takes this advice and gets eaten by the Darwin fish.”

- Arthur Unknows

Lied Forlay

“I would rather trust a woman's instinct than a man's reason.”
- Stanley Baldwin

“Men will say anything to seek favor with a woman – yes ladies anything.”

- Arthur Unknows

Off Ended Remark

“Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none.”
- William Shakespeare

“Will.I.Am Shakes Spear – would I offend with a caricature of that?”

- Arthur Unknows

PorP - Passed or Past

“But time growing old teaches all things.”
- Aeschylus

“Information is not all passed on, but past on.”

- Arthur Unknows

Webcrawling SuperHighway

“Getting information off the Internet is like taking a drink from a fire hydrant.”
- Mitchell Kapor

“Then you’re doing it wrong – seek advice.”

- Arthur Unknows

GO Victor Tango abbr

“The first rule of any technology used in a business is that automation applied to an efficient operation will magnify the efficiency. The second is that automation applied to an inefficient operation will magnify the inefficiency.”
- Bill Gates

“The second sentence describes one thing well; government at work.”

- Arthur Unknows

"Closed on Sundays...see me tomorrow morning.  The early birds gets the worms words."
- Arthur Unknows

Assembly Line of Morals

“Coming together is a beginning; keeping together is progress; working together is success.”
- Henry Ford

“Coming together is a courtship; keeping together is marriage; working together is family.”

- Arthur Unknows

Haute Twaute Shautes

“Always be yourself, express yourself, have faith in yourself, do not go out and look for a successful personality and duplicate it.”
- Bruce Lee

Definition of Modern Actress:

“Always be someone else, express someone else, have faith in someone else, go out and look for a successful personality and duplicate it.”

- Arthur Unknows

Bacon Gas

“I am building a fire, and everyday I train, I add more fuel. At just the right moment, I light the match.”
- Mia Hamm

“I am building flatulence, and every Mexican meal I eat, I add more fuel.  At just the right moment – BLUE FLAMES.”

- Arthur Unknows

Posterior Leadership

“One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors.”
- Plato

“Let’s make this a little more succinct – ‘You don’t vote; you will be governed by various posteriors.”

- Arthur Unknows

"Closed on Sundays...see me tomorrow morning.  The early birds gets the worms words."
- Arthur Unknows

EA Poe - Has 8 Lives Remaining

“I wish I could write as mysterious as a cat."
- Edgar Allan Poe

“You just did.”

- Arthur Unknows

Hindsight

“An eye for an eye only ends up making the whole world blind.
-  Mahatma Gandhi

“I am going into the eye patch business, right here, right now… dibs.”

- Arthur Unknows

Meaning De minimus

“He is richest who is content with the least, for content is the wealth of nature.”
- Socrates

“It’s Greek to me.”

- Arthur Unknows

Shorthands...

“Music is the shorthand of emotion.”
- Leo Tolstoy

If that’s true…

“Then a Smile is the shorthand of Welcome.”

- Arthur Unknows

"Closed on Sundays...see me tomorrow morning.  The early birds gets the worms words."
- Arthur Unknows

Mete It

“A creative man is motivated by the desire to achieve, not by the desire to beat others.”
- Ayn Rand

“When the desire to achieve is obstructed by man, then the motivation to beat others is achieved and meted equivocally by said desire.”

- Arthur Unknows

Obey Thy Name Statement

“A woman knows the face of the man she loves as a sailor knows the open sea.”
- Honore de Balzac

“The person is real, however his name is raunchy.”

- Arthur Unknows

Dupe-plicity

“Believe that life is worth living and your belief will help create the fact.”
- William James

“You know he could be addressed as: Bill Jim.  And ‘Bill Jim.’ is a short statement.”

- Arthur Unknows

Short Attent...

“Be a yardstick of quality. Some people aren't used to an environment where excellence is expected.”
- Steve Jobs

Like Today Generation:  “What’s a Yardstick?”

“A unit of measurement representing 3 feet in length and don’t give them an inch… for those born after 1990 - I will define an ‘inch’ next week.  Ah who am I kidding the attention span for Today’s Generation quit reading at the word ‘measurement’.”

- Arthur Unknows

Confucius Confuse Us

“Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance.
- Confucius

“You don’t know what you don’t know.  When you recognize that you don’t know something about a subject - you now miraculously have more knowledge?  I think the translation was incorrect and the translator needed to know their subject better or have ‘Real knowledge’.”

- Arthur Unknows

Counter-Quote Using Antonyms 1.0

“Find a place inside where there's joy, and the joy will burn out the pain.”
- Joseph Campbell

Counter-Quote Using Antonyms

“Find Lose a place inside outside where there’s joy woe, and the joy woe will burn quench the pain pleasure.”

