Wartime Scholar Gifts

President Harry Truman

The unknown soldier: war grave.

Burning the midnight oil.

'When I asked you to do research for your assignment, I meant the library not on Google!'

Academics At The Beach: The Old Man And The Sea

The Last upper: Novus Ordo Style

"He reports to Grand Central Palace tomorrow."

"There's the pressure from my public, naturally, as well as the pressure from my publisher, my agent, and all that. But the real pressure comes from that devil inside that makes me different from other men, that makes me a writer. But, of course, you know all about pressure, grinding out those papers at Sarah Lawrence."

"Mission 66.666% accomplished."

'Exams were harder before the Renaissance.'

"Well, if the test is multiple choice I choose not to take it."

Siegfried Sassoon

Theodore Roosevelt.

The real reason the Christmas Truce didn't last.

Get Ahead

"I went to college knowing I wanted to be an astronaut. My parents had only a third-grade education. But they were good teachers. They taught me the importance of hard work...of perseverance...of not being afraid to dream."

'And remind your father to take out the chicken from the freezer and don't forget to do your homework.'

Sign by school library reads: 'Passing Lane'

"I can't wait to get home and insult my parents from a position of authority."

"I can't take another memoir."

'Mrs. Wayne was so excited about getting her masters in physical science, she took a quantum leap!'

Divinity School - Authorized Parsons Only

'Bloody warmongers!'

"We didn't have telly in wartime, we had to make our own violence."

Soldiers

"The luck didn't last. A shell finally got me near Batogne. Honestly, I didn't know I was injured until I reached down and found a hole in my leg. It makes you realize things."

King George VI

'Light Expelling Darkness' - Patriotic Support for Pitt Against Whig Opposition and French Principles

"My dad was in the war, but he doesn't talk about it."

'These are really heavy -- Couldn't you fax them or something?'

"Do you care for the soldier type?"

Santa Clause Visits Union Troops

"It's not a bullet hole - it's a cavity."

'We could not have seen this film in the love seats at the Roxy in 1944-I was in Stalag 48 then!'

The Process of Cooking 2000 Turkeys for Soldier's Thanksgiving Dinner