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;void(0)) . . . Calvin Coolidge (18721933) American Republican statesman and President [19231929]. see "POLITICS" for related links see "PEOPLE" for related links He begins to seem, in retrospect, an extremely comfortable and even praiseworthy citizen. His failings are forgotten; the country remembers only the grateful fact that he let it alone. Well, there are worse epitaphs for a statesman. If the day ever comes when Jefferson's warnings are heeded at last, and we reduce government to its simplest terms, it may very well happen that Cal's bones now resting inconspicuously in the Vermont granite will come to be revered as those of a man who really did the nation some service. --H.L. (Henry Louis) Mencken (18801956) American journalist and literary critic. How can they tell? --Dorothy Parker (18931967) American critic and humorist. When told the Coolidge had died, in Bennet Cerf _Try and Stop Me_ [1944]. ^^ President Coolidge had a group of guests on the presidential yacht cruising the Potomac. As he stood alone at the rail, looking out at the expanse of water, someone exclaimed, "Look at that head, bowed over the rail! What thoughts are in the mind of of this man, burdened by the problems of the nation?" Finally, Coolidge turned around, and joined the others, saying, "See that sea gull over there? Been watching it for twenty minutes. Hasn't moved. I think he's dead!" --_Bartlett's Book of Anecdotes_ edited by Clifton Fadiman and Andrι Bernard Coolidge became an enthusiastic angler, but his skill did not match his keenness. Asked how many trout there were in one of his favorite fishing places, Coolidge replied that there were estimated to be about forty-five thousand. Then he added, "I haven't caught them all yet, but I've intimidated them." --_Bartlett's Book of Anecdotes_ edited by Clifton Fadiman and Andrι Bernard Soon after he left the White House, Coolidge had to fill out a form confirming his membership in the National Press Club. After writing his name and address, he moved on to the space marked "Occupation," in which he wrote "Retired." Next came "Remarks." Coolidge paused for a moment and then wrote, "Glad of it." --_Bartlett's Book of Anecdotes_, edited by Clifton Fadiman and Andrι Bernard ^^  ;void(0)) COOLNESS . . see "PATIENCE" We like cool people, who neither hope nor fear too much, but seem to have many strings to their bow, and can survive the blow well enough if stock should rise or fall, if parties should be broken up, if their money or their family should be dispersed; who can stand a slander very well; indeed on whom events make little or no impression, and who can face death with firmness. --Ralph Waldo Emerson (18031882) American philosopher and poet. "Aristocracy", _Lectures and Biographical Sketches_ [1883] If you can keep your head when all about you are losing theirs, it's just possible you haven't grasped the situation. --Jean Kerr (19232003) American writer, [wife of Walter Kerr]. Introduction to _Please Don't Eat the Daisies_ [1957]. He who doesn't lose his wits over certain things has no wits to lose. --Gotthold Ephraim Lessing (17291781) German dramatist. _Emilia Golotti_ [1772] Aplomb in the midst of irrational things that's my motto! --George Santayana (18631952) Spanish-born philosopher and critic. To William Morton Fullerton [1887]. [While Edgar Bergen and his puppet Charlie McCarthy were taping a skit for the television program "Laugh In", part of the set fell down behind him. . . . Bergen was so cool, he didn't even turn around to see what had happened. But *Charlie* did turn around. What a genius! --Lily Tomlin (1936? ) American actress and comedian. "San Francisco Chronicle" [26 July 1996] ----- equanimity (noun) [ee-kwκ-'ni-mκ-ti] Composure; cool steadiness, level-headedness especially under stress. . . see: "HELPING" see: "TEAMWORK" see: "UNITY" see "CIVILITY" for other related links When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall, one by one, an unpitied sacrifice in a contemptible struggle. --Edmund Burke (17291797) Irish-born Whig politician and man of letters. _Thoughts on the Cause of the Present Discontents_ [1770] Then join hand in hand, brave Americans all, By uniting we stand, by dividing we fall. --John Dickinson (17321808) American politician. "A Song for American Freedom," called The Liberty Song, first published in _The Boston Gazette_ [18 July 1768]. All for one, one for all. --Alexandre Dumas (18021870) French novelist and dramatist. _Les Trois Mousquetaires_ (1844) (motto of the Three Musketeers) When spider webs unite, they can tie up a lion. --Ethiopian Saying We must indeed all hang together, or, most assuredly, we shall all hang separately. --Benjamin Franklin (17061790) American politician, inventor, and scientist. At the signing of the Declaration of Independence [4 July 1776]. We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools. --Martin Luther King, Jr. (19291968) American civil rights leader. Speech at St. Louis [22 March 1964]. I confess that as long as I have been serving the king ... I have wanted to find some way of securing that the kingdoms of His Majesty should be each for each, one for all and all for one. --Olivares, Gaspar de Guzmαn y Pimentel (15871645) Spanish prime minister [1623-1643]. In M.J. Cohan and John Major {eds.} _History in Quotations_ [2004] p. 340. If you have an apple and I have an apple and we exchange apples then you and I will still each have one apple. But if you have an idea and I have an idea and we exchange these ideas, then each of us will have two ideas. --George Bernard Shaw (18561950) Irish comic dramatist, literary critic, Socialist propagandist, and winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1925. Finding good players is easy. Getting them to play as a team is another story. --Casey Stengel (18911975) American Major League baseball player and manager; inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1966. When a blind man carries a lame man, both go forward. --Swedish Saying We should not only use the brains we have, but all that we can borrow. --Woodrow Wilson (18561924) American Democratic statesman and President [19131921]. To my daughter Leonora without whose never-failing sympathy and encouragement this book would have been finished in half the time. --P.G. [Pelham Grenville] Wodehouse (18811975) English humorist; American citizen from 1955. _The Heart of a Goof_ [1926], dedication ;void(0)) CORNWALL . . see "PLACES" for related links The Cornish people still attract me. They have become detestable, I think, and yet they _aren't_ detestable. They