Wednesday, March 2, 2011

HOT LEAD:

"Never pick a fight with people who buy ink by the barrel."
~ Bill Clinton, Former American President (1946 - )

"Hot lead can be almost as effective coming from a linotype as from a firearm."
~ John O'Hara, Amer. writer (1905 - 1970)

" The pen is mightier than the sword, and considerably easier to write with."
~ Marty Feldman, English comedy writer (1934 - 1982)

"Four hostile newspapers are more to be feared than a thousand bayonets."
~ Napoleon Bonaparte, French Statesman (1769 - 1821)

"If I want to knock a story off the front page, I just change my hairstyle."
~ Hillary Clinton, American Secretary of State (1947 - )

"Wit, by itself, is of little account. It becomes of moment only when grounded on wisdom."
~ Mark Twain, American writer
Treasury of Wit & Wisdom, Compiled by Jeff Bredenberg, Reader's Digest Assoc., 2006.