{"id":647,"date":"2017-08-24T20:40:53","date_gmt":"2017-08-24T20:40:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/johnknoerle.com\/historical-fiction\/?p=647"},"modified":"2017-09-03T20:16:37","modified_gmt":"2017-09-03T20:16:37","slug":"jks-best-and-worst","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/johnknoerle.com\/historical-fiction\/2017\/08\/24\/jks-best-and-worst\/","title":{"rendered":"JK’s Best and Worst"},"content":{"rendered":"

Words of Wisdom<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\"\"<\/a><\/strong>Best <\/strong>words of wisdom:<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cThe secret of life is the ability to go from failure to failure without losing your enthusiasm.\u201d \u2013 Winston Churchill<\/p>\n

Runner-up: <\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cYou can\u2019t ride two horses with one behind.\u201d \u2013 Woody Allen<\/p>\n

Honorable mention:<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cOnly by ignoring the obvious can true happiness be achieved.\u201d – JK<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong>Best <\/strong>philosophy of life\/Apple computer slogan:<\/p>\n

\u201cSimplicity is the ultimate sophistication.\u201d \u2013 Leonardo da Vinci<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Best <\/strong>anonymous rumination about the divine:<\/p>\n

\u201cIf there is a God, He has a quality control problem.\u201d<\/p>\n

Best <\/strong>anonymous rumination about the dangers of religious fanaticism:<\/p>\n

\u201cI would rather face a heavily-armed battalion than three people who are convinced they\u2019re doing the will of God.\u201d<\/p>\n

Best <\/strong>relationship advice\/warning:<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen a person shows you who they are, believe them.\u201d \u2013 Maya Angelou<\/p>\n

Best <\/strong>attitude to take when dealing with a day full of frustration:<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

“It\u2019s all part of life\u2019s rich pageant.\u201d \u2013 Peter Sellers as Inspector Closeau<\/p>\n

Best <\/strong>wisdom from an old country gentleman:<\/p>\n

\u201cThere is them that said and them that did.\u201d<\/p>\n

Best\/worst <\/strong>explanation of the human condition from yours truly:<\/p>\n

\u201cThere are only four basic human emotions \u2013 joy, sadness, fear and anger. And three <\/em>of them suck!\u201d<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong>Best <\/strong>explanation of why old folks get grumpy:<\/p>\n

\u201cThe shorter the time you have left, the lower your tolerance for bullshit.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong>Best <\/strong>words of wisdom about cooking:<\/p>\n

\u201cA chef who counts calories is like a hooker who looks at her watch.\u201d \u2013 James Beard<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Best\/worst <\/strong>truth-telling words I ever wrote:<\/p>\n

\u201cMotherhood is a form of mental illness.\u201d<\/p>\n

Runner-up: <\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cStubborn. Why are all the best gals the world over so goddamn stubborn?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong>Best <\/strong>bumper-sticker life advice:<\/p>\n

\u201cSince I gave up hope I feel much better.\u201d<\/p>\n

Runner-up:<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cWhen you assume, you make an ass out of u & me.\u201d<\/p>\n

Worst <\/strong>widely-accepted words of wisdom:<\/p>\n

\u201cJust trust your gut.\u201d<\/p>\n

Which most often leads to, \u201cIt seemed like a good idea at the time.\u201d<\/p>\n

Runner-up:<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cNo good deed goes unpunished.\u201d<\/p>\n

If everyone heeded this old saw, life on earth would be even more miserable.<\/p>\n

Honorable mention:<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cGenius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration.\u201d<\/p>\n

– Thomas Edison<\/p>\n

I disagree. That 1% is what makes the 99% pay off.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Words of Wisdom \u00a0Best words of wisdom: \u201cThe secret of life is the ability to go from failure to failure without losing your enthusiasm.\u201d \u2013…<\/p>\n

Continue reading JK’s Best and Worst<\/span><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27,1],"tags":[42,40,44,5,43],"class_list":["post-647","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-jks-best-and-worst","category-uncategorized","tag-beer-and-gasoline","tag-historical-fiction","tag-jks-best-and-worst","tag-john-knoerle","tag-spy-novels","entry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/johnknoerle.com\/historical-fiction\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/647","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/johnknoerle.com\/historical-fiction\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/johnknoerle.com\/historical-fiction\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/johnknoerle.com\/historical-fiction\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/johnknoerle.com\/historical-fiction\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=647"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/johnknoerle.com\/historical-fiction\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/647\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":661,"href":"https:\/\/johnknoerle.com\/historical-fiction\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/647\/revisions\/661"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/johnknoerle.com\/historical-fiction\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=647"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/johnknoerle.com\/historical-fiction\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=647"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/johnknoerle.com\/historical-fiction\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=647"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}