A diner was agitated that the waiter had brought him no spoon with his coffee. "This coffee," he said loud enough for most of the other patrons to hear, "is going to be pretty hot to stir with my fingers."
The waiter reddened, made a hasty retreat to the kitchen and returned shortly with another cup of coffee.
"This one isn't so hot, sir," he beamed.
"A man can no more diminish God's glory by refusing to worship Him than a lunatic can put out the sun by scribbling the word, 'darkness' on the walls of his cell."
- C.S. Lewis
As Bill grew old, physicians greatly restricted his activities, and it irked him enormously. A nurse had been hired to tend to his needs as he had now been confined to total bed rest.
"Nurse, I would like to do some reading," Bill said.
"Fine," the nurse replied, "What kind of reading would you like? A magazine, a book?"
"Well with the way the doctors have limited my activities," he replied, "Why don't you just bring me a postage stamp."
"Even if I knew that tomorrow the world would go to pieces, I would still plant my apple tree."
- Martin Luther
Judi was walking by the jewelry store one day in the midtown mall. She saw a diamond bracelet that she really liked. In the store she went.
"Excuse me," she said to the saleslady behind the counter, "Will a small deposit hold that bracelet until my husband does something unforgivable?"
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