Top Items About Optimism
Type | Title | Teaser | Author | Views | Rating |
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| Anecdotes | W. G. Grace - Doctor in the Clubhouse | W. G. Grace often had difficulty reconciling his love for cricket with his medical commitments. A | Anonymous | 288 | |
| Trivia | Felix Powell commits suicide | Felix Powell committed suicide in 1942. His claim to fame | Anonymous | 70 | |
| Anecdotes | Black Humor | An enthusiastic tennis player, Supreme Court Justice Hugo Black was dismayed one day to have his doctor tell him that... | Anonymous | 61 | |
| Anecdotes | laughter instead of bombs | Joey Adams: "It was Martin Luther King, Jr., who passed the integration law in my name. At the time, I was president of... | root | 58 | |
| Quotes | Quote about Games, Gambling and Luck | `Well, tomorrow is another day.` - John Hennigan, after reportedly losing more than $1m in a poker... | Anonymous | 49 | |
| Anecdotes | Black Tuesday | On October 20th, 1929, the noted Yale University economist Irving Fisher declared that "stock prices have reached what... | Anonymous | 37 | |
| Anecdotes | Happy Days | The classic song "Happy Days Are Here Again" was first played by George Olsen at New York`s Hotel Pennsylvania... on... | Anonymous | 32 | |
| Anecdotes | Silver Lining | "When one of those hellish Southern Californian brush fires... | Anonymous | 29 | |
| Anecdotes | Thomas Mitchell: Australian Explorer | "Several of the earliest [Australian] explorers were so convinced that they would encounter mighty river systems, or even... | Anonymous | 29 | |
| Jokes | Joke about Horses, Pessimism and Optimism | A family had twin boys whose only resemblance to each other was their looks. If one felt it was too hot, the other thought... | Anonymous | 29 |
