Friday 6 June 2014

Good Ol' Fashioned Values

I came across a pithy quote from 18th century Britain that inspired this toon. Now I can't remember the source! Sorry, 18th century artistocratic pundit guy. Columnist Molly Ivins once remarked that the scion of the Bush dynasty 'was born on third base and thought he had hit a triple". I miss Molly's wit and grit, she was unique.

2 comments:

Gary's third pottery blog said...

I know, third base indeed!

Gary's third pottery blog said...

A friend who worked as a bank teller once heard the ceo say "I work hard for my money" (something like 3 mill a year) and she told him "you make your salary on the backs of every employee here" and another old saying goes like this "sitting at a desk on the phone all day is NOT hard work" (well, it can be, but compared to ditch digging or working a cash register or...)