Velvet put-downs: He loves nature in spite of what it did to him. -Forrest Tucker-

Velvet put-downs: He has the attention span of a lightning bolt. -Robert Redford-

A graceful taunt is worth a thousand insults. -Louis Nizer-

Velvet put-downs: I’ve just learned about his illness. Let’s hope it’s nothing trivial. -Irvin S. Cobb-

Elephants and donkeys never fought until politics came along.

Velvet put-downs: I feel so miserable without you. It’s almost like having you here. -Stephen Bishop-

The devil made me do it. -Geraldine (comedian Clerow “Flip” Wilson)-

I live in that solitude which is painful in youth, but delicious in the years of maturity. -Albert Einstein-

When church begins, turn off your mobile phone that God can call you. -St. Joseph Freinademetz Chapel, Divine Word University-

I don’t deal in facts, only delusions. When you work with facts everyone will try to point out where you are wrong. If you tell them up front you only work with delusions, then you can’t possibly be called wrong.