“There comes a day of public ceremonial, and a chance to make a speech.... A million voters with IQs below 60 have their ears glued to the radio. It takes four days' hard work to concoct a speech without a sensible word in it. Next a dam must be opened somewhere. Four dry Senators get drunk and make a painful scene. The Presidential automobile runs over a dog. It rains.” HardRunningNextChanceMillionsFourAtheismDogHard WorkSceneSpeechRainEarsPainfulRadioPositive AtheismDrunkPresidentialDryVotersSensibleSenatorsAutomobileDams Author:H. L. Mencken
“It’s said that the shuffling of the cards is the earth, and the pattering of the cards is the rain, and the beating of the cards is the wind, and the pointing of the cards is the fire. That’s of the four suits. But the Greater Trumps, it’s said, are the meaning of all process and the measure of the everlasting dance.” SaidEarthProcessFireGreaterFourWindTrumpRainCardsSuitsEverlastingPointingShuffling Book:The Greater Trumps Source: The Greater Trumps
“Why is it that all battles are fought in the middle of the night, in downpouring rain, and at the corners of four different maps?” DifferentNightFourMiddleBattleRainCornersMapsMiddle Of The Night Author:George S. Patton