John Saward's Sandbox

Random Quote

As long as you are going to be thinking anyway, think big!

— Donald Trump

Twitscoop



Junkyard

Going to a junkyard is a sobering experience. There you can see the ultimate destination of almost everything we desire.

— Roger von Oech

Mistakes

Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new.

— Albert Einstein

The bumble bee

Aerodynamically, the bumble bee shouldn't be able to fly, but the bumble bee doesn't know it and goes on flying anyway.

[See http://www.flickr.com/photos/champagnechic/3370208238/]

— Mary Kay Ash

At the track

One day while he was at the track playing the ponies and all but losing his shirt, Mitch noticed a priest who stepped out onto the track and blessed the forehead of one of the horses lining up for the 4th race. Lo and behold, that horse a very long shot - won the race.

Before the next race, as the horses began lining up, Mitch watched with interest the old priest step onto the track. Sure enough, as the 5th race horses came to the starting gate the priest made a blessing on the forehead of one of the horse.

DO IT ANYWAY

People are often unreasonable, illogical and self-centered;
Forgive them anyway.

If you are kind, people may accuse you
of selfish, ulterior motives;
Be kind anyway.

If you are successful, you will win some
false friends and some true enemies;
Succeed anyway.

If you are honest and frank, people may cheat you;
Be honest and frank anyway.

What you spend years building,
someone could destroy overnight;
Build anyway.

If you find serenity and happiness,
they may be jealous;
Be happy anyway.

The good you do today, people will
forget tomorrow,
Do good anyway.

Give the world the best you have, and
it may never be enough;
Give the world the best you've got ... anyway.

You see, in the final analysis, it is
between you and God,
It never was between you and them anyway..

— Accredited to Mother Theresa

Number of the BEAST

666 is the Number of the BEAST

670 - Approximate number of the Beast

DCLXVI - Roman numeral of the Beast

666.0000000 - Number of the High Precision Beast

665.9999954 - Number of the Pentium Beast

0.666 - Number of the Millibeast

/666 - Beast Common Denominator

666 x sq. rt (-1) - Imaginary number of the Beast

1010011010 - Binary of the Beast 6

1-666 - Area code of the Beast

00666 - Zip code of the Beast

1-900-666-0666 - Live Beasts! One-on-one pacts! Call Now! Only $6.66/minute.

$665.95 - Retail price of the Beast

Your dream

When your heart is in your dream, no request is too extreme.

Life in the country

When you're from the country you look at things a little different...

A rancher got in his pickup and drove to a neighboring ranch and
knocked at the door. A young boy, about 9, opened the door.
"Is yer Dad home?" the rancher asked.
"No,sir, he ain't," the boy replied. "He went into town."
"Well," said the rancher, "is yer Mom here?"
"No, sir, she ain't here neither. She went into town with Dad."
"How about your brother, Howard? Is he here?"
"He went with Mom and Dad."
The rancher stood there for a few minutes, shifting from one foot to the other and mumbling to himself.

Italian Pregnancy

An 18 year old Italian girl tells her Mom that she has missed her period for 2 months. Very worried, the mother goes to the drugstore and buys a pregnancy kit.

The test result shows that the girl is pregnant.

Shouting, cursing, crying, the mother says, 'Who was the pig that did this to you? I want to know!'

The girl picks up the phone and makes a call.

Half an hour later, a Ferrari stops in front of their house.

A mature and distinguished man with grey hair and impeccably dressed in an Armani suit, steps out of the Ferrari and enters the house.

Get things done

The way to get things done is not to mind who gets the credit for doing them. Benjamin Jowett

— Benjamin Jowett