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All About the Author
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March 29, 2005
Rather than have the usual biography of myself, I decided to instead just throw out a few of my favorite quotes and sayings. Most of these are from my favorite movies, music, etc. With the political season over, I can get back to doing what I enjoy most: researching the Civil War and watching trains (as well as constructing my new HO scale train layout!)
Civil War
"When I was a boy, I never thought I should be called upon to fight for my country. But I am no better to die for liberty than anyone else. If I lose my life, I will be missed by but few; but if the Union be lost, it will be missed by many." George I. Fenno, 107th New York just prior to the Battle of Antietam, 1862
"The poorest use of a man is to shoot him." attributed to President Jefferson Davis, C.S.A.
"We were not defeated. We simply failed to win." attributed to Major General George B. McClellan following the Seven Days' Battles in front of Richmond, 1862
Life
"All animals are equal, but some are more equal than others."
"Donkeys live a long time. None of you has ever seen a dead donkey."
"The animals looked from pig to man, and man to pig, and already could not tell the difference."
Animal Farm by George Orwell, 1945
"Now we see the violence inherent in the system. Help! Help! I'm being repressed!" Dennis the Peasant, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, 1974
"Sir Bedevere, this new learning amazes me. Explain to me again how sheeps' bladders may be used to prevent earthquakes." King Arthur, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, 1974
"Who's more foolish? The fool? Or the fool who follows him?" Obi-Wan Kenobi, Star Wars, 1977
"You must unlearn what you have learned." Yoda, Empire Strikes Back, 1980
"I'm sorry Mr. President. I don't dance." Jack Ryan, Clear and Present Danger, 1994
"The cheaper the crook, the gaudier the patter." Sam Spade, The Maltese Falcon, 1941
"I'm tired of sitting here and listening to your bum guesses. Book me or let me go home and go to bed." Philip Marlowe, Murder My Sweet, 1944
"Your work is ingenius. It's quality work. And there are simply too many notes, that's all. Just cut a few and it will be perfect." King Joseph to Mozart, Amadeus, 1984
"Mr. President, I'm not saying we wouldn't get our hair mussed. But I do say no more than 10 or 20 million killed, tops. Depending on the breaks." General Buck Turgison, Dr. Strangelove, or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb, 1964
"What do we say to the dead Mr. Chairman? Accidents will happen?" U.S. President, Fail Safe, 1964
"What's your name scumbag? You're so ugly you could be a modern art masterpiece."
Gunnery Sergeant Hartman, Full Metal Jacket, 1987
"I'm a politician, which means I'm a cheat and a liar. And when I'm not kissing babies, I'm stealing their lollipops." National Security Adviser Jeffrey Pelt, Hunt for Red October, 1989
"What we're dealing with here is a complete lack of respect for the law." Sheriff Buford T. Justice, Smokey and the Bandit, 1977
"Well boy. We're pilgrims in an unholy land." Dr. Henry Jones, Sr. to Indiana Jones, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, 1989
"I've got two guns- one for each of ya."
"I'm your huckleberry."
"I calculate that to be the end of this town. Good evening then."
Doc Holliday, Tombstone, 1992
"What do you mean I don't support the system? I go to court when I have to. What do you mean I don't pay my bills? Why do you think I'm broke?" Dave Mustaine, Megadeth, Peace Sells But Who's Buying, 1986
"The mainstream media in this country think of the average American as a rube, an imbecile, a glittering jewel of gross incompetence." Rush Limbaugh, April 2004
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Isaac and the author pilot a New York Central E8A in Elkhart, Indiana.
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My memberships:
Member, Major General James B. McPherson Camp No. 66, Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War
Private, Company E, 14th Ohio/3rd Arkansas Infantry Reenactors Association; current editor of the monthly newsletter The Knapsack
Member, Alpha Kappa Chapter, Phi Alpha Theta, University of Toledo
Member, Friends of Stones River National Battlefield
Member, Whitehouse Historical Society, Whitehouse, Ohio
Member, National New York Central Railroad Museum Foundation, Elkhart, Indiana
St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church, Maumee, Ohio
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