Jack’s Winning Words 5/10/18
“The problem with internet quotes is that many of them are not genuine.”  (Abraham Lincoln)  I’ve read that Shakespeare is the most quoted person, ever.   How about Jesus?  Or Anon?  Abraham Lincoln has been quoted a lot, too.  In fact, there’s a site: “Things Lincoln Never Said.--like…”If I were two-faced, do you think I’d be wearing this face?”  Today’s quote is questionable, too.  Do you have some particular saying that has stayed with you?    ;-)  Jack 

FROM CS:  “A good marriage is all about tolerance” Eileen Caya (my Mother)====JACK:  Forget the internet, the best advice comes from mom!

ROM RI IN BOSTON:  A quote that I learned many years ago has stuck with me.  "Be careful what you want because you'll get it."  From my experiences it seems to be true.  The saying has been around so long that its origin is considered untraceable.====JACK:  Here's your task for today...Find out when the source "ANON" was first used.====RI:  The origin of "anon." as an abbreviation for anonymous is cited from about 1730 - 1740.  Anon without a . (period)  refers to "at another time".  The origin of anon dates back as far as the reign of King James, for the word anon is in the King James translation of the Bible...Matthew Chapter 13, verse 20.===JACK:  You're a bundle of information today.

FROM HONEST JOHN:  I read that Jack Freed said, " East Moline is clearly the Queen City of the Quad Cities."====JACK:  I looked it up.  The area now know as East Moline was known for its frog ponds.  Upon incorporation, I agree that East Moline was a bad choice for the city's name.  It should have been Frog Pond, Illinois.====JOHN:  My Grandparents lived in Stephenson, Illinois which is now the east end of Moline.   My Grandfather bought some land in what is now East Moline and built a Sash and Door Works where they built Windows, doors, etc.   he, unfortunately, died  of consumption when he was only 44.   That part of EM was on higher ground.    The part closer to the river....often called "Watertown" was probably what was referred to as Frog Pond.    I had a lot of good friends who lived down that way.    That section used to be just inundated when the Mississippi would overflow its banks.====JACK:  Unfortunately, in my day Watertown was always associated with the "insane asylum" which was located there.  Apart from that, Watertown would have been a good name for East Moline.

FRO ST PAUL IN ST PAUL:  they don't care how much you know until they know how much you care...====JACH:  So, A. Lincoln is the source of that quote, too.  I didn't know that.

FROM WALMART REV:  "He looked upon them as sheep without a shepherd?!" (Holy Bible) 0;-) ====JACK:  The trouble with most shepherds (leaders) today is that they can't seem to do their work without a BIG staff.  How many are on the staff of your church?====REV:  Somewhat like the medical clinics of today . . . specialist in every age bracket (fields of service)-- Senior Pastor, Adult Ministries Pastor, Worship Pastor, Administrative Pastor, Outreach Pastor, Middle School Youth Pastor, High School Youth Pastor, Mission Outreach Pastor, Children's Pastor, and a Young Adults Director. All these for a congregation of 1,100+ weekly congregants (and/or members). Father Steve has asked me on occasion, "How does the church keep you all busy?' with actually two priest to serve St Mary's being equivalent in size and membership. There were two of us on staff starting out in ministry in 1972 in Ohio (a Senior Pastor and Youth Pastor or actually an Assistant Pastor) for a church of 500-600+. We will have high attendances on Christmas and Easter, somewhere in the 1600-1800 range.====JACK:  Often the size of the staff depends on the money available...but not always.

FROM FUNENGINEER:  Love following you Jack. “ He who dies with the most toys still dies” (unknown)  Dave Burley

FROM DS IN SOCAL:  Yes, old, but worth reviewing....too many are too true.
I don't do drugs. I find I get the same effect just by standing up really fast.
Every day I beat my previous record of consecutive days I've stayed alive.
Snowmen fall from Heaven unassembled.
Don't argue with an idiot; people watching may not be able to tell the differ

FROM LBP:  What? You mean honest Abe lied about the internet?!? Ha ha ha====JACK:  Another - "They call me two-faced.  If I were two-faced, would I be wearing this one?"====LBP:  I forget names and exact phrasing too much to be good with quotes. Thank goodness for internet to help me recall this one that speaks to this phenomenon.  “I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.” Maya Angelou ====JACK: 

FROM MK:  When someone burps, “That was nicely brought up. Why weren’t you??====JACK:  I've never heard that one before,  Has it ever been used at your table?  Kids?  Dad?  Mom?  We have one member of our family who prides himself in his long and loud belches.====MK:  Our house? Our table??  Never!! Ha====JACK:  Let mom do it once and see what the response might be.

FROM OUTHOUSE JUDY:  Lol!!!  He was sure way above his time wasn’t he?!?   The saying that stays with me all the time is the one we kids heard every Saturday...”Get up get up, it’s daylight in the swamp!”  Oh how I hated to hear the yelled upstairs!  But guess what?!?  I said it to my kids! ===JACK:  It's interesting that the word, swamp, has come mean something bad, when it's just a creation nature.  It' too bad that it's most often used in a pejorative way.

FROM YAMPA SHIRL: Always do your best God will do the rest!====JACK:  Was that another of Lincoln's quotes?

FROM PT AT OLCCP:  “You only grow old when you think you’re too old to grow.”  (Rev. Henry Jones)====JACK:  I knew Henry.  He was part of West Bloomfield's original Clergy Group.  He had some interesting missionary experiences to share.