"A person with a new idea is a crank until the idea succeeds."
--Mark Twain
posted by Carl F @ 5:13 PM
what is a crank? It sounds like a bad thing. That stinks, because the hard part is always making the idea succeed. The moral there is that life is hard. I won't deny it. Just do your best every day. Then you won't be a crank.Keith
crank n. 1. A device for transmitting rotary motion, consisting of a handle or arm attached at right angles to a shaft. 2. A clever turn of speech; a verbal conceit: quips and cranks. 3. A peculiar or eccentric idea or action. 4. Informal. a)A grouchy person. b) An eccentric person, especially one who is unduly zealous. 5. Slang. Methamphetamine.
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what is a crank? It sounds like a bad thing. That stinks, because the hard part is always making the idea succeed. The moral there is that life is hard. I won't deny it. Just do your best every day. Then you won't be a crank.
Keith
crank n.
1. A device for transmitting rotary motion, consisting of a handle or arm attached at right angles to a shaft.
2. A clever turn of speech; a verbal conceit: quips and cranks.
3. A peculiar or eccentric idea or action.
4. Informal.
a)A grouchy person.
b) An eccentric person, especially one who
is unduly zealous.
5. Slang. Methamphetamine.
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