Jaw-dropping Irony

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Susan found this little book among her things yesterday.
It has, as you might imagine, many helpful quotes to motivate and inspire. But it is an older book--published in 1992.

Under the section for responsibility is a quote by O.J. Simpson:

The day you take complete responsibility for yourself, the day you stop making any excuses, that's the day you start to the top."

Ah yes, he did say that.

Comments

Anonymous said…
The irony is actually dripping through my computer screen. Ha. Let's hope he comes across this one in the prison library.

Mrs. G...I am having short term memory issues this morning and can't remember my google password.
November 24, 2007 at 3:13 PM
Rick Rockhill said…
I like motivational books...they keep me focused. I tend to read mostly fluff fiction tho nowadays.
November 24, 2007 at 5:22 PM
Mary Alice said…
That's funny - I recently saw an old Seinfeld episode where Elaine's boyfriend, Joel Rifkin, shares his name with a NY city mass murderer...it is causing a lot of problems and misunderstandings and Elaine is embarrassed and wants him to consider changing his name. She is going through sports magazines trying to help her boyfriend by suggesting macho names to him and she says, "Oh how about OJ? That’s a good name"....I was totally struck by this scene and how time can change everything - I wonder how Seinfeld feels when he see's that old episode now?
November 25, 2007 at 7:06 PM
Tui Snider @mentalmosaic said…
Hehe, well, he does say, "you" in the quote, not "me," after all! ;-P
November 26, 2007 at 11:53 AM
Anonymous said…
giggling.
November 29, 2007 at 9:36 AM
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