Calvin Coolidge: A Man of Few Words

As a government function in the nineteen-twenties, a young lady approaching President Coolidge, said gushingly, "Oh, Mr. President, I have made a wager with a friend of mine that I could persuade you to say more than two words to me. Could you?" And Coolidge, without expression, said, "You lose."

Calvin Coolidge, famous for his silence, had been to church. When he returned, he said nothing about the service. His wife prompted him. "What was the sermon about?" she asked. "Sin," Cal answered. "Well, what did the preacher say about sin?" she asked impatiently. "He was against it," Cal told her.