Wayne

“You boys remind me of a farmer friend of mine in Illinois, who said he could never understand why the Lord put the curl in a pig’s tail. It never seemed to him to be either useful or ornamental, but he reckoned the Almighty knew what he was doing when he put it there.” In other words, notes Wilson in Lincoln’s Sword, “Just because we can’t understand the purpose of things, however insignificant, doesn’t mean that there is none.” We”
― Thomas Freiling, Walking with Lincoln: Spiritual Strength from America's Favorite President

“The avoidance of idiocy should be the primary and constant concern of every intelligent person. It is mine. I am sometimes successful.”
― Rex Stout, The Rubber Band

“Kurita knew that heavenly influences could be counted upon to trump human planning. In war, events seldom cooperate with expectation. Given”
― James D. Hornfischer, The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors: The Extraordinary World War II Story of the U.S. Navy's Finest Hour

“growing old was mandatory but growing up was optional.”
― Carl A. Sparks, Rescue Flight