An admirer once wrote to Rudyard Kipling: “I see you get a dollar a word for your writing. I enclose a check for one dollar. Please send me a sample.”
Kipling responded: “Thanks.”
Beautiful, perfect brevity. I shall remember this little lesson.
An admirer once wrote to Rudyard Kipling: “I see you get a dollar a word for your writing. I enclose a check for one dollar. Please send me a sample.”
Kipling responded: “Thanks.”
Beautiful, perfect brevity. I shall remember this little lesson.
Somewhat akin to the story about Calvin Coolidge, also known as “Silent Cal.” Supposedly someone approached him and said, “Mr. President, I have a wager with a friend that I can get you to say three words.”
Coolidge replied: “You lose!”
Dave
My dad always told this joke. The shortest epitaph in the world belongs to the optimist. I? Die?
Love you! Best on your upcoming wrist work.
S
Dave, thanks for the great “Silent Cal” quote. My favorite Coolidge quote is: “I have noticed that nothing I never said ever did me any harm.”
Of course, there are those times when speaking up is a good thing. Nevertheless …….
Hey, Shel —
I. Love. That!
Love you too, my dearest friend. My wrist will work itself out. The rest of me, however, may have a different idea.
All the best,
A