the Babe Meets the President
On a steamy day in Washington in the 1920’s, Babe Ruth was introduced to the President. His greeting? “Hot as hell, ain’t it Prez?”. Beautiful. Interestingly, there is much confusion within that oracle known as google as to who the president was that day. Many sources contend it was Calvin Coolidge, while others suggest Warren Harding. Either way, the Babe’s quote stands as a great one.
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Legend has it that Willie Sutton, when asked why he robbed banks, replied “because that’s where the money is.” Alas, like many famous one-liners, he never said it. In an interview in his later years, he admits he wished he’d said it. However, I like his real answer almost as much. And that answer? “Because I enjoyed it. I loved it. I was more alive inside a bank, robbing it, than at any other time in my...
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