Smile for Today ~

"I start every morning with the New York Times.  The first thing I do when I get up is read the obituary column.  If my names isn't in it, I get dressed."
~ Alan King (1927 - 2004) American actor, comedian.

"Do you know the first thing I do every day?  I read the New York Times obituary page, because maybe a pianist has died somewhere."
~ Leopold Godowsky (1870 - 1938)  Noted Polish-American pianist.

"I always turn to the sports page first.  The sports page records people's accomplishments, the front page nothing but man's failure."
~ Earl Warren (1891 - 1974) 14th Chief Justice of U.S.A.

~ True Confessions, Compiled by Jon Winokur, Penguin Books, 1992.