“REPORTS THAT say something hasn’t happened are interesting to me, because as we know, there are known unknowns; there are things we know we know,” Rumsfeld told the briefing.
“We also know there are known unknowns; that is to say we know there are some things we do not know. But there are also unknown unknowns — the ones we don’t know we don’t know.”

John Lister, spokesman for the campaign which strives to have public information delivered in clear, straightforward English, said, “We think we know what he means. But we don’t know if we really know.”

Rumsfeld, whose boss President Bush is often singled out by language critics for his sometimes unusual use of English, took the booby prize ahead of a bizarre effort from actor-turned politician Arnold Schwarzenegger.

“I think that gay marriage is something that should be between a man and a woman,” was the odd statement from the new California governor.

A good speech is like a womens skirt; short enough to arouse interest, yet long enough to cover the bear essentials


anyway i g2g, kinda hungry

My great concern is not whether you have failed, but whether you are content with your failure. Abraham Lincoln

You haven't failed until you quit trying. unknown

Success is the proper utilization of failure. unknown

You're on the road to success when you realize that failure is only a detour. unknown




I am not discouraged, because every wrong attempt discarded is another step forward.
- Thomas A. Edison

The absence of alternatives clears the mind marvelously. Henry Kissinger

Part of being sane, is being a little bit crazy.

- Janet Long

It's all right letting yourself go as long as you can let yourself back.

- Mick Jagger

The right to be heard does not automatically include the right to be taken seriously.


- Hubert H. Humphrey

he who slings mud loses ground

You must be the change, you wish to see in the world.

Take a music bath once or twice a week for a few seasons,
and you will find that it is to the soul what the water bath is to the body.

- Oliver Wendell Holmes

here here! Well said Mr. Holmes!


The two most common elements in the universe are Hydrogen
and stupidity. - Harlan Ellison

They didn't think we could or would fight, and they weren't the only ones who thought that, either. There are certain people back home who had the same idea. Both were wrong.

George S. Patton

Time cools, time clarifies; no mood can be maintained quite unaltered through the course of hours. - Mark Twain

Habit is habit and not to be flung out of the window by any man, but coaxed downstairs a step at a time.

- Mark Twain

Nobody sees a flower - really - it is so small it takes
time - we haven't time - and to see takes time, like to
have a friend takes time.

Georgia O'Keeffe