Day Brightener – 18 Surprisingly Hilarious Quotes From U.S. Presidents

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If I had to name my greatest strength, I guess it would be my humility. Greatest weakness, it’s possible that I’m a little too awesome.
Barack Obama

There is no pleasure in having nothing to do; the fun is having lots to do and not doing it. 
Andrew Jackson

Honestly, if I were two-faced, would I be showing you this one? 
Abraham Lincoln

He has no more backbone than a chocolate éclair. 
Theodore Roosevelt on William McKinley

I’m not worried about the deficit; it’s big enough to take care of itself. 
Ronald Reagan

How has retirement affected my golf game? A lot more people beat me now. 
Dwight D. Eisenhower

When we got into office, the thing that surprised me most was to find that things were just as bad as we’d been saying they were. 
John F. Kennedy

Being President is like being a jackass in a hailstorm. There’s nothing to do but to stand there and take it. 
Lyndon B. Johnson

Some folks look at me and see a certain swagger. In Texas, we call it walkin’. 
George W. Bush

My esteem in this country has gone up substantially. It is very nice now when people wave at me, they use all their fingers. 
Jimmy Carter

I will not make age an issue of this campaign. I am not going to exploit for political purposes my opponent’s youth and inexperience. 
Ronald Reagan

I’m so overexposed I make Paris Hilton look like a recluse. 
Barack Obama

I have now come to the conclusion never again to think of marrying; and for this reason; I can never be satisfied with any one who would be block-head enough to have me. 
Abraham Lincoln

Being President is like running a cemetery; you’ve got a lot of people under you and nobody’s listening. 
Bill Clinton

No matter how tough it gets, however, I have no intention of becoming a lame duck President — unless, of course, Cheney accidentally shoots me in the leg. 
George W. Bush

If one morning I walked on top of the water across the Potomac River, the headline that afternoon would read “President Can’t Swim.” 
Lyndon B. Johnson

I have left orders to be awakened at any time in case of national emergency, even if I’m in a Cabinet meeting. 
Ronald Reagan

These days, I look in the mirror and I have to admit, I’m not the strapping young Muslim socialist that I used to be. 
Barack Obama

Day Brightener – These Were The Good-Old Days. For those of us old enough to remember, these should bring back some memories.

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Pan Am’s Boeing 377 Stratocruiser lower deck lounge, with the spiral staircase, 1950s (colorized).

Step back into the Golden Age of Aviation!
A rare glimpse inside the cabin of a TWA Lockheed Constellation during the 1950s. Known as the “Connie,” this aircraft was one of the most elegant airliners of its time.
Passengers often dressed in their finest clothes for the journey.
Wide, reclining seats and plenty of legroom made the trip comfortable.
Overhead racks weren’t filled with bags, but with pillows and blankets for in-flight rest.
Families, businessmen, and travelers alike enjoyed a stylish and social atmosphere in the skies.
The Constellation wasn’t just a plane—it was a symbol of speed, luxury, and the excitement of a new jet age dawning.

Step back into the golden age of travel with TWA’s Lockheed L-1011 TriStar cabin.
Introduced in the 1970s, the L-1011 was known for its widebody comfort, spacious seating, and advanced technology for its time — including a quieter ride thanks to its Rolls-Royce RB211 engines.Compared to today’s cabins, the L-1011 offered generous legroom, larger windows, and a touch of retro luxury, while modern airliners focus more on efficiency, mood lighting, and high-tech entertainment systems.
It’s a fascinating contrast: the classic elegance of 1970s TWA versus the digital convenience of today’s fleets.

Here’s what economy looked like on a Qantas 747B back in the early ’70s.
One movie for the whole cabin, playing up front, with the sound coming through those quirky stethoscope-style headphones.
It might feel old-fashioned now, but there was something special about the whole plane laughing at the same scene together. Editor’s note – just look at the size of the seats.: Qantas

Step Inside the Jet Age – TWA Convair 880
This rare photo captures the cabin of a Trans World Airlines (TWA) Convair 880, one of the fastest commercial jetliners of the 1960s. Known for its sleek design and speed (capable of cruising at Mach 0.89), the Convair 880 was an engineering marvel—but it struggled to compete with the larger Boeing 707 and Douglas DC-8.
Only 65 Convair 880s were ever built, making it one of the rarest jetliners in history. Though its commercial career was short, the aircraft remains an icon of the glamorous Jet Age, when flying was as much about style and luxury as it was about speed.
A snapshot of a time when passengers dressed in their finest to board an airliner, and the skies truly felt like a new frontier.

