Monday, May 28, 2007


It is amazing what you can
accomplish if you don't care
who gets the credit.
-Harry S. Truman
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7 comments:

Sienna said...

did he write charlotte's web?

like charlotte, i hope to one day compleatly not care who gets the credit... i think i'm going to begin trying today.

5/28/2007 7:56 AM
Damien said...

that'd be e. b. white (who also wrote stuart little). but this quote made me think of charlotte.

5/28/2007 8:29 AM
kyrieanna said...

you know, i don't think there's any period after the S in Harry Truman's name. his parents just chose the letter S as his last name to please both his grandfathers. i've always remembered that cause i thought it was so bizarre

5/28/2007 9:48 AM
Anonymous said...

And don't forget the trumpeter swan! The father swan in that story was also an example of sacrifice.

I used to love the e.b. white books growing up. Garth Williams' illustrations enthralled me. He also did the Little House books. And the Cricket in Times Square.

~funke

5/28/2007 12:23 PM
Brae Howard said...

your juxtapositions are getting more and more genius!

5/28/2007 1:18 PM
annie said...

i remember that too, kyrie. haha.

and i really like this little sliver of niceness for the day. in fact, i think i'll print it out and stick it somewhere prominent.

5/28/2007 7:30 PM
Anonymous said...

YES! Mr. Howard, I'm so glad that I am missed. I wish I had more time in the recent month, but it's been insane around here. Now we are on break, so things should be much more smooth, and you can count on lots of comments from me...you will probably be sick of me in not too long. :)

P.S. I've always loved that fact about good ole' Harry. Our friend's father was name M A Butler. Neither letter stood for anything, and they called him M A. He named his children letter name combinations like Robert K Butler - the k of course didn't stand for anything.

5/29/2007 8:50 PM

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