Wednesday's Joke of the Day

We don’t know if the attributions to these sayings are correct, but we sure like what they say:

If the rich could hire other people to die for them, the poor could make a wonderful living. - Yiddish Proverb

The wise man, even when he holds his tongue, says more than the fool when he speaks. - Yiddish Proverb

Ask about your neighbors, then buy the house. - Yiddish proverb

One of life's greatest mysteries is how the boy who wasn't good enough to marry your daughter can be the father of the smartest grandchild in the world. - Jewish Proverb

Old friends, like old wines, don't lose their flavor. - Jewish Proverb

"Don't be so humble - you are not that great." - Golda Meir (1898-1978) to a visiting diplomat

Pessimism is a luxury that a Jew can never allow himself. - Golda Meir

Any intelligent fool can make things bigger and more complex... It takes a touch of genius --- and a lot of courage to move in the opposite direction. - Albert Einstein

Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance you must keep moving. - Albert Einstein

When his wife asked him to change clothes to meet the German Ambassador: if they want to see me, here I am. If they want to see my clothes, open my closet and show them my suits. - Albert Einstein

Intellectuals solve problems; geniuses prevent them. - Albert Einstein

The hardest thing in the world to understand is income tax. - Albert Einstein

You can't control the wind, but you can adjust your sails. - Yiddish proverb

I don't want to become immortal through my work. I want to become immortal through not dying. - Woody Allen

I'm not afraid of dying - I just don't want to be there when it happens! - Woody Allen

“Imagination is more important than knowledge.” - Sign hanging in Einstein's office at Princeton

Not everything that counts can be counted, and not everything that can be counted counts. - Albert Einstein

We can't solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them. - Albert Einstein

Education is what remains after one has forgotten everything he learned in school.- Albert Einstein

Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe. - Albert Einstein