United Airlines Douglas DC-4, one of the classic workhorses of postwar commercial aviation. Introduced in the 1940s, the DC-4 revolutionized long-distance travel with its four reliable radial engines and spacious cabin, helping usher in an era when air travel became more accessible to the public.
United proudly operated the DC-4 on its transcontinental routes through the 1950s, connecting America’s major cities with comfort and speed unimaginable just a decade earlier.
From wartime transport to peacetime passenger service, the DC-4 paved the way for the modern airline industry we know today.
Flight passengers watch a movie on in-flight entertainment monitors above their seats, 1961. This early system marked one of the first attempts to bring shared screen entertainment to commercial air travel, offering passengers a new way to pass the time in the sky.

Day Brightener – Different Ways Of Looking At Things

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Two guys were discussing popular family trends on sex, marriage,  and family values.

Bill said, ‘I didn’t  sleep with my wife before we got married, did  you?’

Larry replied, ‘I’m not sure, what  was her maiden  name?’
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A little boy went up to his father  and asked: ‘Dad, where did my
intelligence come  from?’

The father replied. ‘Well, son, you  must have got it from your mother, cause I  still have  mine.’
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‘Mr.  Clark, I have reviewed this case very carefully,’  the divorce Court Judge said, ‘And I’ve decided  to give your wife $775 a week,’

‘That’s  very fair, your honor,’ the husband said. ‘And  every now and then I’ll try to send her a few  bucks  myself.’
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A doctor examining a woman who had been rushed to the Emergency Room, took the husband aside, and said, ‘I don’t like the looks of your wife At all.’

‘Me neither doc,’ said the husband. ‘But she’s a great cook and really good with the kids.’
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An old man goes to the Wizard to ask him if he can remove a curse he has Been living with for the last 40 years.

The Wizard says, ‘Maybe, but you will have to tell me the exact words that were used to put the curse on you.’

The old  man says without hesitation, ‘I now pronounce you  man and wife.’
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Two Reasons Why It’s So Hard To Solve A Redneck Murder:

1. The DNA all matches.
2. There are no dental records
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A  blonde calls Delta Airlines and asks, ‘Can you  tell me how long it’ll take to fly from  San Francisco  to   New York City  ?’

The agent replies, ‘Just a  minute.’

‘Thank you,’ the blonde says, and  hangs  up.
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Two Mexican detectives were investigating the murder of Juan Gonzalez.

‘How was he killed?’ asked one  detective.

‘With a golf gun,’ the other detective replied.

‘A golf gun! What is a golf gun?’

‘I don’t know. But it sure made a hole in Juan.’
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Moe:  ‘My wife got me to believe in religion.’

Joe: ‘Really?’

Moe:  ‘Yeah. Until I married her I didn’t believe in Hell.’
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A man is recovering from surgery when the Surgical Nurse appears and asks him how he is feeling.

‘I’m O. K. But I didn’t like the four letter-words the doctor used in
Surgery,’ he answered.

‘What did he say,’ asked the nurse.

‘Oops!’
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While shopping for vacation clothes, my husband and I passed a display of bathing suits. It had been at least ten years and twenty pounds since I had even considered buying a bathing suit, so I sought my husband’s Advice.

‘What do you think?’ I asked. ‘Should I get a bikini or an all-in-one?’

‘Better get a bikini,’ he replied. ‘You’d never get it all in one.’

He’s still in intensive care.
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The graveside service just barely  finished, when there was massive clap of  thunder, followed by a tremendous bolt of lightning, accompanied by even more thunder rumbling in the distance…

The little old man looked at the pastor and calmly said, ‘Well, she’s
There.’

Bonus Day Brightener – The Interesting Facts About pi

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The digits of pi begin with 3.1415926535… and continue infinitely because pi is an irrational number. While approximations like 3.14 or 22/7 are used for everyday calculations, mathematicians have calculated pi to trillions of decimal places. For highly accurate applications like calculating the circumference of the universe, only about 38 digits are needed.
1. The first few digits: The most well-known digits of pi are 3.1415926535…. Infinite and
2. non-repeating: Because pi is an irrational number, its decimal representation goes on forever without a repeating pattern.
3. Calculation records: The current record for the number of calculated digits is over 100 trillion, a number that took billions of dollars to compute and can be seen on the Wikipedia page for Pi.
4.Practical use: For most practical purposes, a few decimal places are sufficient. For example, \(3.14\) is often adequate for general use, while NASA uses about 15 decimal places for interplanetary travel.
5. Calculating to a high degree: To calculate the circumference of the observable universe with atomic-level accuracy, you would only need about 38 decimal places of pi.