- Arthur Unknows

Sunday 6.0

"Closed on Sundays...see me tomorrow morning.  The early birds gets the worms words."
- Arthur Unknows

Double French Word

“Imagination is more important than knowledge.”
- Albert Einstein

“Meeting one’s Basic Needs is more important than Imagination.”

How far do you want to take this Albert… Geesh - what an Einstein.

- Arthur Unknows

My Butler Langston

“Like a welcome summer rain, humor may suddenly cleanse and cool the earth, the air and you.”
- Langston Hughes

“What a thoughtful and erudite quote… and most of all – what a great name for a butler.”

- Arthur Unknows

A Pole - Pin and Needle

"A well-developed sense of humor is the pole that adds balance to your steps as you walk the tightrope of life.”
- William Arthur Ward

“So without humor you’ll fall off the tightrope of life.  Yikes.  What would the metaphor have been had he thought of pins and needles.  The mental picture of that in my head is not pretty”

- Arthur Unknows

Hear What I Want

“The Constitution only gives people the right to pursue happiness. You have to catch it yourself.”
- Benjamin Franklin

True – however I sense fellow Americans read the previous quote as...

“The Constitution only gives people the right to pursue happiness.  You’re entitled to it.”

- Arthur Unknows

You Would Even Say It Glows

“I cook with wine, sometimes I even add it to the food.”
- W. C. Fields

“A wino’s wino – W.C. Fields would put Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer to shame.”

- Arthur Unknows

Child Toys - Noise

"A hug is like a boomerang - you get it back right away."
- Bil Keane

"...So is a Yo-Yo, albeit with strings attached."
- Arthur Unknows

"Closed on Sundays...see me tomorrow morning.  The early birds get the worms words."
- Arthur Unknows

Bi-Oxymoron

“To err is human; to forgive, divine.”
- Alexander Pope

“Alexander Pope was neither a leader nor a Pope; either by namesake ‘Alexander’ or by conclave election – he was a poet.”

- Arthur Unknows

Two Truths in One

“Faith is taking the first step even when you don't see the whole staircase.”
- Martin Luther King, Jr.

“Penitence is grand – King Jr.  What an elegant way to tell the individual to act and get off their rump.”

- Arthur Unknows

On Uncle Sam's Dea-L

“A mind that is stretched by a new experience can never go back to its old dimensions.”
- Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.  (1835-1941)

“Oliver let me introduce you to the modern today’s American generation… their brain willfully cannot stretch, it sits on the couch connected virtually to the entitlement mentality; and when that fleeting thought of accountability flickers in the mind – the brain pulls its dorsolateral prefrontal cortex and is on the permanent disabled list of team Uncle Sam.”

- Arthur Unknows

Insights To Mann

“A human being is not attaining his full heights until he is educated.”
- Horace Mann

“Science differs and says that at about 18-22 years of age man reaches their fullest height; however, this could be the reason there are so many short people in the world.”

- Arthur Unknows

Speak It True James

“Dream as if you'll live forever. Live as if you'll die today.”
- James Dean

“When you let the cat out of the bag – don’t push all-in with 9 lives.”

- Arthur Unknows

Not-So, Thoreau

“Things do not change; we change.”
- Henry David Thoreau

“Apparently the definition of ‘noun’ has changed.  Thank you Henry David (Not-so) Thoreau.”

- Arthur Unknows

"Closed on Sundays...see me tomorrow morning.  The early birds get the worms words."
- Arthur Unknows

”Hell, there are no rules here - we're trying to accomplish something.”
- Thomas A. Edison

“Ahem… *cough* GOVERNMENT *cough* your looking obese – its time to fast.”
- Arthur Unknows

“I want to put a ding in the universe.”
- Steve Jobs

“He put a pretty good ding in my wallet – not that it’s the universe.”
- Arthur Unknows

“A friend never defends a husband who gets his wife an electric skillet for her birthday.”
- Erma Bombeck

“Especially during the 1700’s.”
- Arthur Unknows

“A witty woman is a treasure; a witty beauty is a power.”
- George Meredith

“A witty woman is a treasure; a witty beauty is a power.”
“A witty woman is a treasure; a witty beauty is a power.”
- Arthur Unknows

“If you hear a voice within you say 'you cannot paint,' then by all means paint, and that voice will be silenced.”
- Vincent Van Gogh

“Wait… What!?!   From the guy who slashed off a portion of his ear!”
- Arthur Unknows

“Age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don't mind, it doesn't matter.”
- Mark Twain

“Age is a measurement of time between the combination of your mind and matter existing together; and if you don’t matter – it don’t mind.”
- Arthur Unknows

"Closed on Sundays...see me tomorrow morning.  The early birds get the worms words."
- Arthur Unknows