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George Dana Boardman

I can still recall old Mister Barnslow getting out every morning and nailing a fresh load of tadpoles to the old board of his. Then he'd spin it round and round, like a wheel of fortune, and no matter where it stopped he'd yell out, 'Tadpoles Tadpoles is a winner' We all thought he was crazy. But then, we had some growing up to do. – Jack Handey Deep Thoughts
Elaine Dickinson There's no reason to become alarmed, and we hope you'll enjoy the rest of your flight. By the way, is there anyone on board who knows how to fly a plane – Airplane
God made the Idiot for practice, and then He made the School Board – Mark Twain
If you board the wrong train, it's no use running along the corridor in the other direction. – Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Instead of raising your hand to ask a question in class, how about individual push buttons on each desk That way, when you want to ask a question, you just push the button and it lights up a corresponding number on a tote board at the front of the class. Then all the professor has to do is check the lighted number against a master sheet of names and numbers to see who is asking the question. – Jack Handey Deep Thoughts
Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth. I sat at a table where were rich food and wine in abundance, and obsequious attendance, but sincerity and truth were not; and I went away hungry from the inhospitable board. – Henry David Thoreau, "Walden," the Conclusion
Ships at a distance have every man's wish on board. For some they come in with the tide. For others they sail forever on the horizon, never out of sight, never landing until the Watcher turns his eyes away in resignation, his dreams mocked to death by Time. That is the life of men. – Zora Neale Hurston
The board is set, the pieces are moving. We come to it at last... The great battle of our time. – J. R. R. Tolkien, Gandalf, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
The chess board is the world, the pieces are the phenomena of the universe, the rules of the game are what we call the laws of Nature. The player on the other side is hidden from us. We know that his play is always fair, just, and patient. But we also know, to our cost, that he never overlooks a mistake, or makes the smallest allowance for ignorance. – Thomas Huxley
We should all be obliged to appear before a board every five years and justify our existence...on pain of liquidation. – George Bernard Shaw

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