Jack’s Winning Words 7/23/13
“It ain’t what you don’t know that gets you into trouble; it’s what you do know that just ain’t so.”  (Mark Twain)  I’ve read that Steve Jobs had an aversion to “Power Point” presentations.  He preferred listening to people who didn’t have to show what they knew.  Mark Twain had an aversion to politicians and preachers who didn’t practice what they preached.  A children’s song goes, “Be careful little mouths what you say.”    ;-)  Jack

 FROM TAR-MART REV:  I remember a statement I don't remember who is quoted as saying it...but, it went something like this..."As long as we keep from speaking, people will think we know more than we actually do...speak up and it is no longer a secret that we don't know as much as others think we do!" ====JACK:  One of the reasons I don't like call-in shows is that people on both sides of the microphone  think that they have all of the answers.  It's refreshing when someone says, "I don't know."

FROM MICHIZONA RAY:  ...for tomorrow you may to eat them.====JACK:  I think the first part of your quote is..."Keep your words soft and sweet."  But, you probably knew that.

 FROM RI IN BOSTON:  Those WW are absolutely right.  With all the electronic media venting commentary these days there's too much information that "just ain't so."====JACK:  When my bother-in-law and I would hear someone "spouting off," we'd say quietly OOMPAH!  It was a reference to this story.   President Harry Truman used to tell about a campaign stop on an Indian reservation.  After each promise of what he’d do for Native Americans if elected, the crowd shouted “Oompah!  Oompah!”  The louder this chorus grew, the more inspired Truman’s speech became.  As he left, the President had to cross a corral which had been filled with horses.  “Careful,” his escort told him.  “Don’t step in the oompah.”

 FROM BBC IN ILLINOIS:  But doesn’t the rest of the song go…the Father up above, is looking down with love so be careful…I like that – not that you’re going to get punished for mis-speaking but that you’d respond to God out of the love given first to you…====JACK:  If you want to sing the whole song...
O be careful little eyes what you see  O be careful little eyes what you see
There's a Father up above  And He's looking down in love  So, be careful little eyes what you see

O be careful little ears what you hear  O be careful little ears what you hear
There's a Father up above  And He's looking down in love  So, be careful little ears what you hear

O be careful little hands what you do  O be careful little hands what you do
There's a Father up above  And He's looking down in love  So, be careful little hands what you do

O be careful little feet where you go  O be careful little feet where you go
There's a Father up above  And He's looking down in love  So, be careful little feet where you go

O be careful little mouth what you say  O be careful little mouth what you say
There's a Father up above  And He's looking down in love  So, be careful little mouth what you say

 FROM BLAZING OAKS:  HA! I REMEMBER TWAIN'S QUOTE, "NO MAN'S  LIFE, LIBERTY OR PROPERTY IS SAFE WHILE THE LEGISLATURE IS IN SESSION!"  POLITICIANS WERE A PRIME TARGET FOR HIS CYNICAL HUMOR...I THINK WE ALL HAVE AN AVERSION TO THOSE WHO DO NOT PRACTICE WHAT THEY PREACH, AND WE ARE OUR OWN WORST CRITICS, IF WE FAIL TO DO SO!!====JACK:  So, what else is new?  The criticism of politicians goes on year after year.  Lincoln got his share.  I remember when the Roosevelt dime was first minted.  Some who disliked FDR would ask you to smell the coin and then say, "Doesn't it stink?"