are of course, strictly anti-social and un-Christian... But curse them they are entirely mindless, and yet they are living purely for social advancement. They ought to be living in the darkness and warmth and passionateness of the blood, sudden, incalculable. Whereas they are like insects gone cold, living only for money, for _dirt_. They are foul in this. They ought all to die. Not that I've seen very much of them. --D.H. (David Herbert) Lawrence (18851930) English novelist and poet. Letter to J.D. Beresford [1 February 1916]. - The devil will not come into Cornwall for fear of being put into a pie. --Old Cornish Saying - BOO! . . see "HOME & FAMILY" for related links see "HURTING (SOMEONE)" for related links Every husband may beat his wife when she disobeys his commands, or when she curses him, or contradicts him provided he do it moderately, and not the extent of causing her death. --Philippe de Beaumanoir (c.12501296) French jurist. _Customs of the People of Beauvais_ [c1285] The husband was prohibited to use any violence to his wife, aliter quam ad virum, ex causa regiminis et castigationis uxoris suae, licited et rationabiliter pertinet [other than what is reasonably necessary to the discipline and correction of the wife]. The civil law gave the husband the same, or a larger, authority over his wife; allowing him, for some misdemeanors, flagellis et fustibus acriter verbare uxorem [to wound his wife severely with whips and fists]; for others, only modicam castigationem adhibere [to apply modest corrective punishment. --William Blackstone (17231780) English jurist. 'Yes, they are good boys,' I once heard a kind father say. 'I talk to them very much, but do not like to beat my children the world will beat them.' It was a beautiful thought not elegantly expressed. --Elihu Burritt (18101879) American philanthropist. Speak roughly to your little boy, And beat him when he sneezes: He only does it to annoy, Because he knows it teases. --Lewis Carroll [Charles Lutwidge Dodgson] (18321898) English writer and logician. _Alice's Adventures in Wonderland_ [1865], Ch. 6 Corporal punishment is as humiliating for him who gives it as for him who receives it; it is ineffective besides. Neither shame nor physical pain have any other effect than a hardening one. --Ellen Key (18491926) Swedish writer and feminist. "The Century of the Child," ch. 7, [1909] Physical punishment, such as spanking, teaches a toddler that might makes right and that it is fine to hit when one is stronger and can get away with it. --Alicia F. Lieberman _The Emotional Life of the Toddler: Between One and Three Years_ [1993] - The rod, which is the only instrument of government that tutors generally know, or ever think of, is the most unfit of any to be used in education. --John Locke (16321704) English political and educational philosopher. _Some Thoughts Concerning Education_ [1693] I would not have children much beaten for their faults, because I would not have them think bodily pain the greatest punishment. --John Locke (16321704) English political and educational philosopher. - What can only be taught by the rod and with blows will not lead to much good; they will not remain pious any longer than the rod is behind them. --Martin Luther (14831546) German Protestant theologian. _The Great Catechism_ [1529], "Second Command" Never raise your hand to your children. It leaves your midsection unprotected. --Robert Orben (1927 ) American magician and comedy writer. Whipping and abuse are like laudanum: you have to double the dose as the sensibilities decline. --Harriet Beecher Stowe (18111896) American writer and philanthropist. [Sister of Henry Ward Beecher, daughter of Lyman Beecher.] _Uncle Tom's Cabin_, Chap. 20 It is better to keep children to their duty by a sense of honor and by kindness than by fear. --Terence [Publius Terentius Afer] (c. 190159 BC) Roman comic dramatist. I'm all for bringing back the birch, but only between consenting adults. --Gore Vidal (1925 ) American writer. Interview [16 September 1973].  CORPORATIONS . . see "CAPITALISM" for related links The great corporations of this country were not founded by ordinary people. They were founded by people with extraordinary intelligence, ambition, and aggressiveness. --Daniel Patrick Moynihan (19272003) American scholar and politician. The public be damned! I'm working for my stockholders. --William H. Vanderbilt (18211885) American railway magnate. (Attributed [1883].) - STAFF CUTS -- PLEASE READ CAREFULLY As our Company has to make drastic cuts in spending, volunteers are needed to commit suicide. This will substantially reduce our salary bill. Employees wishing to participate in this scheme are asked to assemble on the roof of the offices on alternate Fridays, commencing Friday 4 December, thus avoiding the Christmas rush. Participants will be marked on the difficulty of their dive and the highest scorer will receive greatly enhanced Death In Service benefits. This action, in view of its voluntary nature, will not affect your Pension rights. However, participating staff are asked to avoid landing on Company Cars as this will cost more money than is saved, which would be counter productive and could cause injury to non-particpating spectators. Non-participants are therefore asked to be vigilant and to keep glancing skywards on these days of action. It would also be appreciated if non-participants would give every assistance to the Service Department in clearing up after the event. Bodies will be disposed of in waste skips in the car park and staff are therefore asked to ensure they keep moving on these days to avoid being inadvertently mistaken for successful participants. Any staff participating will be allowed to change his/her mind until reaching the top floor, after which it will be impossible for the attending Health and Safety Officer to get into a "Catching Positions." The Company hopes to obtain a set reduction in staff through this scheme and must therefore be considered one of our most worthwhile projects to date. Should the scheme be over-subscribed, a waiting list will be introduced. To assist the Services Department, it would be appreciated if all participants could take with them onto the roof a large black plastic bag (available from the Post room). If they could climb into the bag just prior to the jump, this will certainly ease congestion at ground level. It is important that the projected jumps are shown on your departments staff planning charts so that work can be redistributed to you colleagues to cause minimum disruption to the company. 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